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The two volumes of the Handbook of Psychological and Educational Assessment of Children, Second Edition, cover all aspects of child and adolescent assessment. Leading clinical scientists summarize the state of the science of assessment paradigms, instruments, and methods. With an emphasis on practical clinical considerations, chapters also delve ......
Helping Family Members Resolve Death, Dying, and Bereavement Issues
Illuminating the impact of loss and grief on our psychological and emotional lives, this book provides vital guidance to ease painful transitions and facilitate healing. The author emphasizes that dealing with the death of a loved one involves more than picking up the pieces and moving on: rather, healing is an ongoing journey on which grief is a ......
Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP)
This volume describes the Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP), a research-based approach designed to motivate chronically depressed patients to change and to help them develop needed problem-solving and relationship skills. Presenting clear, step-by-step guidelines for implementing CBASP - along with compelling empirical ......
This book presents a flexible, evidence-based framework for treating couples effectively in as few as one or two (and as many as 25) sessions of highly focused therapeutic work. Providing step-by-step guidelines for assessment and intervention, Halford shows how to rapidly negotiate relationship goals and therapy structure, establish and maintain ......
This volume makes a powerful case for the inclusion of ultimate concerns - spiritual and religious themes in personal strivings - in an attempt to build a motivational theory of personality. The book first reviews the growing body of empirical and clinical literature on goal seeking and its relationship to subjective well-being, life satisfaction, ......
Introduction. Part 1: Theoretical and Conceptual Foundations. Models of Resistance. Resistance to Procedure. Part 2: Dimensions of Resistance. Validation Resistance. Self-Consistency. Schematic Resistance. Moral Resistance: Compulsive Responsibility. Victim Resistance. Risk Aversion and Depressive Resistance.
Dovidio, Major, Crocker, Stigma: Introduction and Overview. Part 1: The Perceiver. Neuberg,D.M Smith, Asher, Why People Stigmatize: Toward a Biocultural Framework. Stangor, Crandall, Threat and the Social Construction of Stigma. Biernat, Dovidio, Stigma and Stereotypes.
Few dispute the importance of helping people cope with severe life stressors, but questions remain about how to identify those at risk of chronic problems and which interventions facilitate recovery.
