Attachment research has tremendous potential for helping clinicians understand what happens when parent-child bonds are disrupted, and what can be done to help. This book reviews knowledge on attachment and translates it into practical guidelines for therapeutic work.
A Step-by-step Plan for Gaining Admission to Graduate School in Psycholo
Suitable for those considering graduate study in psychology, this book simplifies the process for applicants and increases their chances of being accepted. It includes useful timelines, tips, and tools that break the tasks into manageable steps and help readers define their goals, select programs, and navigate the application process.
Provides a framework for individualized assessment and treatment of bipolar disorder. This book addresses the complexities of working with individuals with varying histories and clinical presentations, including those who have been diagnosed, those who are symptomatically stable, and those who struggle day to day to achieve symptom remission.
Examines the interplay of biological, psychological, and social factors in health and illness in older adults. This volume explores how and why some people adapt more successfully than others to age-related stressors such as chronic illness, disability, and loss, and identifies ways to promote coping and resilience.
A treatment manual to focus specifically on adolescent bulimia nervosa. It presents evidence-based strategies for helping the whole family collaborate to bring dysfunctional eating behaviors under control, while also addressing co-occurring psychological problems and parent - child relationship conflicts.
How Humans Bridge the Divide between Self and Others
One of the great challenges of social cognitive science is to understand how we can enter, or "read," the minds of others - that is, infer complex mental states such as beliefs, desires, intentions, and emotions. This book presents theories and empirical findings on this essential topic.
Adapts the proven techniques of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) to treatment of multiproblem adolescents at highest risk for suicidal behavior and self-injury. This book takes the reader step by step through understanding and assessing severe emotional dysregulation in teens and implementing individual, family, and group-based interventions.
Late life is a time when loss becomes more frequent. This volume presents a critical review of the literature and dominant theories in the field of bereavement and examines how protective and problematic developmental processes affect the experience of bereavement in late life.
This clinically wise and pragmatic book presents a systematic approach for treating any form of childhood anxiety using proven exposure-based techniques. What makes this rigorously tested modular treatment unique is that it is explicitly designed with flexibility and individualization in mind. Developed in a real-world, highly diverse community ......
