The largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States and the largest association of professional psychologists in the world the American Psychological Association proudly offers this focused abridgment of its landmark, critically acclaimed APA Dictionary of Psychology. The APA Dictionary of Lifespan Developmental Psychology maintains all the best features of the parent dictionary, including

Some 7,500 entries offering clear and authoritative definitions including many updated and new entries.

Balanced coverage in such core areas as...

This four-volume handbook summarizes the current state of knowledge on major topics within the fields of personality and social psychology. Coverage is contemporary, is provocative, and sets an agenda for future work in the area. Volume 1 focuses on attitudes and social cognition, describing the two main directions in which this domain has moved over the past quarter century. First, there is increasing focus on the phenomenology of daily life, with emphasis on the contents and drivers of mundane daily life. These include emotional experience, religious beliefs, feelings of control and agency,...

Today's therapists work with diverse clients whose cultural values and attitudes differ in varying degrees from their own. Effective training and supervision are necessary to avoid and resolve conflicts.

This practical guide presents a model for developing multicultural competence within supervision. The model emphasizes self-assessment to define the cultural niche of each member of the supervision triad (therapist, client, and supervisor). Both supervisor and supervisee maintain an attitude of cultural humility and "metacompetence" (knowing what you don't know) to better inform case...

The APA Handbook of Clinical Geropsychology offers a well-balanced scientist practitioner approach, with chapters that succinctly review empirical research across a broad range of areas and offer practical approaches for the application of theory to everyday practice with the aging population.

This groundbreaking book offers a comprehensive examination of personality disorders, from conceptual and theoretical concerns to the practical problems faced by assessing clinicians.

This second edition of a landmark reference resource created not only for psychologists, clinicians, students, and professionals from allied mental health professions, but for all interested readers offers definitive information on the lexicon of the field, including almost 26,000 entries.

This volume explains the public health benefits of a consumer-driven model of mental health care, and describes evidence-based practices for helping people choose treatments that best fit their own goals and social context.

Clients with personality disorders (PDs) present special challenges to clinicians. Nonetheless, successful treatment is possible, and a rapidly growing research base can inform diagnosis and intervention. This book reviews what we know and what we don't know about PDs, and what this implies for clinical practice. It integrates a large body of research findings into a concise, highly practical approach to managing difficult clients. Rather than advocating a single method of treatment, Joel Paris promotes an integration of all evidence-based psychotherapies, as well as effective case...

This book presents highly effective behavioral interventions for common pediatric sleep problems. Includes over 30 handouts for parents and children.

A comprehensive and practical guide for graduate students about to embark on their first practicum experience.