This book's humble title betrays little of the riches it contains or the magnitude of its author's accomplishment in having written it. When it appeared in 1981, the first edition of Psychotherapy was on the cutting edge of a nascent trend toward eclecticism in psychotherapy. Now, thanks in part to that classic, what was once an ad hoc movement has blossomed into a dominant force in both the academic and clinical milieus.

Consistent with its predecessor, Psychotherapy, Second Edition espouses no single theoretical orientation. Neither is it a melange of concepts and techniques haphazardly...

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SOCIAL ORIGINS OF MENTAL ABILITY --Gary Collier

This volume is the first comprehensive, systematic survey of research into the non-hereditary influences on intelligence. Focusing on the cultural, environmental, and social influences on the development of mental abilities, Dr. Collier helps to advance the nurture side of the "nature vs. nurture" debate. He also offers a viable synthesis of supporting facts and ideas from the worlds of psychology, the psychology of personality, and cognitive psychology. This book will have a profound influence upon academe, the...

..".how a man rallies to life's challenges and weathers its storms tells everything of who he is and all that he is likely to become." --St. Augustine

It has long been understood that how a person adjusts to life stresses is a major component of his or her ability to lead a fulfilling life. Yet it wasn't until the 1960s that coping became a discrete topic of psychological inquiry. Since then, coping has risen to a position of prominence in the modern psychological discourse--especially within the personality, cognitive, and behavioral spheres--and, within the past decade alone, many...

The new directions in which art therapy is advancing are examined in this book. These include: new populations now being addressed by human services (battered women, new immigrants, incest victims, bereaved children, cancer patients, etc); new methods, with notable emphasis on creative synthesis with other modalities (computer animation, photography, video, and psychodrama); and training (dealing with supervision, handling countertransference, and termination).

Updated with new chapters on borderline disorder and substance abuse as well as new sections on bipolar and obsessive--compulsive disorders. First, it covers theoretical issues in adolescent psychology, normality and abnormality in adolescence and patterns of adolescent psychopathology.

Offering an integrated approach to the psychology of underachievement, unifying theory and practice, this book examines different types of underachievers, explores the relationship between personality and underachievement, and provides useful guidelines for clinical practice. An outline and summary of the voluminous (and often contradictory) literature is presented, together with theoretical models of the underachiever that are grounded in mainstream diagnostic and therapeutic theory. Examples of each personality type are included, so that practitioners can easily recognize and treat them.

Approaches the psychopathology of this disorder focusing on the symptoms that comprise the global syndrome.

Distinguishing those psychopathological conditions that are internalized (depression, excess anxiety, obsessions) from those that are externalized (conduct disorders, psychopathy), this book examines the former as a special class of disorders in children and adolescents. In separate sections, it deals with the nature and classification of these disorders, provides a chapter each on the specific disorders, then looks at the behavioural manifestations and consequences. Discussing these disorders as a related group helps clarify their dynamics and the prospects for intervention, and examines the...