Addresses assessment, comorbidity, evaluation, and treatment of various forms of dementia. The handbook reviews common dementias including Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body disease, vascular dementia, frontotemporal dementia, and other less common dementias. Sections discuss diagnosis, epidemiology, and neurobiology; assessment; and primary, ......
Dr. Rhonda N. Goldman demonstrates her approach to therapy in two sessions, each with a different couple experiencing a conflict marked by a pursuing and distancing cycle and covering deeper emotional wounds. By forming a strong emotional connection with the partners and applying the emotion-focused therapy Dr. Goldman seeks to help the couples ......
A Guide to Helping Adopted Children and Their Families Thrive
Children who are adopted at an older age through foster care and those adopted from overseas orphanages are at high risk for behavioural and emotional distress. This important manual presents a structured, evidence-based protocol for providing mental health treatment to families adopting vulnerable children.
A Clinical Profile Approach to Assessment and Treatment
Medical consensus once held that all concussions were the same, and treatment for all concussion patients therefore followed the same standard approach. Anthony Kontos and Michael Collins debunk the one size fits all approach, arguing instead that individuals who experience concussion respond best to targeted interventions based on their specific ......
In this second edition of her popular book, Laura S. Brown reviews the history, theory, empirical basis, and practice of feminist therapy, a groundbreaking approach that not only listens to, but privileges, the voices and experiences of those who have been defined as ""other"" by dominant cultures.
Expert researchers and practitioners share essential information about providing mental health services to older adults in forensic contexts, and to the courts and judges involved. This book describes the nuts and bolts of civil litigation as it relates to brain injury, dementia, PTSD, and pain; assessment of competency to stand trial; and the ......
This book outlines a five-step process for designing and implementing learning interventions for individual employees, teams, and entire organizations. These interventions promote continuous learning, innovation, and organizational growth and productivity.
We all struggle to process our experiences, achievements, and failures within the context of a meaningful life. The concept of meaning-in-life (MIL) can help clients come to understand their lives as filled with significance and purpose. Clara Hill analyses various theoretical approaches to MIL, and provides clear, practical guidance on how to ......
What the Science of Humility Can Say to People Raised on Self-Focus
In this age of selfies, instant celebrity, and corporate scandals, the need for greater humility is pressing. This book synthesizes both research and theory relevant to humility and heroism, articulating a vision of heroic humility - humility of such great depth that it inspires others.
