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Shows how skillful case formulation addresses a critical challenge in psychotherapy: how to use empirically supported therapies (ESTs) in real-world clinical contexts. The author explains the basic theories of cognition, learning, and emotion that underlie available ESTs and shows how the theories also guide systematic case formulation.
Provides clinicians and students with an overview of the key issues involved in measuring client change within clinical practice. This book reviews the history, conceptual foundations, and status of trait- and state-based assessment models and approaches, exploring their strengths and limitations for measuring change across therapy sessions.
Helping therapists bring about enduring change when treating clients with various anxiety disorders, this book combines expert guidance, exploration, and innovative clinical strategies. It identifies obstacles that frequently arise during the early, middle, and later stages of treatment and present a wide range of practical solutions.
Examines what is known about the nature and development of juvenile sexual offending, the consequences for both victims and perpetrators, and approaches to assessment, intervention, and relapse prevention. This book explores how juvenile offenders are dealt with in the mental health and criminal justice systems.
Examines how first impressions are formed; the psychological, biological, and evolutionary processes that underlie them; and their consequences for individuals and society. This book presents findings on what people infer about others from such cues as facial features, expressions, skin tones, physical movements, and the environmental context.
Presents the legal and clinical foundations of neuropsychology practice in criminal forensic cases. This book reviews the case law and constitutional principles and provides guidance for conducting assessments that address legal standards, such as competency to confess, competency to proceed, criminal responsibility, and sentencing concerns.
Presents a framework for understanding the processes by which peers shape each other's attitudes and behavior, and explores implications for intervention and prevention. This book features findings on such topics as how drug use, risky sexual behavior, and other deviant behaviors 'catch on' among certain peer groups or cliques.
Based on 20 years of experience with bipolar kids and their families, this book delivers strategies for reducing or eliminating problems with mania, depression, aggression, sleep disturbances, and other symptoms. It also emphasizes ways to maintain a positive atmosphere at home and to help these kids stay balanced, and focus on their achievements.
