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 ......
In ""Shyness and Social Phobia"", Dr. Anne Marie Albano demonstrates her cognitive - behavioral therapy (CBT) approach to treating the common issue of shyness and social phobia. Shyness is a relatively benign personality trait inherent in some individuals, whereas social anxiety occurs in most people at different developmental stages. For some ......
Barton J. Hirsch identifies the strengths of after-school settings while challenging them to rise to new levels of excellence. He describes his research conducted over a four-year period at six Boys & Girls Clubs all located in low income, predominantly minority, urban neighbourhoods.
The Next Frontier for Psychologists in Hospitals and Clinics
A survey of innovative programs that integrate health psychology into primary health care in the Department of Defense, VA hospitals, and selected specialty settings, offering a view of what lies ahead for psychologists in the expanding world of behavioural health care.
