An accessible, humorous, and highly illustrated guide to how the brain’s structures and functions determine how the mind works, this is essential reading for undergraduate psychology students.

Since the turn of the twenty-first century, the psychology of emotion has grown to become its own field of study. Because the study of emotion draws inspiration from areas of science outside of psychology, including neuroscience, psychiatry, biology, genetics, computer science, zoology, and behavioral economics, the field is now often called emotion science or affective science. A subfield of affective science is affective neuroscience, the study of the emotional brain.

This revised second ed...

1. Four new chapters: key influencers in psychology from a non-scientific background, the interaction of psychology the visual arts and music, the social life of psychological knowledge, and an examination of the internationalization of psychology. 2.

Addition of a new co-author, Paul Stenner, who has a great international reputation and has written extensively in the field. 3. Contains a new list of recommended web-resources.

This book introduces the AAP and illustrates the powerful potential for implementing the AAP in clinical practice for assessment, client conceptualization, treatment planning, analysis, and as a therapeutic guide.

Core Clinical Competencies in Counseling and Psychotherapy addresses the core competencies common to the effective practice of all psychotherapeutic approaches and includes specific intervention competencies of the three major orientations.

This book utilizes a wealth of case studies to demonstrate the importance of using depth sport psychology to explore and understand athletes’ unconscious feelings and fears, and provides the knowledge needed to help athletes deal with pressures faced throughout their sporting career.

This inclusive and comprehensive manual equips marriage and family therapists with the skills to identify, support, and provide brain-informed care to neurodiverse couples.

Examining timely debates around contentious topics in schizophrenia, Controversies in Schizophrenia demonstrates that while some criticisms of psychiatry are pertinent, many are flawed.

This hands-on volume is both manual and workbook, designed to be used alongside the Understanding Brain Injury Group. This group aims to increase the understanding and acknowledgement of acquired brain injury and find ways of coping with the consequences.

This book rethinks the diagnosis and treatment of ‘eating disorders’ by putting the spotlight on their social and societal contexts, examining how these behaviours are shaped by the difficult life conditions of those suffering.