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Presents prolonged exposure therapy (PE), a specific manualized exposure therapy program for PTSD. A variant of exposure therapy, PE is a cognitive behavioural approach designed to reduce pathological anxiety and related emotions by helping patients approach relatively safe but distress-provoking thoughts, memories, situations, and stimuli.

Addresses the psychosocial causes, consequences, and underpinnings of intra-regional migration in Latin America. Contributors offer conceptual, theoretical, and methodological tools for understanding the psychological processes that underlie migration and intergroup contact.

Examines how psychotherapists can be appropriately responsive to clients' unique needs across a variety of therapeutic approaches by saying or doing the right thing at the right time. Contributors synthesize key research and identify common factors across the field of psychology as well as unique contributions that each approach offers.

Offers a step-by-step approach to diagnosis, giving practicing psychologists and graduate trainees the essential information they need to apply the mental and behavioural diagnostic guidelines of the ICD-11 and deliver high quality, evidence-informed care around the world.

Human development doesn't occur in a vacuum. Rather, it is deeply rooted in, and affected by, culture. This textbook examines how culture affects several domains of development, including cognition, emotion, sociolinguistics, peer relationships, family relationships, and more.

Blending empirical research and clinical expertise into easy-to-read advice, Drs. John Norcross and Mick Cooper offer multiple strategies for routinely assessing preferences as they evolve over the course of therapy, focusing primarily on strong likes and dislikes.

A practical, beginner-friendly book that teaches readers how to do daily life research - the study of what people do in their ordinary environments in their everyday lives. The basic approach is to collect data intensively over time, at least once a day for many days, in people's natural environments rather than in research labs.

Introduces kids to the science of psychology, with chapters on the brain, personality, intelligence, emotions, social relationships, and more. Accompanied by colourful illustrations of psychology's big ideas, and lots of hands-on experiments to try at home, there's no better way to dive into the fascinating science of the mind.

The true potency of needing to express one's unhappiness and the power of having someone else listen and help is a strong message for young readers. Like a favourite teacher or mentor, they may not be around forever, just for a short but meaningful time.

This fun story about identity is a clever way to introduce young readers to non-binary and gender-fluid people. Explaining the use of pronouns of one's own choosing to kids, while all along reinforcing that an individual is much more layered and unique than how others may see him, her or them, is a developmentally important milestone.

This collection of insightful and endearing poems explores what kids experience on the inside that cannot be seen from the outside. From topics that readers experience every day, like the agony of waiting for recess, to the monotony of homework, to things that aren't easy to talk about, like death and bullying, the poems are incredibly relatable.

This important follow-up to the bestselling, groundbreaking, and polarizing Something Happened in Our Town, is a much-needed story to help communities in the aftermath of gun violence.

It's hard for some kids to wait for something that they really want! In this lively, rhyming picture book, twins Dell and Pete face a series of humorous choices that test their ability to stay strong in the face of temptation.

Blossom and Bud live in Mr. Baxter's flower shop, among plants of every imaginable size, colour, and shape. Blossom doesn't like how tall she is and tries to hide her height. Bud doesn't like how he looks, so he tries to force his flower to bloom. But Mr. Baxter thinks they are just right, as they are, and has a special role for each of them.

Tommy is terrified of dogs. When he gets an invitation to a big birthday party at his neighbor's house, his heart sinks-he can't possibly go, the dog is enormous and scary! This gentle introduction to the concept of exposure therapy for kids will help them deal with phobias.

Kids know that their brain does a lot, like make them move, smile, remember, think, feel, and emote. But do they know how it really works? Readers will take a tour of the lobes of the human brain to discover all the cool things that it can do in this must-have introduction for all nonfiction collections.

Readers are welcomed to the Lobe Labs and Dr. Brain activities in this brightly illustrated, highly engaging book that uses science to answer interesting questions that kids have about the brain and human behaviour.

In this step-by-step guide to conducting a research study, Linda McMullen describes the innovative ways in which discursive psychology analyses language at both the micro and macro levels. Discursive psychologists reconceptualize talk and text as being situated in a social context, rather than thinking of talk as a route to our thoughts.

Provides a step-by-step description of how to use critical-constructivist grounded theory methods. This flexible approach can aid researchers in investigating topics within psychological, interpersonal, and sociocultural contexts.

Introduces readers to ideal-type analysis, a method for forming typologies from qualitative data. The authors present the background to this approach, the steps required to conduct an ideal-type analysis, and guidance on writing up a study using this method.

An in-depth practical guide for mental health practitioners working across diverse theoretical orientations to provide mental health services tailored to the needs of refugees. Chapters outline research-supported psychological interventions that can be used in a culturally sensitive manner.

Describes consensual qualitative research, an inductive method characterized by open-ended interview questions, small samples, a reliance on words over numbers, the importance of context, an integration of multiple viewpoints (for example, the consensus of the research team and auditors), and a high emphasis on rigour and replicability.

A resource for training and supervising mental health practitioners. It guides readers through a science-informed process of supervision that clearly delineates the competencies required for good practice..

Today's immigrants face a dangerous mix of rising nationalism and xenophobia, alarming rates of displacement within and across nations, war, trafficking, terrorism, and deportation. Multiple traumas stem from these experiences. This book examines the lasting impact of trauma for racial minority immigrants and subsequent generations.

With contributions by more than 40 experts in the field, this comprehensive text details the steps necessary to build a career in neuropsychology and outlines the core competencies students and trainees must master along the way.

Follow a young girl as she works with her abuela and her grandma to create a wonderful birthday present for her brother that celebrates her multicultural family and honors both sides and generations of her family. This follow up to the award winning Marvelous Maravilliso: Me and My Beautiful Family is a must-read for all families.

This reassuring potty training book for toddlers offers insight into the many stages that kids can be in. Includes more information about supporting toddlers as they build the bridge to potty training.

Sometimes toddlers don't want to go! This is a book for toddlers about leaving when they don't want to or ending an activity they don't want to stop. Includes information for parents and caregivers about helping you and toddlers have an easier time when it's time to go.

Toddlers expecting a new addition to the family don't know exactly what will happen, and it can be confusing and emotionally challenging. Through the introduction of the new sibling, to the incorporation of it into daily life, toddlers will be reassured that while things will be different, mom and dad still love them just the same.