Guilford Publications: 631 books
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Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2010
What enables people to bounce back from stressful experiences? How do certain individuals maintain a sense of purpose and direction over the long term, even in the face of adversity? This is the first book to move beyond childhood and adolescence to explore resilience across the lifespan. Coverage...
Handbook of Self-Regulation, Third Edition
Research, Theory, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
From leading authorities, this significantly revised and expanded handbook is a highly regarded reference in a rapidly growing field. It thoroughly examines the conscious and unconscious processes by which people manage their behavior and emotions, control impulses, and strive toward desired goals....
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Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
This authoritative handbook reviews the breadth of current knowledge about positive emotions: their nature, functions, and consequences for individuals and society. Specific emotions are analyzed in depth, including happiness, pride, romantic love, compassion, gratitude, awe, challenge, and hope....
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Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2015
Providing a comprehensive perspective on human desire, this volume brings together leading experts from multiple psychological subdisciplines. It addresses such key questions as how desires of different kinds emerge, how they influence judgment and decision making, and how problematic desires can...
When Research Goes Off the Rails
Why It Happens and What You Can Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2011
Few behavioral or health science studies proceed seamlessly. This refreshingly candid guide presents firsthand vignettes of obstacles on the bumpy road of research and offers feasible, easy-to-implement solutions. Contributors from a range of disciplines describe real-world problems at each stage...
Evaluation in Distance Education and E-Learning
The Unfolding Model
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2008
With the rapid proliferation of distance education and e-learning courses, the need is growing for a comprehensive, professional approach to evaluating their effectiveness. This indispensable book offers a road map to guide evaluation practice in these innovative learning environments. Providing practical,...
Treating Self-Injury, Second Edition
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2012
This trusted practitioner resource is acclaimed for its clear, compassionate, and hopeful approach to working with clients who self-injure. Barent Walsh provides current, evidence-based knowledge about the variety and causes of self-injurious behavior, its relationship to suicidality, and how to assess...
Without Conscience
The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
Most people are both repelled and intrigued by the images of cold-blooded, conscienceless murderers that increasingly populate our movies, television programs, and newspaper headlines. With their flagrant criminal violation of society's rules, serial killers like Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy are...
The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers
Looking After Yourself and Your Family While Helping an Aging Parent
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2006
Caring for a parent whose health is in decline turns the world upside down. The emotional fallout can be devastating, but it doesn't have to be that way. Empathic guidance from an expert who's been there can help. Through an account of two sisters and their ailing mother--interwoven with no-nonsense...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
The leading clinical reference and text in the field, originally developed by the late Sandra Leiblum, this volume addresses the full range of sexual problems and concerns that lead men, women, and couples to seek help. Prominent experts describe cutting-edge assessment and treatment approaches that...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
An ideal supplemental text, this instructive casebook presents in-depth illustrations of treatment based on the most important couple therapy models. An array of leading clinicians offer a window onto how they work with clients grappling with mild and more serious clinical concerns, including conflicts...
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders
Mastering Clinical Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2008
Helping therapists bring about enduring change when treating clients with any anxiety disorder, this invaluable book combines expert guidance, in-depth exploration, and innovative clinical strategies. The authors draw on extensive experience and research to provide a framework for constructing lucid...
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Second Edition
The Process and Practice of Mindful Change
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2011
Since the original publication of this seminal work, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) has come into its own as a widely practiced approach to helping people change. This book provides the definitive statement of ACT--from conceptual and empirical foundations to clinical techniques--written...
Mindfulness and Acceptance
Expanding the Cognitive-Behavioral Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2004
This volume examines the role of mindfulness principles and practices in a range of well-established cognitive and behavioral treatment approaches. Leading scientist-practitioners describe how their respective modalities incorporate such nontraditional themes as mindfulness, acceptance, values, spirituality,...