Create customized formal treatment plans with over 1,000 professional goal and intervention statementsThe Continuum of Care Treatment Planner offers clinicians a timesaving, evidence-based guide that helps to clarify, simplify, and accelerate the process of planning treatments for adults and adolescents. The authors provide a thorough introduction to treatment planning, along with the elements necessary to quickly and easily develop formal, customizable tr...

Guide to develop formal treatment plans for third-party payers and state and federal review agenciesPressure from accrediting agencies and other outside parties has increased the need for clinicians to produce effective, high-quality treatment plans; Treatment Planners provide all the elements necessary to quickly and easily develop formal treatment plans that satisfy the needs of most third-party payers and state and federal review agencies. This second e...

A must-read for psychologists-clinical and academic alike-as well as for political scientists, policy analysts, and others working in the realm of terrorism, political violence, and extremism, this book carefully explores the theories, observations, and approaches of authorities in the field and addresses how and why terrorism has perpetuated for so long.Terrorism is now a regular topic in the news rather than a rare or an unusual occurrence. The possibility of vio...

All the tips and tools you need to build a successful mental health practice from the ground upMany mental health professionals currently working for group practices, hospitals, and private or government agencies have both the skills and the drive to become solo practitioners. But how and where do you begin?Getting Started in Private Practice is a reliable reference that offers the comprehensive information and armchair motivation you need to establish and build your own pr...

Find satisfaction and financial success with a new career in coachingGetting Started in Personal and Executive Coaching offers a go-to reference designed to help every mental health professional build, manage, and sustain a thriving coaching practice. Packed with hundreds of proven strategies and techniques, this nuts-and-bolts guide covers all aspects of the coaching business with step-by-step instructions and real-world illustrations that prepare you for every phase of starting y...

Expert advice for building your private practiceThe "business" of practice as a mental health professional is a skill that is seldom taught in school and requires thoughtful guidance and professional mentorship from those who have already succeeded.Containing the collective wisdom and secrets of many expert practitioners, this helpful resource provides useful insights for setting up, managing, and marketing your practice, including timely advice on being a ...

Handbook of Workplace AssessmentGiven the trend for organizations to streamline their workforces and focus on acquiring and retaining only top talent, a key challenge has been how to use assessment programs to deliver a high-performing workforce that can drive revenues, shareholder value, growth, and long-term sustainability.The Handbook of Workplace Assessment directly addresses this challenge by presenting sound, evidence-based, and practical gui...

The leading program evaluation reference, updated with the latest tools and techniquesThe Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation provides tools for managers and evaluators to address questions about the performance of public and nonprofit programs. Neatly integrating authoritative, high-level information with practicality and readability, this guide gives you the tools and processes you need to analyze your program's operations and outcomes more accurate...

Poorly designed employee surveys frustrate participants, analysts, and executives and can end up doing more harm than good. Alec Levenson offers sensible, practical ways to make them more useful and accurate and counters a number of unhelpful but common practices. He provides specific advice for ensuring that the purpose and desired outcomes of surveys are clear, the questions are designed to provide the most relevant and accurate data, and the results are actionable. He also looks at a we...

The challenge with most companies' talent intelligence is that it is just not that intelligent.Having good talent intelligence—an accurate understanding of the skills, expertise, and qualities of people—is essential for the people decisions that all businesses make. Yet despite its vital importance, most organizations appear to be failing at this critical task. The reason lies in talent measurement: how companies produce their talent intelligence and then ...

Effective Planning Strategies and Proposal Writing: A Workbook for Helping Professionals provides a comprehensive review of planning strategies and related concepts, including leadership and the role of the helping professional as "change agent." The text intends to de-mystify planning processes and related jargon for graduate students and practitioners in the helping professions and provides examples from the field. Effective grant-writing is emphasized, as well as information re...

New, updated edition 2014! Lyn Kelley, Ph.D. is a licensed therapist and certified coach who has been providing seminars, CE courses and consulting for thousands of therapists for over 20 years. She gives you over 40 tried-true-tested, PROVEN, most cost effective methods to get new, well-pay clients and get out of managed care. For all mental health providers. No frill, no fluff, just the facts!Here's what you'll get:6 Benefits of Private Practice5 Factors that Lead to...