This synthesis of family problem solving pul ls together in a single volume the diverse body of knowledge created by different perspectives on this much researched s ubject. Some of the topics explored are family conflicts and the nature of problems. '
Features chapters that are based on a systematic meta-analysis of the international literature by 40 German scientists who convened to evaluate the research and discarded all but the highest quality data on psychological aspects of CHD. This book is useful for health psychologists who work with CHD patients, researchers, and cardiologists.
Provides a comprehensive framework for helping psychologists to increase and improve culturally responsive practice, research, and education. Addressing each guideline that APA has developed, this book contains case studies, checklists, and questions for self-examination and discussion.
Groups personality disorders into 3 patterns: those that center on combating devitalization, forestalling fragmentation, or seeking alternative pathways to a cohesive self. This book outlines the descriptive psychopathology and presents a self psychological reformulation of how the behavior and symptom patterns represent deficits in self-cohesion.
`Whether counsellors practice privately or within institutions, they will find valuable information within such sections as specialties of counselling, legal and ethical issues, insurance and malpractice. Each chapter is fully referenced. This is an excellent library resource with complete appendices of American Counseling Associations' - Today's ......
There is empirical evidence that spiritual approaches to treating clients with eating disorders are as effective, and sometimes more effective, than secular ones. This book shows how a theistic perspective of healing and change can enrich therapies in practice for eating disorders such as individual, group, and family therapy and 12-step programs.
An Integrative, Personality-Based Treatment for Complex Cases
For those with chronic problems that include multiple Axis I disorders comorbid with personality disorders, the barriers to change are significant. This book presents a therapeutic approach that integrates psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and other techniques to empower patients to overcome these barriers by fostering change in personality.
Dr. Paul B. Pedersen shows how recognizing the centrality of culture can augment therapy and result in effective treatment of all clients. This approach involves recognizing cultural assumptions and acquiring knowledge and skills to get beyond them, something that may be done no matter what treatment model a therapist might use. The video ......
Firestone explains the underlying theory of his voice therapy technique, maintaining that people are pre vented from experiencing an individuated life by the pressur es of society and that these forces are represented by inter nal voices. '
