This book summarizes the conceptual and empirical support for the Five-Factor Model (FFM), the most heavily researched and empirically supported dimensional model of general personality structure. Since the second edition of this authoritative text was published in 2002, the research base supporting the FFM has more than quadrupled. Case studies ......
Describes a multimethod approach to assessing psychological and behavioural features of bipolar spectrum disorders and reviews important contextual considerations. The book provides mental health professionals with valuable empirical and interpretive support as they answer assessment questions for diagnostic and decision-making purposes.
New Directions for Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
First developed in 1955, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is the original form of Cognitive Behavior Therapy and one of the most successful psychotherapeutic techniques in the world. Its founder, world-renowned psychologist Albert Ellis, now offers an up-to-date description of the main principles and practices of this innovative and ......
By highlighting the work of innovative EMDR therapists and play and expressive art therapists and their pioneering clinical work, this book provides a fully integrated approach to using EMDR in a play therapy context while being faithful to both play therapy principles and the eight phases of the EMDR standard protocol.
Summarises promising, evidence-based strategies clinicians can implement in their work with morally injured persons. Through the use of case examples, the authors discuss theoretical models for conceptualizing moral injury, conceptual and clinical concerns for addressing such injuries in clinical practice, and intervention approaches.
A Trauma-informed Approach to Caring for People with a Personality Disorder and an Intellectual Disability
This training manual introduces trauma informed approaches to caring for people who have both a personality disorder and an intellectual disability. The CaPDID training is a short course designed for staff without any specific expertise in mental health or psychotherapy, such as care home staff, learning disability nurses or managers.
Although many clinical treatments target symptoms of PTSD, an optimal treatment strategy would also address the many health problems that co-occur. To address this need, this book offers mindfulnessbased interventions.
Provides a comprehensive guide to the understanding and treatment of clinical anxiety and related disorders. As the editors demonstrate, the clear delineations implied by DSM and ICD diagnoses are illusory when it comes to real-life clinical anxiety.
Challenging current definitions of trauma, Kevin L. Nadal distils the latest research on the effects of microaggressions, looking at how regular exposure to subtle discrimination can, over time, elicit similar symptoms to severe trauma. This brief but comprehensive volume includes illustrative case studies that will help practitioners understand ......
