Böcker utgivna av American Psychological Association

Explores the recent international decline in democracy and the psychological appeal of authoritarianism in the context of rapid globalization. By understanding the psychological foundations of the surge in populism and authoritarian leadership, we can better develop ways to nurture and safeguard democracy.

Describes psychotherapeutic strategies for treating adolescent girls of colour. This book provides clinicians with a framework for offering culturally congruent care from a multicultural, feminist, strengths-based perspective, and helps them to better understand the contextual lives and developmental pathways of adolescent girls of colour.

Psychology is a popular major in college today, yet it's possible that you chose it without realizing how very broad and technical the field is. Not to worry. In this book, you'll get a bird's eye view of the whole curriculum, from rat mazes and statistics to abnormal psychology and psychotherapy.

Offers a conceptual framework for working with men - the Deepening framework - along with practical guidance for conducting group therapy with men. This book helps clinicians find ways to break down the barriers that keep many men from seeking help, and shows them how to explore men's inner psychological workings.

Aimed to aid student writers through practical, logistical, and emotional stages of writing dissertations and theses, this book offers guidance to students through such important steps as: defining topics; selecting faculty advisers; scheduling time to accommodate projects; and, conducting, analyzing, writing, presenting, and publishing research.

This multidisciplinary volume examines structural and related functional changes in the aging brain; the neural mechanisms underlying such changes; age-related changes in learning and episodic memory; risk and protective factors, as well as assessment and prevention of different kinds of cognitive decline.

Presents new areas of research and links theory with emerging practice to reflect the latest developments in this constantly changing field. The 77 chapters provide extensive coverage of conceptual frameworks and models, empirical findings, and practical interventions.

Examines the nature of lies and concealment in everyday life and in therapy, with a focus on the process by which patients keep secrets and lie to their therapists. The authors discuss common lies told by therapy clients about a wide range of issues including sex, substance abuse, suicidal ideation, trauma, and the progress of therapy.

Provides a comprehensive review of the many valuable roles that psychologists can play in courts-martial and how they can collaborate with military attorneys to make effective trial teams. The volume offers much-needed guidance for civilian psychologists and military counsel alike.

Investigates the role of emotion in the development and maintenance of psychological problems, and in effecting psychological change. The authors examine emotion as it is conceptualized and used in three of the most widely practiced approaches today - psychodynamic, cognitive behaviour, and emotion-focused psychotherapy.

Presents and explores this influential, practical, and compassionate approach, its theory, history, therapy process, primary change mechanisms, and the empirical basis for its effectiveness. It also examines developments that have refined the theory and expanded how it may be practiced.

Includes new chapters on screening and diagnosis of ASD, discrete trials training, pivotal response training, verbal behaviour interventions, and structured teaching approaches. Contributors also describe interventions for using cognitive behavior therapy with children and families to treat a variety of symptoms and behaviours.

Provides instructors with practical guidance for incorporating multicultural perspectives into their courses and creating more welcoming and inclusive classrooms. Chapters examine specific sociocultural groups based on gender, ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic and ability status.

Brings the study of cognitive dissonance into the 21st century. Contributors survey discoveries about the role dissonance plays in a variety of information processes, as well as connections between dissonance processes and other motivational processes. Mathematical and action-based models that summarize how dissonance works are also presented.

Examines the scientific underpinnings and practical applications of measures of hope, optimism, self-efficacy, problem-solving, locus of control, creativity, wisdom, courage, positive emotion, self-esteem, love, emotional intelligence, empathy, attachment, forgiveness, humour, gratitude, faith, morality, coping, well-being, and quality of life.

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.

Widely adopted as a textbook in graduate psychology courses, this innovative volume presents over 100 different perspectives on crucial and tricky ethical issues, including the duty to protect, multiple relationships, privacy, privileged communication, testifying as an expert witness, and practicing ethically within the boundaries of managed care.

The field of rehabilitation has undergone major change, shifting toward an emphasis on health outcomes and understanding multiple determinants of health. Person-centered care and evidence-based medicine have become central considerations. This handbook has been significantly updated to reflect these new developments.

Explores embodied cognition from an experimental psychology perspective. Rebecca-Fincher Kiefer examines a wealth of evidence, including behavioural studies supported by neuroscientific findings, that suggest that our knowledge of the world is grounded in the neural pathways that were used when we initially experienced those concepts.

Presents integrative supervision applicable to integrative and single-system psychotherapy alike. In reviewing videotaped therapy sessions, integrative supervisors offer key insights into common problems, demonstrate how to adjust treatment to clients' transdiagnostic needs, and guide trainees to clinical competence.

Helps mental health practitioners understand the important relationship between trauma and spirituality, and how to best help survivors create meaning out of their experiences. Drawing on relevant theories and research, the authors present a new conceptual framework, the Reciprocal Meaning-Making Model, demonstrating how it can guide both assessment and treatment.

Builds on the editors' 2007 Handbook of Counseling and Psychotherapy With Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Clients to explore the challenges faced by SM and TGNC clients today. Experts in the field examine how the concepts of gender and sexual orientation are both socioculturally-constructed and can be informed by biologically-focused research.

A sweet story which shines a light on inner confidence, self acceptance, and courage. Lucy learns that doing a good deed will always make you shine bright!

Offers scientifically validated guidance to help you raise your tween, teen, or young adult on the autism spectrum. The book contains advice for finding medical and psychiatric care, helping your teen learn executive functioning and social skills to navigate middle and high school, and talking to your teen about sexual development and activity.

Bentley Bee loves to fly around and visit his friends in the garden. One day, he notices all of them in unusual poses. What could it bee? Bentley's friends teach him several beginning yoga poses including Mountain, Chair, Airplane, Cobra, and more. Readers will love to follow Bentley and try the poses themselves in this child-friendly introduction.

Bea is anxiously waiting for her friends to show up for her birthday party. The worries start to grow around her life tree branches. Her stomach flip-flops and she feels shaky. She tries to run away from the thoughts in the worry tree, but it doesn't work! Bea uses deep-breathing exercises and visualization techniques to calm herself down.

Blue's feelings are hurt when he's not invited to find worms with Red and Yellow. So Blue impulsively starts a rumour. Before he knows it, his little fib has spiralled out of control, and all the birds are caught up in the big drama. Can Blue make things right before it's too late?