Technological advances have led to an abundance of widely-available data on every aspect of life today. Psychologists today have more information than ever before on human cognition, emotion, attitudes, and behaviour. This book addresses the opportunities and challenges that this data presents to psychological researchers.
The Intersection of Social Psychology and Psychotherapy Research
Researchers in group psychology and group psychotherapy rarely consider each other's work, despite their clear areas of common interest. This book demonstrates how these separate but related lines of research can be used to inform and enrich each other.
How Policies and Practices Shape Children's Opportunities
In this era of increasing economic and social inequality, more and more children are being denied their fair chance at life. This book examines the impact of inequality on children's health and education, and offers a blueprint for addressing the impact of inequality among children in economic, sociological, and psychological domains.
Designed specifically for undergraduate writing, this easy-to-use pocket guide is adapted from the seventh edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. It provides complete guidance on effective, clear, and inclusive scholarly communication and the essentials of formatting papers and course assignments.
By integrating existing knowledge about dverse childhood experiences with developmental research on preventing, buffering, and treating the effects of adversity, stress, and trauma on child development and subsequent health and functioning, this book identifies the most important positive childhood experiences.
Demonstrates how to address practical and ethical challenges when assessing older adults with neurocognitive disorders, like dementia. The contributors are expert clinicians who draw on real life experiences conducting clinical capacity assessments in civil matters, illustrating best practices.
Therapists perform under pressure daily when encountering clients who arouse challenging emotions. J. Christopher Muran and Catherine Eubanks synthesize decades of clinical knowledge and experience to provide psychotherapists, supervisors, and trainees with strategies for assessing and repairing emotion-based ruptures.
Explores common unspoken assumptions and attitudes in academia, and use them to prepare for different work cultures. You will also learn to build your network, as you identify a career path that matches your interests.
Spiritual and existential struggles tell a story about the quality of clients' lives, beyond what clinicians can learn from their mental health symptoms alone. This book presents the relational spirituality model of psychotherapy, a creative clinical process that engages existential themes to help people make sense of profound suffering or trauma.
