Clinical Psychology: Science, Practice, and Culture - Hardcover

Pomerantz, Andrew M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1506333745 ISBN 13: 9781506333748

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2016

Synopsis

Recipient of the 2017 Textbook Excellence Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA)

Up to date with current DSM-5 coverage throughout, the comprehensive, highly-readable Fourth Edition of Clinical Psychology: Science, Practice, and Culture provides students vital exposure to the real-world practice of clinical psychology balanced with the latest research in the field. Throughout the book, author Andrew M. Pomerantz explores clinical assessment, psychotherapy, ethical and professional issues, current controversies, and specialized topics in a scholarly, yet fascinating, easy-to-read style. Value-priced and packed with clinical examples, the Fourth Edition offers more coverage of cultural/diversity issues in clinical psychology than any other text for the course, as well as thorough coverage of recent, prominent developments in psychotherapy and clinical assessment. New topics, new pedagogy, expanded discussions of ethics, and hundreds of new references published since 2014 make this a resource students will keep and refer to throughout their professional lives.

About this title

About the Author:

Andrew M. Pomerantz (BA, psychology, Washington University in St. Louis; MA, Ph D, clinical psychology, Saint Louis University) is professor of Psychology and director of the Clinical Adult Psychology Graduate Program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He teaches a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses related to clinical psychology and maintains a part-time private practice of clinical psychology in St. Louis. He completed his pre-doctoral internship at Indiana University School of Medicine Psychology Training Consortium. He is the author of Clinical Psychology: Science, Practice, and Culture (3rd Edition, SAGE, 2013) and Psychological Assessment and Report Writing (with Karen Goldfinger; SAGE, 2010). He has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Psychology, Ethics & Behavior, and the Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy. He served two terms as president of Psychotherapy Saint Louis and is a member of the American Psychological Association.

Review:

"By using practical examples and blending in current culture and metaphors, Pomerantz brings the profession to life. I think students will find the text enjoyable to read." (Jennifer Muehlenkamp )

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1506333745
• ISBN 13: 9781506333748
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 632