Treating Chronic Depression with Disciplined Personal Involvement

Treating Chronic Depression with Disciplined Personal Involvement-1

James P. McCullough 2006 Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP) This book, like its earlier companion, Treatment for Chronic Depression: Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (McCullough, 2000), was written during a national multisite study of chronically depressed outpatients (Kocsis, 2002). I functioned as the “CBASP” psychotherapy coordinator on both projects, supervising clinicians who regularly sent me videotapes […]

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Handbook of Multicultural Perspectives on Stress and Coping

Handbook of Multicultural Perspectives on Stress and Coping-1

Edited by: Paul T. P. Wong Lilian C. J. Wong 2006 The frontispiece of Geert Hofstede’s influential book, Culture’s consequences: Comparing values, behaviors, institutions, and organizations across nations (Hofstede, 2001) includes the following quote: “Vérité en-deça des pyrénées, erreur au-delà”.Written about 350 years ago by the French mathematician and physicist Blaise Pascal and included in his Pensées, Hofstede’s translation […]

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Teaching Mindfulness

Teaching Mindfulness-1

Donald McCown ● Diane Reibel Marc S. Micozzi 2010 A Practical Guide for Clinicians and Educators Why We Wrote this Book It would be simple and easy to say that this book is about passing on the gift of mindfulness. But that would be a bit glib, and would miss a subtle and vital point. Mindfulness, the capacity […]

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Geropsychology and Long Term Care

Geropsychology and Long Term Care-1

Erlene Rosowsky • Joseph M. Casciani Merla Arnold Editors 2009 A Practitioner’s Guide In the mid-1990s, a number of clinical geropsychologists working with nursing home (NH) residents became aware that the federal agency overseeing health insurance for older adults was taking a close look at, and questioning, psychological services delivered in long-term care settings. This was purported to […]

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