Richly textured chapters - all written especially for this volume - explain key concepts of RCT and demonstrate their application with diverse individuals, couples, families, and groups, as well as... (more)
Anthropologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and historians share aspects of illness working with the concept of schizophrenia. (more)
By understanding and listening to your heart you can help prevent the problems which lead to heart disease and failure. This accessible book explores how both physical and emotional issues affect the... (more)
This work is a response to society's apparent obsession with promoting the self. The work is a direct challenge to the widespread belief that low self-esteem is at the root of all social ills. (more)
The culmination of three decades of study and research in the area of child and developmental psychology. (more)
In this text, Darlene Cohen - a certified massage and movement therapist and Zen teacher - proposes a radically liberating alternative to the usual desperate search for pain relief: paradoxically,... (more)
Focusing on the breadth of issues that affect psychotherapy with African American Women, this volume is designed to help clinicians develop a broader understanding of what is useful and what is... (more)
In this work, Hubert J.M. Hermans and Els Hermans-Jansen elaborate a model of the clinical use of self-narratives - the stories people use to construct meaning out the events in their lives - in... (more)
Grounded in contemporary research, this comprehensive volume lays the foundations for effective, affirmative therapeutic practice with lesbian, gay, and bisexual clients. Clinically relevant... (more)
This work examines shame as a social control and discusses means of healing shame and integrating those whose lives are blighted by it. It considers how Christianity has responded to and used shame... (more)
In this revised edition, the authors focus on the "what" and "how" of effective community mental health. They present guidelines that should enable clinicians to provide services that are cost... (more)
This volume provides a critical and focused review of knowledge and best practice in the field for mental health and correction professionals, and for those concerned with policy and management of... (more)
Combining neuropsychodynamic and biopsychosocial factors, this is a guide for psychotherapists who treat patients with traumatic brain injury and related neurobehavioural syndromes. It deals not only... (more)
Aims to help the reader to restore effective, long-lasting but time-limited psychotherapy in the age of managed care. The book offers a step-by-step method for rapidly illuminating hidden dynamics... (more)
This text seeks to help readers recognize and combat the harmful ageist attitudes that hold them back and develop more productive attitudes. The methods and tools come from researched, practical... (more)
This title represents a social psychological approach to the study of emotion. The contributors present empirical data using the "time sampling" or "experience sampling" technique developed by... (more)