Academic : Psychology

In this volume, Smith presents instructions for more approaches to relaxation than any other book on the market. The author provides word-for-word scripts for clinicians to teach them to implement all relaxation techniques using his ABC relaxation approach. The volume includes simple assessment questionnaires for determining relaxation needs and evaluating relaxation outcomes; precise instructions for making individualized relaxation tapes; and verbatim instructions for presenting tested "failproof" relaxation and stress management workshops. Techniques include: progressive relaxation, autogenic training, self-hypnosis, breathing exercises, yoga, imagery / visualization, meditation, and prayer. For clinical psychologists, psychotherapists, and trainers in the field of relaxation. more...

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This handbook provides comprehensive information about expert performance. It describes the processes, knowledge, and methods by which people climb to the highest possible levels of human performance. It highlights the research techniques and approaches that investigators use to gain insights about such extraordinary performance. more...

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Since the initial publication of this breakthrough work, motivational interviewing (MI) has been used by countless clinicians. Theory and methods have evolved apace, reflecting new knowledge on the process of behavior change, a growing body of outcome research, and the development of new applications within and beyond the addictions field. Extensively rewritten, this revised and expanded second edition now brings MI practitioners and trainees fully up to date. William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick explain how to work through ambivalence to facilitate change, present detailed guidelines for using their approach, and reflect on the process of learning MI. Chapters contributed by other leading experts then address such special topics as MI and the stages-of-change model, applications in medical, public health, and criminal justice settings, and using the approach with groups, couples, and adolescents. more...

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PART I: Conceptual Background. 1. Affective Neuroscience: History and Major Concepts. 2. Emotional Operating Systems and Subjectivity: Methodological Problems and a Conceptual Framework for the Neurobiological Analysis of Affect. 3. Varieties of Emotional Systems in the Brain--Theories, Taxonomies, and Semantics. 4. Neurostatistics: The Anatomy of the Brain/Mind. 5. Neurodynamics: The Electrical Languages of the Brain. 6. Neurodynamics: Neurochemical Maps of the Brain. PART II: Basic Emotional and Motivational Processes. 7. Sleep, Arousal, and Mythmaking in the Brain. 8. SEEKING Systems and Anticipatory States of the Nervous System. 9. Energy Is Delight--The Pleasures and Pains of Brain Regulatory Systems. 10. Nature Red in Tooth and Claw: The Neurobiological Sources of Rage and Anger. 11. The Sources of Fear and Anxiety in the Brain. PART III: The Social Emotions. 12. Varieties of Love and Lust: Neural Control of Sexuality. 13. Love and the Social Bond: Sources of Nurturance and Maternal Behavior. 14. Loneliness and the Social Bond: The Brain Sources of Sorrow and Grief. 15. Rough-and-Tumble Play: The Brain Sources of Joy. 16. Emotions, the Higher Cerebral Processes and the SELF: Some Are Born to Sweet Delight, Some Are Born to Endless Night. Appendix A: Bones, Brains, and Human Origins. Appendix B: Brain, Language, and Affective Neuroscience. Appendix C: Dualism and the Neurosciences more...

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This authoritative work provides a systematic, comprehensive overview of theory and research on adult attachment. The authors--who have been at the forefront of this rapidly growing field since the concepts of 'adult attachment' and 'attachment style' were first developed--trace how Bowlby and Ainsworth's original constructs have evolved through the study of adolescents and adults. They review extant measures and analyze how attachment theory has been used to advance scientific understanding of emotions, social cognition, close relationships, psychopathology, and psychotherapy. Integrative and clearly organized, this book is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand or contribute to the large and still expanding literature on adult attachment. more...

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