When experiencing mental health challenges, we all deserve treatments that actually work. Whether you are a healthcare consumer, student, or mental health professional, this book will help you recognize implausible, ineffective, and even harmful therapy practices while also considering recent controversies. Research-supported interventions are identified in this book and expanded upon in a companion volume. Chapters cover every major mental disorder and are written by experts in their respective fields. Pseudoscience in Therapy is of interest to students taking courses in psychotherapy, counseling, clinical psychology, and behavior therapy, as well as practitioners looking for a guide to proven therapeutic techniques.

Formato	Tapa suave
Número de Páginas	374
Lenguaje	Inglés
Editorial	Cambridge University Press
Fecha de Publicación	2023-03-23
Dimensiones	9.0" x 6.0" x 0.77" pulgadas
Letra Grande	No
Con Ilustraciones	No

Santa Maria, Cara L.

Cara L. Santa Maria, MS, MA, is a public communicator of science and Doctoral Candidate in Clinical Psychology at Fielding Graduate University, USA. She has won several awards for science and public interest journalism, including three Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards, the Knight Foundation Innovation Give Forward Award, a Golden Mic Award, and an LA Press Club Award. She is co-author of The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe (2018), and she hosts numerous podcasts including The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, Fixed that for You, and Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria, which was once featured as a category on Jeopardy!. She was a correspondent for National Geographic's Brain Games and Explorer, as well as Netflix's Bill Nye Saves the World.

Hupp, Stephen

Stephen Hupp, Ph.D., is a Licenced Clinical Psychologist and Professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA, where he has won the Great Teacher Award and the Champion for Diversity Award. His edited books include Investigating Pop Psychology (2023), Pseudoscience in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy (2019), and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy: Components of Evidence-Based Treatments for Youth and Their Parents (2018). His co-authored books include Great Myths of Child Development (2015), Great Myths of Adolescence (2019), and Thinking Critically about Child Development (2020). He has also written a skeptical game book for children called Dr. Huckleberry's True or Malarkey? Superhuman Abilities (2021).