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Interbehaviorism
A Comprehensive Guide to the Foundations of Kantor’s Theory and Its Applications for Modern Behavior Analysis
Price: $79.95
ISBN: 9781684036837
Pub Date: April 2023
Often overlooked or misunderstood, the work of American psychologist Jacob Robert Kantor is finally being recognized for its contribution to contextual behavior sciences. This important volume brings Kantor’s prescient work into the twenty-first century, teaching readers the foundations and unique features of interbehaviorism in a straightforward way, and exploring the profound effects it has in applied domains like perspective-taking, feelings and emotions, interpersonal relationships, and more.
Learning Process-Based Therapy
A Skills Training Manual for Targeting the Core Processes of Psychological Change in Clinical Practice
Price: $59.95
ISBN: 9781684037551
Pub Date: December 2021
The future of psychology is process-based. In this groundbreaking workbook, renowned psychologists Steven C. Hayes and Stefan G. Hofmann offer clinicians a comprehensive road map to the theoretical foundations of process-based therapy (PBT). Mental health professionals will find concrete strategies for utilizing the core competencies of PTB, as well as step-by-step guidance for formulating a treatment approach tailored to their clients’ unique needs.
Beyond the DSM
Toward a Process-Based Alternative for Diagnosis and Mental Health Treatment
Price: $69.95
ISBN: 9781684036615
Pub Date: October 2020
In this groundbreaking volume, two renowned experts in the field of psychology examine the ongoing efforts to move beyond the DSM diagnosis model to create a new, flexible treatment protocol—one that is tailored to clients’ individual needs. With this book, clinicians and researchers will come away with a thorough understanding of process-based treatment, and how it can be implemented to improve human suffering and increase well-being.
Applied Behavior Analysis of Language and Cognition
Core Concepts and Principles for Practitioners
Price: $64.95
ISBN: 9781684031375
Pub Date: March 2020
Applied behavior analysis is an evidence-based mental health approach that focuses on the principles of learning and applying what is learned to change client behavior. Written by leading experts in language and cognition, this is the first applied behavior analysis textbook to bring the study of language and verbal behavior into the 21st century with the latest research. Students and clinicians in the burgeoning field of applied behavior analysis will find the theoretical foundation they need to effectively serve the increasingly diverse clients seeking their services.
Eliminating Race-Based Mental Health Disparities
Promoting Equity and Culturally Responsive Care across Settings
Price: $89.95
ISBN: 9781684031962
Pub Date: November 2019
In this edited volume, three leading experts in race, mental health, and contextual behavior science address the urgent problem of racial inequities and biases, whichoften prevent people of color from seeking mental health services—leading to poor outcomes if and when they do receive treatment. This critical and timely guide provides clinicians and educators with evidence-based recommendations for addressing inequities at multiple levels, as well as best practices for compassionately and effectively helping clients across a range of cultural groups and settings.
The Heart of ACT
Developing a Flexible, Process-Based, and Client-Centered Practice Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781684030392
Pub Date: October 2019
In The Heart of ACT, renowned acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) trainer Robyn Walser explores ACT as a process-based therapy incorporating intrapersonal and interpersonal processes, as well as the six core components of psychological flexibility to connect clinicians to the dynamic and relational implementation of ACT. Engaging clinical scenarios, therapeutic insights, and supervision dialogues are offered to help clinicians move beyond their conceptual understanding of ACT principles to master the nuances of the therapeutic relationship at the heart of ACT. Using the tips and strategies in this professional guide, clinicians will learn to develop a flexible, grounded, and client-centered practice.
Prosocial
Using Evolutionary Science to Build Productive, Equitable, and Collaborative Groups
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781684030248
Pub Date: October 2019
Based on the work of Nobel Prize winning economist, Elinor Ostrom, Prosocial presents a groundbreaking and comprehensive program for designing effective and socially equitable groups of all sizes to create positive world change—from businesses and social justice groups to global organizations.
A Contextual Behavioral Guide to the Self
Theory and Practice
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781626251762
Pub Date: March 2019
The self plays an integral role in human motivation, cognition, and social identity. That’s why observing the self is such an important element of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). However, for many ACT clinicians, it can be difficult to apply this complex theory in everyday practice. A must-have addition to any ACT practitioner’s library, A Contextual Behavioral Guide to the Self translates the ACT model’s most difficult—yet essential—process into easy-to-apply steps and user-friendly language. With this unique road map, clinicians will help clients develop empathy, compassion, and flexible perspective taking—leading to better treatment outcomes and better lives for clients.
Evolution and Contextual Behavioral Science
An Integrated Framework for Understanding, Predicting, and Influencing Human Behavior
Price: $69.95
ISBN: 9781626259133
Pub Date: September 2018
Contextual behavioral science seeks to understand the behavior of individuals and groups in the context of their environments. Meanwhile, evolutionary science examines the effects that environmental selection pressures and heritable variation have on all species. In Evolution and Contextual Behavioral Science, two renowned experts in these two fields argue why these schools of thought are intrinsically linked, as well as why their reintegration—or, reunification—is essential.
Metaphor in Practice
A Professional's Guide to Using the Science of Language in Psychotherapy
Price: $59.95
ISBN: 9781626259010
Pub Date: August 2017
The use of metaphor is central to the implementation of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and is a powerful tool for all practicing psychotherapists. In Metaphor in Practice, psychotherapist and international ACT trainer Niklas Törneke presents the first practical book to combine the most recent behavioral and linguistic sciences of metaphor, and illustrates how and when to apply metaphors in practice for better treatment outcomes.
