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The mainstream upper-level undergraduate textbook designed for first courses in Developmental Psychopathology Developmental Psychopathology provides a comprehensive introduction to the evolving scientific discipline that focuses on the interactions between the biological, psychological, behavioral, and social contextual aspects of normal and abnormal human development. Designed for advanced undergraduates and early graduate students with no previous engagement with the subject, this well-balanced textbook integrates clinical knowledge and scientific practice to help students understand both how and why mental health problems emerge across the lifespan. Organized into four parts, the text fir...
An inopportune panic attack brings Carla Sharp into Craig Jones life. The two co-workers are only separated by a wall, growing into friends. But, that wall won t stop the magnetic attraction that s developing in their lives. Entwining them in a passion like no other. Working closely while remodeling Craig s ancestral family home their love grows while finding hidden treasures of his family helping to give him his missing family history answers while strengthening the love they have found for each other.
How can therapists help clients reflect more deeply on their own--and other people's--thoughts and emotions? How can the therapeutic relationship be leveraged effectively to create change? This concise book guides therapists of any orientation to incorporate innovative mentalization-based strategies into assessment and intervention. Complex ideas are clearly explained and illustrated with extensive session transcripts and vignettes. Ways to help clients struggling with dysregulated emotions and behavior are highlighted. Compelling topics include the role of mentalization difficulties in personality disorders, special concerns in working with adolescents, and how clinicians can improve their own mentalizing capacities.
After a whirlwind romance, Craig and Carla finally marry in Vegas. The newlyweds are ready to start their new life together but obstacles abound from all directions. From home invasions and betrayals by people they both trusted and considered friends to learning about new secrets that Carla and Craig discovered days after returning from their honeymoon. More family secrets emerge from the attic and library as the months go on. Lost and found family members, Craigs new found position and job within the Awlsport community, and Carlas new role as homemaker and more secrets of her own to share with Craig. Not even a shooting can stop their love for each other.
"Regarded as the authoritative reference and text, this handbook presents the most effective, widely studied approaches to couple therapy. The distinguished coeditors bring together other leading experts, most of whom developed the approaches they describe. Adhering closely to a uniform structure to facilitate study and comparison, chapters cover the history, theoretical and empirical underpinnings, and techniques of each model. The volume also describes cutting-edge applications for particular relationship contexts (such as blended families, LGBT couples, and separated couples) and clinical problems (such as partner aggression, psychological disorders, and medical issues)"--
It is universally accepted that sensitive and responsive caregiving leads to positive cognitive and socio-emotional outcomes for children. While several intervention approaches exist, this text brings together the rationale and current evidence base for one such approach—the Mediational Intervention for Sensitizing Caregivers (MISC). MISC integrates aspects of socio-emotional health and cognitive development as well as being less culturally intrusive than existing approaches. It is a strengths-based program complementing existing practices and cultures. Editors bring together in one volume the theory and research from the last decade supporting the MISC approach. Chapters focus on a range ...
This volume presents a comprehensive and practical approach to the treatment of suicide and NSSI for adolescents utilizing a mentalizing framework. The beginning of the text provides up-to-date information on the theory of a mentalizing therapy in order to ground the readers in the neuroscientific underpinnings of a mentalizing approach. Next chapters provide information on the fundamental building blocks of a mentalizing therapy at the individual and family level. These chapters provide step-by-step approaches in order to provide examples of the techniques involved in mentalizing treatment that can be employed to address suicidality and NSSI. The next chapter builds on these concepts as the...
A story that proves love can be found in your darkest hours. A billionaire can be trusted, and he can surprise you. This is a romance, for everyone who believes in second chances and love is unstoppable. Esther is a Colombian girl who has had it rough since the day she was born. But as it seems, during her years, things get even worse. At 16, she gets pregnant with her first child and is married to a violent and abusive husband. Before she is even 30, Esther is the mother of three children and has the baggage of two marriages ruined. Only life takes strange turns and Esther's fairytale is just starting.
Updated and expanded to 124 entries, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development remains the authoritative reference in the field.