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This book addresses the need for science-based recommendations for expert witness practice.

This book provides practical tools to strengthen effective pain care by mental health practitioners. The new edition features updated treatment approaches and emerging technologies that support tailored interventions for diverse patients.

This book synthesizes interdisciplinary research on alcohol-facilitated aggression and violence. Chapters review key theories and empirical studies, etiology across multiple populations and settings, and evidence-based prevention and intervention efforts.

This book provides a clear, replicable framework for working with couples navigating infertility, miscarriage, perinatal loss, and other forms of reproductive grief, equipping clinicians to help move partners from isolation toward deeper connection.

This book is a clinical guide to applying mentalization-based treatment for children (MBT-C) with autistic children and their families, validating autistic perspectives and fostering mutual understanding between autistic and nonautistic individuals.The book is organized in three sections, exploring the background and theory of MBT-C; demonstrating application of the approach in the assessment and treatment processes; and working with families, schools, and other support systems.

Warm and playful, Nature Is Everywhere invites young readers, whether they are in big cities, suburban towns, or rural communities, to slow down, look closely, and find the natural world in the most unexpected places, no forest required.

Wherever they call home, readers are encouraged to engage their senses and their curiosity and tune into nature. In their neighborhood and beyond, it's all outside the door. They just need to look-and listen-for it!

A neuroscience-based alternative to IQ, PASS theory explains intelligence as four dynamic cognitive systems and offers research-supported tools for assessment and intervention.

Aubrey shines on the soccer field and on the volleyball court. Can she play both sports, while keeping up her grades and her friendships? Or does she need to admit to herself that she may have taken on too much?

This book examines the relationship between psychotherapy outcomes and human flourishing and well-being. Contributors use a positive psychology framework to investigate relationships between spirituality, multicultural and social justice perspectives, and ethical considerations related to suffering and flourishing in psychotherapy. 

This book reviews empirical research on career development for workers of color and outlines strengths-based approaches to assessment and intervention to help them thrive. 

This volume provides a culturally grounded and scholarly examination of Pasifika psychology, integrating Indigenous knowledge, empirical research, and applied practice to advance ethical and effective mental health care for Pacific Islander communities.

Deliberate practice exercises help psychotherapists learn core helping skills that are applicable to any approach, such as empathically responding to clients, exploring emotions and options for change, and managing the therapeutic relationship.

Hammerhead is building the ultimate fort! He loves making projects all on his own, and he doesnt want any help. But this turns out to be one whale of a project, and he might just need his friends to get it done.

What do pimples and quicksand have in common? Theyre both emergenciesor at least they seem like it! And science can help you survive both.

Pizza is having a party! But as more and more toppings arrive and the party heats up, everything feels too loud, too chaotic. Big feelings ooze everywhere, and Pizza melts down! How can he reset and get back to having fun? 

This book presents current research on LGBTQ+ parenting and families, emphasizing their growing visibility and acceptance despite persistent social, political, and legal marginalization. It examines pathways to parenthood, family dynamics, parent and child well-being, and childrens educational and community contexts and offers practical implications for practitioners, scholars, policymakers, and advocates. 

This book lays the groundwork for an understanding of how history and oppression have shaped womens financial experiences, and offers a path forward for scholars, clinicians, and others seeking more informed, equitable approaches to money.

This book demonstrates how process coding—a research-backed method for observing, categorizing, and analyzing therapy—can be used by therapists and trainees to identify alliance ruptures, engagement shifts, and other markers that predict therapeutic outcomes. 

This timely edited volume offers a broad selection of psychologically grounded, classroom- and campus-tested strategies for transforming higher education to empower first-generation college students to succeed and thrive. 

This guide outlines a step-by-step framework so clinicians can help clients use AI tools safely and effectively in their day-to-day lives, using it to support therapeutic work rather than replace it.

This book shows leaders and their supporters how they can address and overcome traumatic leadership experiences and, equally important, how they can continue to find joy in serving as a leader despite these difficult experiences.

Therapy With Black Couples shows how culturally responsive therapy, provided by Katherine Helm, PhD, can support Black couples facing racial stress and systemic inequality by validating their experiences instead of pathologizing their relationship.

The book introduces the topic of children with problematic sexual behavior (PSB), discusses assessment considerations, and outlines a phase-based treatment protocol.

With new and updated content, this second edition advances understanding of the scientific foundations and practical application of psychology to law.