Continuing Education for Psychologists

ANIMAL SPIRITS
How Human Psychology Drives the Economy and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism

George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller

Perhaps never before has the discipline of Behavioral Economics, the intersection of psychology and economic consequences, been more important than in this current global coronavirus pandemic. As our entire economic system alters as businesses suspend or shutter their services, our "animal spirits" – the animating and motivating factors that drive our economic decisions – continue to determine economic outcomes. This book by two acclaimed economists offers a road map for reversing the financial misfortunes besetting us today. Read it and learn how psychologists can expect people to react, and how leaders can channel these powerful forces of human psychology and take decisive action. 7 CE Credits

THE ANTI–ANXIETY WORKBOOK
Proven Strategies to Overcome Worry, Phobias, Panic, and Obsessions

Martin M. Antony and Peter J. Norton

Breakthroughs and proven treatments of anxiety are empowering countless people to find relief from chronic fears, worrying, phobias, and obsessions. This inviting workbook presents a state–of–the–art program that is grounded in cognitive–behavioral therapy, the most effective treatment for anxiety. No matter what type of anxiety problem your clients suffer from, leading experts Drs. Martin M. Antony and Peter J. Norton provide an unrivaled toolkit of proven strategies to help you understand what anxiety is and how it gets out of control. You'll be able to identify anxiety triggers, change damaging beliefs and behaviors that make symptoms worse, and develop safe strategies for confronting feared situations. The workbook will help you learn the facts about medications and remedies as well allow your clients to instill a new level of calm with relaxation and meditation techniques. 8 CE Credits

ANXIETY AND ITS DISORDERS
The Nature and Treatment of Anxiety and Panic

David H. Barlow, Ph.D

Anxiety and panic are exacerbated or chronic reactions to fear, a natural response to threat of survival. Both are playing out right now on the global stage due to the coronavirus crisis. How can psychologists use the wisdom of landmark anxiety and emotion theory research to help deliver effective psychological and/or pharmacological treatments? This book examines the phenomena of anxiety and panic, their origins, their differentials, and effective treatments for each of the DSM-IV anxiety disorders. 23 CE Credits

THE ART OF SERENITY
The Path to a Joyful Life in the Best and the Worst of Times

T. Byram Karasu, M.D.

In the face of everything that life has to offer and take away, how might a state of authentic, soulful happiness be achievable? The answer, says the author, is through a combination of soul and spirit – love of others and of work, plus belief in the sacred and in transformation. The deepest human yearnings, he suggests, were never completely satisfied with material possessions, success, and power. This book provides tools to help with self-validation and ways to work with both suffering and joy. It reports on how communing with nature, embracing solitude, and realizing spirituality are essential – information that can arm psychologists with resources to help people meet the spiritual aspects of the coronavirus crisis right where we need. 7 CE Credits

BEARING THE UNBEARABLE
Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief

Joanne Cacciatore

The heartbreaking path of love, loss, and grief can feel wild and nonlinear–and often lasts for much longer than other people, the nonbereaved, tell us it should. Yet grief can open hearts to connection, compassion, and the essence of our shared humanity. 8 CE Credits

BEHAVE
The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

Robert M. Sapolsky

Using cutting-edge research across a range of disciplines, this dazzling tour d'horizon of the science of human behavior provides a subtle and nuanced perspective on why we ultimately do the things we do...for good and for ill. 22 CE Credits

BLIND SPOTS
Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do About It

Max H. Bazerman and Anne E. Tenbrunsel

When confronted with an ethical dilemma, most of us like to think we would stand up for our principles. But we are not as ethical as we think we are. In Blind Spots, two leading business ethicists examine the ways we overestimate our ability to do what is right, how we act unethically without meaning to, and how we can bridge the gap between who we are and who we want to be. 6 CE Credits

THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE
Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk, M.D

Recent scientific advances show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers' capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust. The author explores innovative treatments that offer new paths to recovery by activating the brain's natural neuroplasticity. 13 CE Credits

THE BROKEN LADDER
How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die

Keith Payne, Ph.D.

The problem of income inequality has been exposed for some time, but less attention has been paid to the implications for people's psychological welfare. In this book a prominent social psychologist shows how inequality not only divides us economically, but has profound consequences for how we think, how we respond to stress, how our immune systems function, and even how we view moral concepts such as justice and fairness. With the current coronavirus crisis, this fissure in our system is now starkly revealed as jobs and businesses are halted. With a deeper understanding of the psychological and social impacts, psychologists are better equipped to help their patients overcome the flawed perception of poverty as the result of individual character failings and may even help change the underlying problem of inequality. 8 CE credits

BUDDHA'S BRAIN
The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom

Rick Hanson, Ph.D

How to use meditations and mindfulness to activate brain states of calm, joy, and compassion instead of worry, sorrow, and anger. An unprecedented intersection of psychology, neurology, and contemplative practice. 8 CE Credits

CALM ENERGY
How People Regulate Mood with Food and Exercise

Robert E. Thayer, Ph.D.

