Articles and reviews covering news and research include studies into the effectiveness or efficacy of different therapeutic approaches, and the etiology or treatment of specific forms of mental distress.
From the neuroscience of music and psychoneuroendocrinology to music therapy and dance therapy, this multidisciplinary volume does a great job of bringing together far-flung strands of research at the individual, group and community levels and exploring just how much we are beginning to learn about the impact of music on our lives.
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Psychology Today doesn’t give you much to go on in terms of descriptions of their ‘news’ articles, but at least the articles are interesting sometimes!
PsycPORT is the psychology newswire service from the American Psychological Association.
At a time when Complementary and Alternative Therapies have (again) been under fire from some university scientists for falsely claiming scientific status, and in an era of evidence-based psychotherapy, this book is a key text. It should have a place on all postgraduate counselling and psychotherapy courses, but I suspect it will not be so readily accommodated.
Aimed at practising cognitive behavioural therapists, ‘Cognitive Behaviour Therapy’ offers eleven chapters of the newest developments in applying CBT to work with particular client populations.
According to this second edition of the renowned Heart & Soul of Change, it’s time to move on from common factors vs. specific factors, and it’s time that arguments over the benefits of specific therapeutic approaches be put to bed forever. Is the field ready to move on?
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