Grounded in a holistic approach, this state-of-the-art workbook provides tools and resources for supporting clients with nonprogressive brain injury. Effective strategies are described for building skills and teaching compensatory strategies in such areas as attention, memory, executive functions, mood, and communication. Particular attention is ......
All neuropsychologists need to know how to produce evidence-based reports. This book brings together experts to provide an in-depth guide to high-quality report writing in a range of contexts, including evaluations of older adults, psychiatric patients, those with complex medical conditions, schoolchildren, and others. It reviews the fundamental ......
Contributors examine the breadth of current knowledge on the mechanisms by which stressful events can alter psychological processes, brain function, and individual behavior. Risk and protective factors across development and in specific populations are explored.
A Clinical Profile Approach to Assessment and Treatment
Medical consensus once held that all concussions were the same, and treatment for all concussion patients therefore followed the same standard approach. Anthony Kontos and Michael Collins debunk the one size fits all approach, arguing instead that individuals who experience concussion respond best to targeted interventions based on their specific ......
Describes the theory of EMDR, provides the complete EMDR therapeutic protocol, the evidence base that supports it, and examines practical issues and common challenges related to implementing EMDR in clinical practice.
Attachment, Neurobiology and the New Science of Psychotherapy
Describing the neuroscientific basis for effective psychotherapy, Professor Holmes draws on the Free Energy Principle, which holds that, through 'active inference' - agency and model revision - the brain minimises discrepancies between incoming experience and its pre-existing picture of the world.
Grounded in research and accumulated clinical wisdom, this book describes a range of ways to integrate mindfulness and other contemplative practices into clinical work with trauma survivors. The volume showcases treatment approaches that can be tailored to this population's needs, such as mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), acceptance and ......
A New Treatment for Military Trauma, Loss, and Moral Injury
A complete guide to an innovative, research-based brief treatment specifically developed for service members and veterans, this book combines clinical wisdom and in-depth knowledge of military culture. Adaptive disclosure is designed to help those struggling in the aftermath of traumatic war-zone experiences, including life threat, traumatic loss, ......
Emotional intelligence has emerged as an area of interest in both scientific and lay circles. Yet while much attention has been given to the measurement of an "EQ", little has been written about the psychological underpinnings of emotional intelligence. This title discusses issues in this area.