This book summarizes current literature on cross-cultural mental health and provides helpful clinical suggestions for practitioners with multicultural client groups.

This textbook describes and explains the methodology and design of research in clinical psychology. It covers experimental design, assessment, sources of artifact and bias, data evaluation and interpretation, and ethical and professional issues. The principles, obstacles, artifacts, biases, strateg

A collection of hypnotherapy scripts that Hunter, a fellow of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, has used and refined during her 25 years of practice. Provides scripts for problems in the workplace, pain relief, psychosomatic disorders, fears and phobias, self-discovery, asthma, and sexual

This volume provides the definitive guide to Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), the psychotherapeutic approach developed by Francine Shapiro.

Clinical neuropsychology is often regarded as a speciality within clinical psychology, but this volume shows how knowledge of neuropsychological applications is relevant and useful to a wide range of clinicians.

This book should be of value to all mental health professionals, researchers, and students interested in traumatic stress, as well as legal professionals dealing with PTSD-related issues.

An introductory text intended to engage those new to Gestalt therapy. It introduces the historical underpinnings and fundamental concepts of Gestalt therapy and illustrates applications of those concepts to therapeutic practice. It is intended for students studying mental health, as well as for trainees at Gestalt training institutes.

A new version of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-III, the most widely-used and well-known adult intelligence test, was published in late 1997, creating a need for a reference book on administering, interpreting, and reporting on the updated test.

Provides a guide to the PAI, an objective measure of personality based upon four validity scales, eleven clinical scales covering major DSM categories of psychopathology, five treatment scales, and two interpersonal scales.

Assessment reports are central to the diagnostic process and are used to inform parents and clinicians, among others, about academic problems, personality functioning, neuropsychological strengths and weaknesses, and behavioral problems. This book offers information, using the Essentials format, for preparing effective assessment reports.

Provides information for applying TAT, CAT, and other popular storytelling instruments in assessing personality using the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series format.

Reflects the many developments that continue to expand the field of multicultural counselling. This edition features coverage of historical perspectives on the field, professional and ethical issues, counselling's role in fighting oppression, psychological measurement, theories, research design, gender issues, and higher education issues.

Race, ethnicity and culture are concepts of extreme relevance in society today, and yet continue to be interpreted in various and often contradictory ways. The Dictionary provides the historical background and etymology of a wide range of words related to these concepts, looking at discourses of race, ethnicity and culture from a broadly multicultural perspective. This new and up-to-date ...

Cases And Commentary. This book presents ten cases conducted by Carl Rogers, eight of which are fully transcribed. Featuring critical commentaries by notable psychotherapists, the book affords readers the opportunity to read unedited case material by this pioneering.

In this text, Aphrodite Matsakis guides survivors through the aftermath of trauma, to strengthen existing bonds, build new ones, and end self-perpetuating cycles of withdrawal and isolation.

Argues that sexual encounters provide opportunities to get closer to a partner, a process called differentiation , and to develop the strength to love deeply. This book describes sexual encounters and dramatic therapy sessions between couples, and demonstrates how they found personal fulfilment.

Serves as a basic introduction to the Rorschach inkblot test.

Hailed as the most important method to emerge in psychotherapy in decades, EMDR has successfully treated psychological problems and illnesses in more than one million sufferers worldwide, with a rapidity that defies belief. In a new introduction, Shapiro presents the new applications of this remarkable therapy and the latest scientific research that demonstrates its efficacy.

Looks at exactly how psychopaths work in the corporate environment: what kind of companies attract them, how they negotiate the hiring process, and how they function day by day. This work reveals the subtle warning signs of psychopathic behaviour and shows how to protect yourself and your company before it's too late.

Serving as a reference guide, this book provides information on administering, interpreting, and scoring the MMPI-2, the test for assessing personality.