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By Qualls, Sara Honn; Williams, Ashley A.
This book presents Caregiver Family Therapy, a systemic model for treating families that care for an older adult. Three core processes help caregiving family members identify problems, structure caregiver roles to address the problems, and ensure caregiver self-care.
Copyright: 2013 | Hardcover
Preventive Stress Management in Organizations, Second Edition
By Quick, James Campbell; Wright, Thomas A.; Adkins, Joyce A.; Nelson, Debra L.; Quick, Jonathan D.
Preventive Stress Management in Organizations, Second Edition offers a comprehensive framework for creating healthy workplaces. Chapters examine individual and organizational sources of stress and their consequences; methods and instruments for diagnosing organizational and individual stress; ways to redesign work and improve professional relationships; and methods for managing demands and stressors.
Copyright: 2013 | Hardcover
APA Dictionary of Clinical Psychology
Edited by VandenBos, Gary R.
APA proudly offers this focused abridgment of its landmark, critically acclaimed APA Dictionary of Psychology, specifically tailored for clinicians and clinicians-in-training. The APA Dictionary of Clinical Psychology maintains all the best features of the parent dictionary, including 11,000 entries offering clear and authoritative definitionsincluding a number of entirely new entriesBalanced coverage from across such core areas as assessment, evaluation, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of emotional and behavioral disorders; training and supervision; as well as terms more generally relevant to various biological, cognitive, developmental, and personality/social psychological underpinnings of mental healthHundreds of incisive cross-references that deepen the user's understanding of related topicsA Quick Guide to Use that explains stylistic and formal features at a glanceAppendixes listing major figures relevant in the history of clinical psychology and psychological therap
Copyright: 2013 | Hardcover
Edited by Bohart, Arthur C.; Held, Barbara S.; Mendelowitz, Edward; Schneider, Kirk J.
The human capacity for destructiveness is often referred to as humanitys dark side. In this book, prominent writers share different, sometimes opposing views on humanitys dark side and consider how these views impact their clinical practice.
Copyright: 2013 | Hardcover
Transforming Negative Reactions to Clients: From Frustration to Compassion
Edited by Wolf, Abraham W.; Goldfried, Marvin R.; Muran, J. Christopher
This book will help both established and novice therapists understand and constructively use the wide range of interfering feelings they experience in their working alliance with challenging patients.
Copyright: 2013 | Hardcover
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
By Hayes, Steven C.; Lillis, Jason
Steven C. Hayes, who helped develop ACT, and co-author Jason Lillis provide an overview of ACTs main influences and its basic principles. In this succinct and understandable survey, the authors show how ACT illuminates the ways that language encourages unhelpful skirmishing in clients psychic lives, and how to use ACT to help clients accept private experiences, become more mindful of thoughts, develop greater clarity about personal values, and commit to needed behavior change.
Copyright: 2012 | Paperback
You've Earned Your Doctorate in Psychology... Now What?
By Morgan, Elizabeth; Landrum, R. Eric
If youre like many psychology graduate students and early career psychologists, you may be amply trained to conduct research but find yourself stumbling through the process of applying and interviewing for a job. This book will help you transition from graduate education to a career in an academic or professional setting.
Copyright: 2012 | Paperback
Qualitative Strategies for Ethnocultural Research
Edited by Nagata, Donna K.; Kohn-Wood, Laura; Suzuki, Lisa A.
This book presents the state-of-the-art discourse on qualitative methods in psychology and community studies.
Copyright: 2012 | Hardcover
By Toch, Hans
In Cop Watch, renowned social psychologist Hans Toch takes stock of the vast changes in police procedures that have occurred over the last half-century by examining the evolving role of spectators to police-citizen interactions. In this unflinching examination of the power of the crowd and society to shape police practice, Toch provides a uniquely compelling look at the struggles and complexities of policing in a volatile world.
Copyright: 2012 | Hardcover
The Science of Attorney Advocacy
By Findley, Jessica; Sales, Bruce D.
This book evaluates evidence from social and behavioral science to determine the efficacy of strategies that law professors, judges, and other trial commentators most commonly recommend for persuading juries.
Copyright: 2012 | Hardcover
