Relational-cultural therapy works on connection and disconnection in a client's life. This title shows how this approach works and how it deepens the therapeutic relationship and the client's relationships outside of therapy.
Demonstrates the American expression of existential therapy. Emphasizing freedom, experiential reflection, and responsibility, this title presents an approach that draws from the author's existential - integrative framework.
Psychology is one of the most popular college majors and can lead to a satisfying career in many different fields. This book shows you how to leverage your bachelor's degree to find a career with intellectual, emotional, and perhaps financial rewards.
Advancing the Explanation of Its Nature, Cause, and Treatment
Presents contemporary theories and research regarding the behavioral processes that underlie major mental illnesses, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, and alcohol/drug disorders. This book offers a counterpoint to theories which are not based on studies of behavior.
Offers guidance to social scientists regarding their ethical and legal responsibilities to respond appropriately to threats of harm that may arise during the course of data collection. This book examines the challenges of conducting research designed to responsibly gain a better understanding of the origins of serious health problems.
Emphasizes the potential of prevention to promote positive development across the lifespan and to foster social justice. This text presents the theoretical, conceptual, methodological, and ethical foundations that inform a social justice vision of prevention.
Dr Karen Zager demonstrates her approach to therapy with adolescent girls. Teenage girls are a complex population difficult to pigeonhole; however, one general fact is that this group usually does not feel that adults listen to them. Dr Zager therefore recommends listening as the key to working with teenage girls. Therapists must also respect what ......
Dr. Nadya A. Fouad demonstrates her approach to vocational counseling. The fundamental assumption of culturally oriented career counseling is that every client is influenced by his or her cultural context. This approach focuses on the role context plays in the choices the client might consider.
A book which discusses the author's work with a young woman who suffered a lot of pain surrounding the death of her father. It shows how the author makes use of mutual empathy, an emotionally authentic responsiveness, through which she seeks to understand the client and join her where she is in the moment.
