Psychology
9. 2021 9781108431071 Paperback GBP 59.99 / USD 79.99 eISBN 9781108355605
Personality and individual differences
Non-Emerging Adulthood
A Configuration Approach to Mindset Agency Theory
Helping Parents of Adult Children with Entrenched Dependence Dan Dulberger | University of Calgary
This book offers mental health practitioners and policy-makers a systemic view of families with adult children who struggle to emerge into adulthood. It guides therapists in helping families rediscover their agency facing issues such as social withdrawal, family accommodation, entitlement, dysfunctional dependence, suicide threats, and addiction. • Demonstrates an intervention approach for entrenched dependence • Offers a step-by-step guide to gathering social support for therapeutic purposes • Helps therapists develop an expertise in mobilizing social networks to overcome isolation and foster more functional dependence • Supplies a procedure for developing a strong alliance with parents to achieve high cooperation and low drop-out rates
250pp 5. 2021 9781108835688 Hardback GBP 59.99 / USD 79.99 5. 2021 9781108813020 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 eISBN 9781108891240
Non-Violent Resistance A New Approach to Violent and Self-Destructive Children Second edition Haim Omer | Tel-Aviv University
Non-violent resistance (NVR) is a psychological approach for parents, counsellors, teachers, and caregivers working with children and adolescents. It gives practical, evidence-based advice on overcoming children’s aggressive and controlling behavior to reduce parental helplessness, parent-child conflicts, problem behaviors, and family discord. • Presents a detailed list of all-new applications of non-violent resistance • Provides an overview of the literature on non-violent resistance • Includes a step-by-step presentation of the treatment • Contains a definitive model on escalation and its prevention 250pp 5. 2021 9781108832687 Hardback GBP 64.99 / USD 84.99 5. 2021 9781108965439 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 eISBN 9781108962254
Recovering the US Mental Healthcare System
A Formative Trait Psychology with Affect, Cognition and Behaviour Maurice Yolles | Liverpool John Moores University
This book explains socio-political and organisational change in multidisciplinary settings to researchers and postgraduate students studying management, sociology, politics, finance, anthropology, social psychology, and psychology. Consultants can also use this to apply advanced techniques of contextual analysis to complex situations. • Provides a context-sensitive approach that permits coherent explicit theory of agency that draws upon and applies to multidisciplinary contexts • Creates a new theory in a variety of areas, including consciousness, intelligence, and especially cultural intelligence • Explores organisations and other societies in terms of their intelligence, efficacy, and performance
350pp 7. 2021 9781108833325 Hardback GBP 135.00 / USD 175.00 eISBN 9781108974028
International Histories of Psychological Assessment Sumaya Laher | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
This book captures the histories of psychological assessment in the context of globalization. The assumption of the universal applicability of psychological assessment techniques is debunked with diverse contributions from across the globe including regions and populations which have traditionally been marginalized. • Describes the current status of the assessment field within a historical context • Provides an inclusive anthology of the multiple histories of assessment from across the world, with a strong focusing on traditionally marginalised voices • Uses the context of globalisation to map out ‘glocal’ approaches to psychological assessment Educational and Psychological Testing in a Global Context 300pp 11. 2021 9781108485005 Hardback GBP 74.99 / USD 99.99 11. 2021 9781108719100 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.99 eISBN 9781108755078
The Past, Present, and Future of Psychosocial Interventions for Psychosis Meaghan Stacy | Yale University, Connecticut
This book is for those supporting, or wanting to support, individuals with psychosis. It highlights the historical and current challenges of psychosis treatment, and advocates for increased training in and use of evidencebased psychosocial treatments. • Bridges the gap between research evidence and implementation in psychosis treatment • Critiques and suggests ways to improve mental healthcare in the United States • Includes perspectives from multiple disciplines and from authors with experience of psychosis 320pp 12. 2021 9781108844581 Hardback GBP 74.99 / USD 99.99 12. 2021 9781108948425 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.99 eISBN 9781108951760
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