Guilford Publications: 631 books
School Psychology for the 21st Century, Second Edition
Foundations and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2011
A leading introductory text, this authoritative volume comprehensively describes the school psychologist's role in promoting positive academic, behavioral, and emotional outcomes for all students. The book emphasizes a problem-solving-based, data-driven approach to practice in today's diverse schools....
Developmental Social Neuroscience and Childhood Brain Insult
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Synthesizing cutting-edge knowledge from multiple disciplines, this book explores the impact of acquired brain injury and developmental disabilities on children's emerging social skills. The editors present an innovative framework for understanding how brain processes interact with social development...
Treating Explosive Kids
The Collaborative Problem-Solving Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2005
The first comprehensive presentation for clinicians of the groundbreaking approach popularized in Ross Greene's acclaimed parenting guide, The Explosive Child, this book provides a detailed framework for effective, individualized intervention with highly oppositional children and their families. Many...
Military Psychology, Second Edition
Clinical and Operational Applications
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
Widely regarded as the authoritative work in the field, this book comprehensively explores the psychological needs of today's service members and how to meet them effectively. Expert contributors review best practices for conducting fitness-for-duty evaluations and other types of assessments, treating...
Getting the Best for Your Child with Autism
An Expert's Guide to Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2008
As the parent of a child with an autism spectrum disorder, you need an informed, caring advocate who can deftly guide you through the complex maze of treatment options. In this empowering resource, bestselling author Bryna Siegel--one of the world’s leading authorities on the disorder--helps you...
Desistance from Sex Offending
Alternatives to Throwing Away the Keys
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2011
This book offers a fresh perspective on treating a population that is often demonized by policymakers, the public, and even clinicians. The authors argue that most sex offenders are "people like us," with the potential to lead meaningful, law-abiding lives—if given a chance and appropriate...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2009
This book brings together prominent investigators to provide a comprehensive guide to doing life course research, including an “inside view” of how they designed and carried out influential longitudinal studies. Using vivid examples, the contributors trace the connections between early and later...
Schizophrenia
Cognitive Theory, Research, and Therapy
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2008
From Aaron T. Beck and colleagues, this is the definitive work on the cognitive model of schizophrenia and its treatment. The volume integrates cognitive-behavioral and biological knowledge into a comprehensive conceptual framework. It examines the origins, development, and maintenance of key symptom...
Effective Treatments for PTSD, Second Edition
Practice Guidelines from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2008
Developed under the auspices of the PTSD Treatment Guidelines Task Force of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, this tightly edited work is the definitive best-practice reference for practitioners caring for any trauma population. Leading clinical scientists thoroughly review the...
Treating Substance Abuse, Third Edition
Theory and Technique
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2011
This state-of-the-art text and clinical resource captures the breadth of current knowledge about substance abuse and its treatment. For each of the major evidence-based treatment approaches, a chapter on basic assumptions and theories is followed by a chapter on clinical applications, including illustrative...
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
A Practitioner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2004
Addressing the art and science of psychodynamic treatment, Nancy McWilliams distills the essential principles of clinical practice, including effective listening and talking; transference and countertransference; emotional safety; and an empathic, attuned attitude toward the patient. The book describes...
by Paul L. Wachtel, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2007
This important and innovative book explores a new direction in psychoanalytic thought that can expand and deepen clinical practice. Relational psychoanalysis diverges in key ways from the assumptions and practices that have traditionally characterized psychoanalysis. At the same time, it preserves,...
Contemporary Directions in Psychopathology
Scientific Foundations of the DSM-V and ICD-11
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2011
This forward-thinking volume grapples with critical questions surrounding the mechanisms underlying mental disorders and the systems used for classifying them. Edited and written by leading international authorities, many of whom are actively involved with the development of DSM-V and ICD-11, the...
The Value of Psychotherapy
The Talking Cure in an Age of Clinical Science
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
From a seasoned scholar, clinician, and teacher, this lively, highly readable text probes where the field of psychotherapy is now and where it may be headed in the future. Robert L. Woolfolk explores commonalities and differences among major therapeutic approaches, as well as their philosophical underpinnings....