For ages, emotional eating has been a coping strategy for many. In our modern world, unprecedented stress and epidemic levels of depression have already been leading people increasingly to food as a poor means of managing mood. The forced "extreme social distancing" of the coronavirus crisis is making this tendency even more prevalent. Mood scientist Robert Thayer describes how awareness of our daily energy and tension variations can help overcome the urge to eat the wrong food and help us achieve the healthy goal of "calm energy." He also shows how physical activity is essential to psychological and physical health, and why it is resisted. 6 CE Credits

COGNITIVE PROCESSING THERAPY FOR PTSD
A Comprehensive Manual

Patricia A. Resick, Ph.D, Candice M. Monson, Ph.D, and Kathleen M. Chard, Ph.D

The treatment's developers explain the theoretical and empirical basis of CPT for PTSD and how to adapt it for specific populations. Includes session-by-session guidelines, sample dialogues, and client handouts. 10 CE Credits

DISTRESS TOLERANCE
Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications

Michael J. Zvolensky, Amit Bernstein, Anka A. Vujanovic, Eds.

Current research on distress tolerance and its role in psychological disorders and treatment is especially relevant in the face of today's health security issues and increased economic stress. This book presents a timely and essential perspective for psychologists and their clients. 9 CE Credits

THE FEELING OF WHAT HAPPENS
Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness

Antonio Damasio, M.D., Ph.D.

Today we find that almost everything we take for granted has been either halted or brought to the front of mind. Culturally speaking, nothing is as it was, not just for the patient whose life and/or livelihood has been dramatically threatened or altered, but for all of us. As a result, nearly everyone is considering the deepest questions of all. Renowned scientist and clinician Antonio Damasio spent decades following amnesiacs down hospital corridors, waiting for comatose patients to awaken. In this book he reveals how consciousness is the feeling of what happens, where our mind notices our body's reaction to the world, and responds to that experience. The book is ultimately a hymn to the possibilities of human existence, a much needed perspective for psychologists in the current crisis. 13 CE Credits

FLOURISH
A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well Being

Martin E.P. Seligman

Traditionally, the goal of psychology has been to relieve human suffering, but the goal of the Positive Psychology movement, which Dr. Seligman has led for fifteen years, is different–it's about raising the bar for the human condition. Flourish unveils an electrifying new theory of what makes a good life–for individuals, for communities, and for nations. He explores how happiness, engagement, relationship, meaning and accomplishment are the building blocks for a fulfilling life. The book includes interactive exercises to help readers explore their own attitudes and aims, especially helpful in this time of social distancing. 9 CE Credits

HAKOMI MINDFULNESS-CENTERED SOMATIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
A Comprehensive Guide to Theory and Practice

Halko Weiss, Ph.D., Greg Johanson, Mdiv, Ph.D., and Lorena Monda, MS, Eds.

Given the preponderance of data and other evidence about its benefits, any time would be a good time to cultivate a mindfulness practice and bring it into therapy sessions. This particular moment brings a unique sense of urgency. The Hakomi method combines Western psychology and body-centered techniques with mindfulness principles from Eastern psychology. This book is the authoritative and compelling text on Hakomi, introducing all the processes and practices therapists need to begin using it with clients. 14 CE Credits

HEALTHY PLEASURES

Robert Ornstein, Ph.D. and David Sobel, M.D., M.P.H.

It's not always easy to find pleasure, especially when feeling fearful or overloaded with stress. But it's now well established that pleasure goes a long way to mitigate these feelings and decrease heart disease, boost immune function, relieve depression, and block pain. Plus, our internal pharmacy that provides the pleasure states is always open for business. Some familiar pleasures like physically hanging out with close friends or shopping may be temporarily on hold. The authors offer many others with proven benefits that we might otherwise overlook: siestas, charitable giving, spicing foods, chocolate, practicing piano, or reading a good book, to name just a few. 11 CE Credits

HOW MANY FRIENDS DOES ONE PERSON NEED
Dunbar's Number and Other Evolutionary Quirks

Robin Dunbar, Ph.D.

At a time when we are forced to distance ourselves from one another, the benefits of literal, rather than virtual, closeness become clearer. Evolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar determined a specific number of friends a person can have: 150. After this point, he contends, we can no longer hold all the meaningful information about another person, as well as his or her loved ones, in our own minds. Beyond this random yet insightful evolutionary "quirk," this book offers a vast and fascinating assortment of interesting evolutionary reveals. An enjoyable read that helps illuminate from the very long view, why we are how we are. 9 CE Credits.

