Category: Behaviorism
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Advances in Relational Frame Theory (eBook)
$47.75Select optionsEdited by leading relational frame theory (RFT) scholars, Simon Dymond, PhD, and Bryan Roche, PhD, Advances in Relational Frame Theory presents advances in all aspects of RFT research over the last decade, and provides mental health professionals a greater understanding of the core principals of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). A must-read for anyone interested in ACT, the book contains chapters written by Steven C. Hayes and Kelly Wilson, both research-active experts from the RFT community around the world.
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Behavioral Health as Primary Care (eBook)
$23.95Select optionsResearch suggests that many patients receiving primary medical care also need behavior-related health services. Behavioral Health as Primary Care presents a range of ideas on how best to integrate behavior healthcare with traditional medical services.
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Ethical Issues in Developmental Disabilities (eBook)
$33.55Add to cartViews of the ethical treatment of persons with disabilities are changing rapidly. The fervently held goals of yesterday are often the rejected status quo of today. Bringing together behavioral psychologists, physicians, consumers, and advocates, this book deals with how things ought to be for persons with developmental disabilities. If you work with persons who have disabilities, you need this book.
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Evolution and Contextual Behavioral Science (eBook)
$55.95Select optionsContextual 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.
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Mindfulness and Acceptance in Multicultural Competency (eBook)
$47.15Select optionsMindfulness and Acceptance in Multicultural Competency explores the nuances of applying acceptance and mindfulness therapy to clients from diverse cultural and ethnic groups. This book addresses the question of whether acceptance and mindfulness treatments such as acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) can be applied equally to different cultures, what kind of adjustments are necessary when applying these techniques, and discusses how values are often culturally biased and individualistic.
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The ACT Practitioner’s Guide to the Science of Compassion (eBook)
$43.45Select optionsAn important addition to any ACT professional’s library, The ACT Practitioner’s Guide to the Science ofCompassion explores the emotionally healing benefits of compassion-based practices when applied to traditional acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). This book offers case conceptualization, assessments, and direct clinical applications that integrate ACT, functional analytic psychotherapy (FAP), and the science of compassion to enhance therapists’ processes. The book also explores how these modalities work in harmony, ultimately making ACT more effective in increasing client psychological flexibility.
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Understanding Behavior Disorders (eBook)
$43.45Select optionsBecause traditional behaviorism overlooked function-altering behavior processes that are critical to understanding many behavior disorders, other theoretical models took the lead in the explanation of pathological human behavior. Current trends in behavior analysis, however, account for these processes, retuning behavior analysis to a strong position in this area of research. This book presents a cogent and comprehensive theory of behavior disorders from a behavior analytic perspective.