Interbehaviorism
A Comprehensive Guide to the Foundations of Kantor’s Theory and Its Applications for Modern Behavior Analysis
Price: $79.95
ISBN: 9781684036837
Pub Date: April 2023
Often overlooked or misunderstood, the work of American psychologist Jacob Robert Kantor is finally being recognized for its contribution to contextual behavior sciences. This important volume brings Kantor’s prescient work into the twenty-first century, teaching readers the foundations and unique features of interbehaviorism in a straightforward way, and exploring the profound effects it has in applied domains like perspective-taking, feelings and emotions, interpersonal relationships, and more.
Learning Process-Based Therapy
A Skills Training Manual for Targeting the Core Processes of Psychological Change in Clinical Practice
Price: $59.95
ISBN: 9781684037551
Pub Date: December 2021
The future of psychology is process-based. In this groundbreaking workbook, renowned psychologists Steven C. Hayes and Stefan G. Hofmann offer clinicians a comprehensive road map to the theoretical foundations of process-based therapy (PBT). Mental health professionals will find concrete strategies for utilizing the core competencies of PTB, as well as step-by-step guidance for formulating a treatment approach tailored to their clients’ unique needs.
Beyond the DSM
Toward a Process-Based Alternative for Diagnosis and Mental Health Treatment
Price: $69.95
ISBN: 9781684036615
Pub Date: October 2020
In this groundbreaking volume, two renowned experts in the field of psychology examine the ongoing efforts to move beyond the DSM diagnosis model to create a new, flexible treatment protocol—one that is tailored to clients’ individual needs. With this book, clinicians and researchers will come away with a thorough understanding of process-based treatment, and how it can be implemented to improve human suffering and increase well-being.
Applied Behavior Analysis of Language and Cognition
Core Concepts and Principles for Practitioners
Price: $64.95
ISBN: 9781684031375
Pub Date: March 2020
Applied behavior analysis is an evidence-based mental health approach that focuses on the principles of learning and applying what is learned to change client behavior. Written by leading experts in language and cognition, this is the first applied behavior analysis textbook to bring the study of language and verbal behavior into the 21st century with the latest research. Students and clinicians in the burgeoning field of applied behavior analysis will find the theoretical foundation they need to effectively serve the increasingly diverse clients seeking their services.
Eliminating Race-Based Mental Health Disparities
Promoting Equity and Culturally Responsive Care across Settings
Price: $89.95
ISBN: 9781684031962
Pub Date: November 2019
In this edited volume, three leading experts in race, mental health, and contextual behavior science address the urgent problem of racial inequities and biases, whichoften prevent people of color from seeking mental health services—leading to poor outcomes if and when they do receive treatment. This critical and timely guide provides clinicians and educators with evidence-based recommendations for addressing inequities at multiple levels, as well as best practices for compassionately and effectively helping clients across a range of cultural groups and settings.
The Heart of ACT
Developing a Flexible, Process-Based, and Client-Centered Practice Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781684030392
Pub Date: October 2019
In The Heart of ACT, renowned acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) trainer Robyn Walser explores ACT as a process-based therapy incorporating intrapersonal and interpersonal processes, as well as the six core components of psychological flexibility to connect clinicians to the dynamic and relational implementation of ACT. Engaging clinical scenarios, therapeutic insights, and supervision dialogues are offered to help clinicians move beyond their conceptual understanding of ACT principles to master the nuances of the therapeutic relationship at the heart of ACT. Using the tips and strategies in this professional guide, clinicians will learn to develop a flexible, grounded, and client-centered practice.
Prosocial
Using Evolutionary Science to Build Productive, Equitable, and Collaborative Groups
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781684030248
Pub Date: October 2019
Based on the work of Nobel Prize winning economist, Elinor Ostrom, Prosocial presents a groundbreaking and comprehensive program for designing effective and socially equitable groups of all sizes to create positive world change—from businesses and social justice groups to global organizations.
A Contextual Behavioral Guide to the Self
Theory and Practice
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781626251762
Pub Date: March 2019
The self plays an integral role in human motivation, cognition, and social identity. That’s why observing the self is such an important element of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). However, for many ACT clinicians, it can be difficult to apply this complex theory in everyday practice. A must-have addition to any ACT practitioner’s library, A Contextual Behavioral Guide to the Self translates the ACT model’s most difficult—yet essential—process into easy-to-apply steps and user-friendly language. With this unique road map, clinicians will help clients develop empathy, compassion, and flexible perspective taking—leading to better treatment outcomes and better lives for clients.
Evolution and Contextual Behavioral Science
An Integrated Framework for Understanding, Predicting, and Influencing Human Behavior
Price: $69.95
ISBN: 9781626259133
Pub Date: September 2018
Contextual behavioral science seeks to understand the behavior of individuals and groups in the context of their environments. Meanwhile, evolutionary science examines the effects that environmental selection pressures and heritable variation have on all species. In Evolution and Contextual Behavioral Science, two renowned experts in these two fields argue why these schools of thought are intrinsically linked, as well as why their reintegration—or, reunification—is essential.
Metaphor in Practice
A Professional's Guide to Using the Science of Language in Psychotherapy
Price: $59.95
ISBN: 9781626259010
Pub Date: August 2017
The use of metaphor is central to the implementation of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and is a powerful tool for all practicing psychotherapists. In Metaphor in Practice, psychotherapist and international ACT trainer Niklas Törneke presents the first practical book to combine the most recent behavioral and linguistic sciences of metaphor, and illustrates how and when to apply metaphors in practice for better treatment outcomes.