Conversations With a Pedophile is a landmark book: it is the first time the uncensored voice of a pedophile can be heard. Presented are a series of letters spanning a decade written by sex offender "Alan" to author Dr. Amy Hammel-Zabin, a therapist in the prison.
Well-chosen, controversial issues can engage students' interest in course material and show them how to appreciate, evaluate, and apply empirical findings to the analysis of human behavior. This book offers pedagogical tools for navigating controversial issues in the classroom and suggests fruitful topics.
In his foreword to Controversies in Psychoanalytic Method, Daniel Stern writes: "Andre Haynal gives us a perspective on the history of psychoanalysis, and much more, in this mult-faceted and remarkable book. Several stories and lines of enquiry are woven together. There is the story of the Budapest school of psychoanalysis and its impact. Within ......
For centuries, spirituality has told us that the answer to life’s problems lies within us, if only we would realize that we are more than what we imagine.
Describes contemporary applications of contingency management principles across a wide range of substance use disorders and patient populations. Featuring illustrative case material, this book presents practical strategies for targeting major drugs of abuse and working with specific populations, including adolescents, and pregnant women.
Reanalyzing Prejudice, Voting, and Intergroup Contact
Using vivid examples of both historical and current events, Thomas Pettigrew's compelling book advocates for a robust contextual social psychology, maintaining that far more attention should be paid to the social context of various phenomena relevant in the world today.
Anne Power sits down with twenty-two contented couples in the US and the UK to discuss how they found each other and what made it work. She looks at the way couples found each other and what made it work. The author uses some of the questions she puts to new couples in therapy: What does a row look like? How has sex been across the years? Who has ......
This leading practitioner reference and text--now in a revised and expanded fourth edition--provides the knowledge needed to use state-of-the-art cognitive tests with individuals of all ages, from preschoolers to adults. The volume examines major theories and tests of intelligence (in chapters written by the theorists and test developers ......
Explores the opportunities that await psychologists in national security settings. The authors are experienced consulting psychologists who provide a richly detailed introduction for psychologists and graduate students. Their insider knowledge offers a glimpse into the workplace culture and group dynamics of national security organisations.
