Psychiatry category: 2250 books
The Therapeutic Alliance
An Evidence-Based Guide to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2011
This state-of-the-art book presents research-based practice guidelines that clinicians of any orientation can use to optimize the therapeutic alliance. Leading proponents of the major psychotherapeutic approaches explain just what a good alliance is, how to create it, and how to recognize and repair...
Handbook of PTSD, Second Edition
Science and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Widely regarded as the definitive reference, this handbook brings together foremost authorities on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Diagnostic, conceptual, and treatment issues are reviewed in depth. The volume examines the causes and mechanisms of PTSD on multiple levels, from psychological...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2012
This volume presents an innovative psychobiological framework for understanding and treating PTSD. A major emphasis is the need to reformulate diagnostic criteria and treatment goals to reflect emerging knowledge about the complex pathways by which trauma disrupts people's lives. Within a holistic,...
Treating Trauma in Adolescents
Development, Attachment, and the Therapeutic Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2016
This book presents an innovative and empathic approach to working with traumatized teens. It offers strategies for getting through to high-risk adolescents and for building a strong attachment relationship that can help get development back on track. Martha B. Straus draws on extensive clinical experience...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
This widely used practitioner resource and course text, now significantly revised, is considered the most comprehensive guide to working with children who have experienced major losses, family upheavals, violence in the school or community, and other traumatic events. Leading experts present a range...
Play in Clinical Practice
Evidence-Based Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011
Going beyond traditional play therapy, this innovative book presents a range of evidence-based assessment and intervention approaches that incorporate play as a key element. It is grounded in the latest knowledge about the importance of play in child development. Leading experts describe effective...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2011
This comprehensive handbook synthesizes the rapidly growing research base on child and adolescent psychopathy: its nature, causes, development, assessment, and treatment. The editors and contributors are leading authorities who review state-of-the-art empirical findings and weigh in on pressing questions,...
by Mary C. Talaga, RPh, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychopharmacology Made Simple offers everything you need to know about the use of psychoactive medications in the treatment of childhood and adolescent psychological disorders in easy-to-understand language.
This fully revised third edition offers updated DSM-V...
Working with Adolescents
A Guide for Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
A state-of-the-art practitioner resource and course text, this book provides a comprehensive view of adolescent development and spells out effective ways to help teens who are having difficulties. The authors illuminate protective and risk factors in the many contexts of adolescents' lives, from individual...
by Risë VanFleet, PhD, RPT-S
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2011
Highly practical, instructive, and authoritative, this book vividly describes how to conduct child-centered play therapy. The authors are master clinicians who explain core therapeutic principles and techniques, using rich case material to illustrate treatment of a wide range of difficulties. The...
The Gravity of Weight: A Clinical Guide to Weight Loss and Maintenance
A Clinical Guide to Weight Loss and Maintenance
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
The Gravity of Weight: A Clinical Guide to Weight Loss and Maintenance, by Sylvia R. Karasu, M.D., and T. Byram Karasu, M.D., is a scholarly and critical inquiry into the field of overweight and obesity. Reviewing more than 900 publications, from some of the early classical papers to the most recent...
Treating Survivors of Childhood Abuse
Psychotherapy for the Interrupted Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Meeting a key need, this book presents a modular adult psychotherapy approach grounded in extensive clinical experience and research. Provided is a flexible, empirically supported framework for helping clients manage symptoms related to past physical or sexual abuse; build emotion regulation and interpersonal...
Collaborative Case Conceptualization
Working Effectively with Clients in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
Presenting an innovative framework for tailoring cognitive-behavioral interventions to each client's needs, this accessible book is packed with practical pointers and sample dialogues. Step by step, the authors show how to collaborate with clients to develop and test conceptualizations that illuminate...
Clinical Practice of Cognitive Therapy with Children and Adolescents, Second Edition
The Nuts and Bolts
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2015
Widely regarded as the definitive practitioner reference and teaching text, this book provides a complete introduction to doing cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) with 6- to 18-year-olds. The authors offer a blueprint for formulating cases and tailoring treatment to each child's or adolescent's unique...