Clinical psychology

Clinicians and practitioners-in-training can often lose sight of the normal developmental landscape that underlies behavior, especially in the field of cognitive development.

Originally published in 1929 the individual psychological interpretation of this autobiography was first presented by Alfred Adler to a group of psychiatrists and pedagogues in Vienna.

Combining psychology and spirituality, this practical book considers archetypes from Asian, Middle Eastern and European myths and explains how they can be used in therapeutic practice to help clients achieve personal or clinical goals.

Produced in conjunction with Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect), Australia's largest provider of services with people on the autism spectrum, this new text explores the experiences, needs and aspirations of adults on the spectrum.

« En tant que danse-thérapeute, j’aimerais transmettre les bienfaits de la danse au plus grand nombre d’entre vous.

Wie kann das Leben trotz seiner Verwundbarkeit und Begrenztheit lebendig gelebt werden?

The analysis of masculine issues is increasingly seen as a key cultural and therapeutic concern.

Part I of this book explores the economists debate over the relative costs of the two health care systems.

An overview of forensic child and adolescent mental health for professionals in mental health, social care, education, law and policy.

Entspannungsverfahren gehören zu den wichtigsten Therapieergänzungen, sowohl in der psychoanalytischen Therapie als auch in der Verhaltenstherapie und Gesundheitsprophylaxe.

This book provides a thought-provoking guide to conducting collaborative arts-based research.

Couples and families face daunting challenges as they cope with serious illness and disability.

Grounded in 40 years of clinical practice and research, this book provides a systematic yet flexible evidence-informed framework for treating adult survivors of complex trauma, particularly those exposed to chronic emotional abuse or neglect.

Bringing together important articles from Psychodynamic Psychiatry, this volume shows how contemporary practitioners are using a multidimensional biopsychosocial approach to increase the robustness of clinical research and the effectiveness of patient care.

The practice of psychodrama allows participants to create a world for themselves, free of usual rules and constraints.

Pediatric Palliative Care: A Model for Exemplary Practice lays out a road map for health-care providers interested in optimizing care for seriously ill children and their families.

For over 100 years, ADHD has been seen as essentially a behavior disorder.

Providing tools to enhance treatment of any clinical problem, this book shows how integrating motivational interviewing (MI) and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) can lead to better client outcomes than using either approach on its own.

This book questions the junctions of the private and the public when it comes to trauma, loss, and the work of mourning - notions which, it is argued, challenge our very ideas of the individual and the shared.

The idea of "e;schizophrenia"e; as a disease has become profoundly influential both within the medical profession and amongst the general public.

In the years since it was first published, The Reality Game has become a classic text.

Psychoanalysis and Ethics: The Necessity of Perspective is an attempt to look deeply into the relationship between psychoanalysis and ethics, and in particular into the failure of traditional psychoanalytic thinking to recognise the foundational character of ethical values.

The Life and Work of Joan Riviere traces her journey from dressmaker's apprentice, and member of the Society for Psychical Research, to Sigmund Freud's patient and his favourite translator.

Michael Eigen is widely regarded as a significant and increasingly influential figure in contemporary psychoanalysis.

In recent years, resilience has become a near ubiquitous cultural phenomenon whose influence extends into many fields of academic enquiry.

This book presents a selection of the works of Hansi Kennedy, preeminent child psychoanalyst, whose career began with Anna Freud in the Hampstead War Nurseries and continued at the Hampstead Child Therapy Clinic (renamed the Anna Freud Centre in 1982) until retirement in 1993.

This book is a memoir of the author's professional life as a psychologist and psychotherapist.

Many female athletes struggle with body confidence and change their nutrition in unhealthy ways, only to the detriment of both their performance and their health.

Die Psychoanalyse geht von einem dynamischen Unbewussten aus.

This book considers pornography as a bridge between screen cultures and screen memories.

A Beholder's Share demonstrates how a sense of reality is evoked in the unpredictable space between imagination and adaptation.

This ambitious and accessible guide reviews innovative technologies enhancing the field of neuropsychological testing.

In an era of globalization characterized by widespread migration and cultural contacts, psychologists, counselors, and other mental health professionals face a unique challenge: how does one practice successfully when working with clients from so many different backgrounds?

In the Handbook of Dialogical Self Theory and Psychotherapy: Bridging Psychotherapeutic and Cultural Traditions, the editors bring together a wide variety of therapeutic approaches in order to demonstrate how Dialogical Self Theory functions as a bridging framework crossing boundaries between countries and cultures.

This book attempts to provide a comprehensive look at all of the pathologies of muscles that are likely to be encountered in treating sports-related injuries.

First published in 2002.

Out of the Mainstream identifies those aspects of mental illness which can compromise parenting and affect children's development, as well as the efforts of professionals to intervene effectively.

This is the first book focusing on the animal's perspective and best practices to ensure the welfare of both therapy animals and their human counterparts in animal-assisted interventions.

Ritual theatre is a powerful healing system that has been practised since ancient times by early societies and in tribal communities.

The 'Get to Know Me' series is made up of resources aimed at children with additional needs and those who support them in the classroom.

At once autobiographical and psychoanalytic, The Hands of the Living God, first published in 1969, provides a detailed case study of Susan who, during a 20-year long treatment, spontaneously discovers the capacity to do doodle drawings.

This fully updated fourth edition of Children in Difficulty explores some of the most common, yet incapacitating, difficulties often encountered by young children and adolescents.

In this controversial book, psychologists Barry Duncan and Scott Miller, cofounders of the Institute for the Study of Therapeutic Change, challenge the traditional focus on diagnosis, "e;silver bullet"e; techniques, and magic pills, exposing them as empirically bankrupt practices that only diminish the role of clients and hasten therapy's extinction.

Coming Out, Coming In: Nurturing the Well-Being and Inclusion of Gay Youth in Mainstream Society describes the process of "e;coming in"e; to a welcoming and nurturing family, from both the teen's and the parents' perspective.

First published in 1995.

Coaching In Depth introduces the reader to the management consultancy technique of Organizational Role Analysis (ORA); a technique with the immensely practical purpose of helping managers to stay "e;in role and on task"e;.

First published in 1994.

Animus, Psyche and Culture takes Carl Jung's concept of contra-sexual psyche and locates it within the cultural expanse of India, using ethnographic narratives, history, religion, myth, films, biographical extracts to deliberate on the feminine in psychological, social and archetypal realms.

Intellektuell beeinträchtigte Kinder und Jugendliche leiden häufiger unter psychischen Erkrankungen als nicht beeinträchtigte Gleichaltrige.