Dr Winona F. Simms illustrates her approach to working with clients who are of Native American descent. Because of a history of oppression by the dominant culture, Native American clients may present for therapy with distrust in the therapist, so it is important to first build trust and to allow the client to speak and be heard.
Dr Patricia Arredondo demonstrates her contextual, psychohistorical approach to therapy with clients whose heritage is from one of the many Spanish speaking countries. Her approach takes into consideration not just the client as an individual, but the client in context. This means attending to the client's culture, family traditions, religious ......
Explains and demonstrates the initial steps in cognitive - behavioral therapy. This work provides guidelines for case formulation and treatment planning, a demonstration with a client who is depressed, and discussion of these steps.
Schemas are cognitive structures that allow people to make sense of their experiences. Distorted schemas can contribute to depression. This work discusses and illustrates ways for changing a client's maladaptive core beliefs in cognitive-behavioral therapy. It defines schema, then presents theoretical rationale and empirical support.
Demonstrates his approach to teaching parenting skills within the context of therapy. This book shows parents various ways for managing children's behavior and to help children learn to change their own behavior. It assesses the relationship of a young mother and her toddler son and then teaches good child - parent interaction through modeling.
Mardi Horowitz provides a simplified discussion of his empirically supported, integrative approach to case formulation. He traces the roots of this approach and its refinements; then illustrates how Configurational Analysis is applied.
Information, Ideas, and Resources for Psychologists in Practice
This book is a nuts-and-bolts guide to starting, growing, or improving a psychotherapy practice. 15 appendices make key APA professional standards and guidelines and other resources available for consultation in one source.
Dr. Wes Crenshaw demonstrates his approach to working with children who have been neglected or sexually or physically abused. Because most offenders in cases of abuse or neglect are within the child's family, this approach by necessity treats the entire family system, and the goal of therapy is to recontextualize the act of injustice, in both the ......
Dr Laura S. Brown shows her approach to treating female clients who have been traumatized or abused. Women are more likely than men to experience interpersonal trauma, including sexual assault and partner violence, and they also process traumatic or abusive events in a distinct way, mediated by their biology and by women's socialization. Dr Brown ......
