Kategoria BISAC: Psychology >> Clinical Psychology

Animal Maltreatment is the first book to provide an overview of animal maltreatment as a...

The ACT Matrix revolutionized contextual behavioral science. Now, the creators of this pioneering new model present the first detailed, step-by-step guide to help professionals implement the ACT Matrix in clinical practice and improve clients psychological flexibility.

If you re a clinician, you know that acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is extremely effective in helping clients who are stuck in unhealthy thought patterns by encouraging them align their values with their thoughts and actions. However, the ACT model is complex, and it's not always easy to use. Enter the ACT Matrix,...

In these uncertain and disquieting times, clients presenting with stress problems are on the rise. Common, too, are those pains that refuse to go away--stomachaches, chest pains, and headaches that fall through the diagnostic cracks and resist appropriate interventions.

Somatization and Psychosomatic Symptoms brings theoretical clarity and frontline expertise to these challenging cases, offering integrative approaches and clinical tools.

This comprehensive reference addresses not only the assessment and treatment of chronic physical complaints but also explores...

North America s Indigenous population is a vulnerable group, with specific psychological and healing needs that are not widely met in the mental health care system. Indigenous peoples face certain historical, cultural-linguistic and socioeconomic barriers to mental health care access that government, health care organizations and social agencies must work to overcome. This volume examines ways Indigenous healing practices can complement Western psychological service to meet the needs of Indigenous peoples through traditional cultural concepts. Bringing together leading experts in the...

Hidden Youth and the Virtual World examines the phenomenon of hidden youth or hikikomori, as it is better known in Japan as well as Hong Kong. Exposure to the Internet has allowed these young persons to develop a high level of capability within the virtual world, however these are skills that are not highly valued by society. This book uncovers the truth about hidden youth, the causes, coping strategies, power relations between them and adults in society, and their relationship with the virtual world. Key topics surrounding the phenomenon of hidden youth are explored in...

In "Pursuing Perfection," authors Margo Maine and Joe Kelly explore the emotional, social and cultural factors behind the ongoing epidemic of disordered eating and body image despair in adult women at midlife and beyond. Written from a biopsychosocial and feminist perspective, "Pursuing Perfection" describes the many issues women encounter as they navigate a rapidly changing culture that promotes unhealthy standards for beauty and appearance. This updated and expanded edition (originally published as "The Body Myth: Adult Women and the Pressure to Be Perfect)" is a unique guide for anyone...

In "Pursuing Perfection," authors Margo Maine and Joe Kelly explore the emotional, social and cultural factors behind the ongoing epidemic of disordered eating and body image despair in adult women at midlife and beyond. Written from a biopsychosocial and feminist perspective, "Pursuing Perfection" describes the many issues women encounter as they navigate a rapidly changing culture that promotes unhealthy standards for beauty and appearance. This updated and expanded edition (originally published as "The Body Myth: Adult Women and the Pressure to Be Perfect)" is a unique guide for anyone...

The Second Edition of this highly practical volume brings a problem-based learning (PBL) approach to psychology and psychiatry for treating medical patients in primary and specialty settings. It supplies a robust framework for conceptualizing cases, complete with PBL methods for clinical reasoning and gaining critical insights, and applying knowledge learned to actual patient situations. In addition to the book s skill-building toolkit, exercises involving detailed case examples anticipate situations readers will face when clients present with complex diagnoses and multilayered histories....

This book deals with a series of problems associated with the contemporary psychiatric approach to trauma, encapsulated in the diagnostic category of PTSD, by means of a philosophical analysis inspired by the works of Jacques Lacan, Slavoj Zizek and Alain Badiou.