Critical Issues, Developments, and Trends in Professional Psychology: Volume 3: 003 - Hardcover

Margret A. Appel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0275922502 ISBN 13: 9780275922504

Publisher: Praeger (UK), 1986

Synopsis

This volume examines the crucial issues facing professional psychologists and psychotherapists today. The areas of professional functioning and interest, assessment and intervention provide the framework against which specific topics are presented: topics include the effectiveness of the scientist-practitioner model; social and ethical issues involving women in therapy; and practicalissues such as malpractice, role-playing, and therapy for sexual offenders against children.

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About the Author

LEONARD A. JASON, Ph.D, is Professor of Psychology at DePaul University, in Chicago, where he heads the Center for Community Research. He has published more than 350 articles and has edited or authored 14 books. He has been a member of the editorial boards for seven peer-reviewed psychology journals, has served on review committees of the National Institute of Drug Abuse and the National Institute of Mental Health, and has received more than $16 million in federal grants to support his research. He is former president of the Division of Community Psychology of the American Psychological Association.

MARTIN PERDOUX, MAAT, is a writer and registered art therapist who has worked eight years in the fields of psychiatry and special education. His writing has been published in the Chicago Reader, The Reader's Guide to Arts and Entertainment, and Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association. He is a Consulting Editor at Behavior Online, a forum for mental health professionals.

Edition details

• Publisher: Praeger (UK)
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0275922502
• ISBN 13: 9780275922504
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272