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The practice of psychotherapy has a dimension that did not exist 30, 20, or even 15 years ago—accountability. Treatment programs, public agencies, clinics, and even group and solo practitioners must now justify the treatment of patients to outside…

In several of my earlier Kogan Page titles I have provided readers with the opportunity to obtain a greater understanding of IQ testing by means of practice tests in which readers have been able to familiarize themselves with the type of questions…

Beyond E-Learning comes at a time of great transformation in how individuals and organizations learn and how they transfer learning into performance and value. Training—in the classroom and online—remains as important as ever, but it can’t do…

In these challenging and fast-moving times, organizations of all kinds are focusing increased attention on workforce performance and strategically important organizational results. Top managers want to know the payoff in performance and results for…

What is astonishing about this statement is that, even so recently as a decade ago, it needed to be made at all. The gap in systematic boardroom development was generally unrecognized until the last decade of the twentieth century. Prior to that,…

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In today’s communities, people frequently have different ideas regarding how to solve various issues. These differences can make for creative solutions or can spiral into conflict with others. Developing comfort with conflict and skill in managing…

ATTEMPTS TO INTEGRATE diverse approaches to psychotherapy have captured the imagination of mental health professionals for well over half a century. For example, Thomas French stood before the 1932 meeting
of the American Psychiatric Association and…

Psychology at the beginning of the twenty-first century has become a highly diverse field of scientific study and applied technology. Psychologists commonly regard their discipline as the science of behavior, and the American Psychological…

A few years ago, I was on a plane that had to turn
around shortly after takeoff because one of its two
engines had failed. When we were told to get into
crash position, the first thing I thought was, “I don’t
want to die yet! I was looking…