Clinical Psychology Books
Supervision and Clinical Psychology: Theory, Practice and Perspectives
'Supervision and Clinical Psychology' provides practical advice essential for clinical psychology supervisors, as well as those in psychiatry, social work and psychotherapy. (more)
Encyclopedia of Psychological Assessment:
This two-volume set consolidates a diverse field into a comprehensive text, providing a resource of information pertaining to psychological assessment both as a discipline and a professional... (more)
Handbook of Racial-Cultural Psychology and Counseling:
This two-volume handbook offers a thorough treatment of the concepts and theoretical developments concerning how to apply cultural knowledge in theory and practice to various racial and cultural... (more)
Racial Identity Theory: Applications to Individual,Group and Organizational Interventions
This text shows how the infusion of racial identity theory with other psychological models can yield more holistic considerations of client functioning and well-being. It applies complex theoretical... (more)
Masters of the Mind: Exploring the Story of Mental Illness from Ancient Times to the New Millennium
A fascinating, informative, comprehensive, broad-minded, brilliant, and perceptive tour of the universe of views of mental function and dysfunction, this book helps the reader understand... (more)
Dictionary of Multicultural Psychology: Issues, Terms, & Concepts
This Dictionary is an up-to-date volume that contains numerous references to relevant concepts and terms in the field of multicultural psychology. The author has collected, studied, and analyzed a... (more)
Oxford Guide to Behavioural Experiments in Cognitive Therapy
Behavioural experiments are one of the central and most powerful methods of intervention in cognitive therapy. This handbook contains examples of over 200 behavioural experiments, and should be of... (more)
Cognitive Interviewing: A Tool for Improving Questionnaire Design
The design and evaluation of questionnaires and of other written and oral materials is a challenging endeavor, fraught with potential pitfalls. 'Cognitive Interviewing: A Tool for Improving... (more)
Responding to a Serious Mental Health Problem: Person-Centred Dialogues
This book uses narrative to describe powerfully what is happening, interspersed with the counsellors thoughts and reflections. Sessions of supervision are also described and linked to what is... (more)
Sanity and Sanctity:
In this volume, two Western-trained psychiatrists discuss their mental health work with the community of ultra-orthodox Jews in Jerusalem over a period of two decades. They elaborate on some of the... (more)
Funny Peculiar: Gershon Legman and the Psychopathology of Humor
Why are jokes funny? Why do we laugh? In Funny Peculiar, Mikita Brottman demurs from recent scholarship that takes laughter - and the broader domain of humor and the comical - as a liberating social... (more)
Disaster Psychiatry: Intervening when Disasters Come True
A look at disaster psychiatry, which emerged in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. This psychiatric specialty provides psychotherapeutic assistance to victims during, and... (more)
Cancer in Context
Psycho-social oncology has made significant progress in understanding the impact of cancer and it's treatment on people's lives, and this book underlines the fact that psycho-social care is an... (more)
Psychology of Sexual Health:
This text draws together the knowledge base of clinicians and researchers from all disciplines in the psychological management of sexual health to present advances in theory and practice in a... (more)
Broken Spirits: The Treatment of Traumatized Asylum Seekers, Refugees, War and Torture Victims
This unique volume explores the enormity of the issues surrounding the numerous mental health problems of the millions of refugees, asylum seekers and torture victims around the world. (more)
Using Drawings in Assessment and Therapy: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals: Second Edition
This is an updated version of the first edition which condenses and synthesizes a variety of drawing directives that aid clinicians in the assessment process, as well as in therapy. The new edition... (more)
A Social History of Psychology
This work documents the rise of psychology in the 20th century and its growing influence on Western society. The book focuses on practical, or "applied", psychology and examines the social... (more)
Clients with Complex Needs:
The current trend in health care is to view health problems through a broader lens which encompasses both the psychological and social influences on illness. This title reflects practitioners'... (more)
Integrated Treatment for Dual Disorders: A Guide to Effective Practice
From authors at the forefront of the dual disorders field, this comprehensive clinical handbook provides virtually everything needed to plan, deliver and evaluate effective treatment for persons with... (more)
Treating Chronic and Severe Mental Disorders: A Handbook of Empirically Supported Interventions
This volume brings together leading clinical scientists to present evidence-based approaches for treating schizophrenia, severe mood disorders, substance use problems, and severe personality... (more)
Lesbian Identity and Contemporary Psychotherapy: A Framework for Clinical Practice
Drawing on contemporary relational thinking and new perspectives on gender and sexuality, this work describes and illustrates an affirmative approach to clinical work with lesbians at various stages... (more)
Cognitive Therapy Across the Lifespan: Theory, Research and Practice
In this balanced and critical overview, an international team of experts examines systematically the evidence in support of the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral approaches to treating clinical... (more)
Is Anyone Listening?: Putting the Views of Survivors of Domestic Violence into Policy and Practice
This volume paints an overall picture of how domestic violence is being dealt with today and how contemporary concerns about service-user participation in improving services can be put into real and... (more)
Handbook of Research Methods in Clinical Psychology:
This handbook presents a comprehensive and contemporary treatment of research methodologies used in clinical psychology. Topics discussed include experimental and quasi-experimental designs,... (more)
New Psychometrics: Science, Psychology and Measurement
The author of this book argues that truly scientific forms of measurement could be developed to create a new psychometrics. This would transform the basis of psychology and change it from a social... (more)