This book will help students demonstrate a thorough understanding of the history of psychology, as well as the subject's complex theoretical and sometimes controversial philosophical foundations.

A comprehensive introduction for CBT & IAPT trainees and new practitioners, this textbook demonstrates how and why CBT can work effectively for children & young people in real world settings.

Emmy van Deurzen asks searching questions about the meaning of life, seeking to define what a good life consists of and how therapists might help their clients to live well rather than simply in search of happiness.

An Invitation to Cultural Psychology looks at the everyday life worlds of human beings through the lens of a new synthetic perspective in cultural psychology - that of semiotic dynamics.

A step-by-step guide to the core techniques used by practitioners in achieving therapeutic change using the cognitive behavioural approach, this new edition drills down into the skills required at each stage of the therapeutic process and with the therapeutic relationship at the core shows trainees practically how to build and maintain a successful working alliance with their clients.

This accessible, practical 'how to' guide provides students with a step-by-step toolkit of the why, when and how of qualitative methods, for anyone studying qualitative research or doing a research project.

The SAGE Handbook of Gender and Psychology is a wide-ranging, comprehensive benchmark that will benefit advanced students and scholars interested in this field.

An Invitation to Cultural Psychology looks at the everyday life worlds of human beings through the lens of a new synthetic perspective in cultural psychology - that of semiotic dynamics.

This new text provides students with the background and the process of statistical analysis along with the nuts and bolts tools for applying specific statistical tools to data from research studies.