Böcker utgivna av American Psychological Association

Explores the richness and variety of psychotherapy in a collection of carefully chosen excerpts from APA publications. Intended for students and practitioners, this volume provides a unique look at contemporary psychotherapy theory and the specific interventions associated with each orientation. All major approaches in psychotherapy are included.

Whether you're training to play the piano, speak a foreign language, shoot a target with a bow and arrow, or master the techniques of fine carpentry, the conditions of your training will affect how successfully you learn and perform. How can you process needed new information in order to remember it better and use it in the future? How long should you work, study, or practice before taking a break? How can you counteract fatigue and boredom to improve performance if the task is tedious? This book shares practical tips to help you learn quickly, remember what you learn, and apply it to real-world performance.

Presents scientifically-supported guidance for people who want to replace stress and painful emotions with a sense of well-being and contentment. With empathy and unfailing good humour, Dr. Pamela Hays outlines a four-step process that has proven successful in her professional clinical psychology practice as well as in her own life.

Presents a practical, step-by-step approach for establishing your own mindfulness practice. Brief introductory chapters explain the scientifically proven effects on health, as well as the philosophy behind this ancient practice. The remainder of the book consists of 25 experiential lessons that guide you through various meditative practices.

Over 6.5 million children receive special education services each year in the US. As this number continues to rise, child and school psychologists are increasingly called upon to evaluate children and to recommend accommodations to meet the child's educational needs. This book is a step-by-step guide describing how to perform an independent educational evaluation for children with special needs.

In this new release by geropsychology scholars Forrest Scogin and Avani Shah, researchers and clinicians come together in each chapter to discuss the prevalent psychological disorders that afflict this growing population.

The authors present a groundbreaking, empirically based model that integrates working with narrative and emotion processes in emotion-focused therapy (EFT).

Clinical supervision and consultation have long been considered integral elements of training and maintaining competency for psychologists and other mental health professionals. This book offers supervisors and consultants with both theoretical and practical strategies for incorporating ethical principles into their work.

Sherman Smith saw the most terrible thing happen. At first he tried to forget about it, but something inside him started to bother him. He felt nervous and had bad dreams. Then he met someone who helped him talk about the terrible thing, and made him feel better.

If you're a kid who thinks "it's not fair", this book is for you. What to Do When It's Not Fair guides children and their parents through the difficult emotions of envy and jealousy using strategies and techniques based on cognitive-behavioural principles.

Applies attachment theory to group psychotherapy, explaining how group therapists can effectively work with members of different attachment styles. By understanding the needs of each member based on his or her attachment style, the leader can best foster corrective emotional exchanges that challenge members' maladaptive beliefs about themselves and others.

Explores the possibility that people understand abstract social concepts using metaphor, which from this perspective is not simply a matter of words. Rather, it is a cognitive tool that people routinely use to understand abstract concepts (such as morality) in terms of superficially dissimilar concepts that are relatively easier to comprehend (such as cleanliness).

This book presents an attachment-based approach to therapy that addresses the limiting and detrimental effects of negative early attachment experiences. Therapists will learn to help patients access and communicate more adaptive feelings, thoughts, and behaviors.

Action Learning (AL) has emerged as a key training and problem-solving tool for companies. This book demonstrates how Action Learning can quickly and effectively be introduced, implemented, and sustained in various types or sizes of organizations.

Includes the latest research on delivering mental health services in pre-deployment. The psychological health of service members and military families is approached as an integral aspect of deployment psychology. The result is a ground-breaking book that emphasizes what we know—and don't know—about evidence-based interventions. It represents the first comprehensive review of mental health interventions across the deployment cycle and will help guide the field of military psychology in developing a much-needed support system for service members.

"Tells the story of Jetty, a girl with ADHD. With the help of her doctor, counselor, teacher, and parents, she is able to overcome her problems at school and with friends"--

The treatment of personality disorders is a rapidly evolving focus of contemporary mental health practice. This volume presents a collection of research on personality disorder treatment. Organized by different therapeutic approaches, each chapter presents a theoretical framework, evidence-based methods, and clinical examples.

Visiting Feelings invites children to sense, explore, and befriend any feeling with acceptance and equanimity. Includes a "Note to Parents.”

This is a unique empirically-based psychological intervention that uses acceptance and mindfulness processes, and commitment and behaviour change processes to produce psychological flexibility. Steven C. Hayes, who helped develop ACT, and co-author Jason Lillis provide an overview of ACT's main influences and its basic principles.

Follows Emily as she tries to overcome her grief following her brother's death. As time passes, Emily finds a way to remember her brother and grows to understand that although Ben has died, her happy memories of him can continue to live on.

Play therapy is used to meet a broad range of developmental needs in children from various backgrounds. This is for mental health practitioners working with children aged 5 to 12 to help them learn social skills such as making friends, asking for and offering help, controlling their movements and using appropriate words.