HUMANITY ON A TIGHTROPE
Thoughts on Empathy, Family, and Big Changes for a Viable Future

Paul R. Ehrlich, Ph.D., and Robert Ornstein, Ph.D.

If ever there were a moment when the fact that we are all inter-connected cannot be denied, this current reality might be it. Written a decade ago, when belonging to "one human family" may have seemed more idealistic than literal, this book about how to address the problems that affect us all now seems prescient and prescriptive. Emphasizing empathy and the "neuropsychology of Us," the authors explore social and natural science findings on patterns of family affiliation and the capacity to empathize. They explore the implications of these findings on terrorism, racism, and war – implications that can clearly be applied to the global pandemic we face today. 7 CE Credits

LEARNED OPTIMISM
How to Change Your Mind and Your Life (with a new Preface)

Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D.

Keeping a positive, productive outlook is a challenge for many in these uncertain times. This is an opportune moment to revisit Seligman's classic and recapture its wisdom for ourselves and our clients. Help your clients break an "I–give‑up" habit, develop a more constructive explanatory style for interpreting behavior, and experience the benefits of a more positive interior dialogue. Includes advice on how to encourage optimistic behavior at school, at work and in children. 11 CE Credits

MIND/BODY HEALTH, 5th Edition
The Effects of Attitudes, Emotions, and Relationships

Keith J. Karren, Ph.D., Kathryn J. Frandsen, N. Lee Smith, and Kathryn J. Gordon

The mind/body connection is now well accepted by mental health professionals. And the extent to which our mental health plays a crucial role in our lives may not have been as universally exposed, in one instant, as it has been now with so many familiar activities and distractions no longer available. What, then, is the ultimate relationship between our health and our emotions and personality? What is the relationship between our health and our social support and spirituality? How do we integrate our understanding of how unmanaged "negative" emotions, such as worry, anxiety, depression, hostility and anger can increase susceptibility to disease, while "positive" emotions such as optimism, humor, and a fighting spirit can protect health and increase longevity? This comprehensive book can help guide us through this moment where we must in some ways reconstruct our lives, and to some extent our society, from the inside out. 18 CE Credits

MINDFULNESS AND PSYCHOTHERAPY
Second Edition

Edited by Christopher K. Germer, Ronald D. Siegal, and Paul R. Fulton

Mindfulness is an ancient set of techniques central to the esoteric traditions of Sufism, Yoga, and Buddhism that have been adapted and widely used in modern clinical psychology, wellness, and alternative and complementary medicine. In this volume, researchers and practitioners explore the widespread use of these techniques, making it a useful textbook for using, teaching, and studying them. 11 CE Credits

MISBEHAVING
The Making of Behavioral Economics

Richard Thaler

Coupling recent discoveries in human psychology with a practical understanding of incentives and market behavior, Thaler enlightens readers about how to make smarter decisions in an increasingly mystifying world. 12 CE Credits

MORAL TRIBES
Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them

Joshua Greene

Our brains were designed for getting along with a select group of others (Us) and fighting off everyone else (Them). The global pandemic forces us into a shared space, with epic clashes and new opportunities. As the world shrinks, the moral lines that divide us become more salient and more puzzling. We fight over everything from tax codes to gay marriage to global warming, and we wonder where, if at all, we can find our common ground. A grand synthesis of neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy, Moral Tribes reveals the underlying causes of modern conflict and lights the way forward. 11 CE Credits

MOVING TOWARD GLOBAL COMPASSION

Paul Ekman, Ph.D.

The inter-connectedness of the world has been acknowledged and even embraced, to one extent or another, long before the global coronavirus pandemic. However, concern for others, for the welfare of all people, everywhere, is far from stable. Is global compassion a gift, like a musical talent, a virtue of the few? Or might we all have the potential for global compassion dormant within us? Our physical vulnerabilities are clearly shared across boundaries, which the coronavirus crisis further reveals. This may be a perfect moment for a new take on empathy and altruism, as explored by renowned psychologist Paul Ekman, including in the final chapter a discussion with the Dalai Lama. 4 CE Credits

MUSIC THERAPY
In Mental Health for Illness Management and Recovery

Michael J. Silverman

We've seen the inspiring videos of health workers and musicians piping "live" music into intensive care units to help socially isolated patients dealing with a critical illness. until now, there has been no psychiatric music therapy text providing advice on illness management and recovery. This essential book fills the gap in the literature, providing the necessary breadth and depth to inform readers of the psychotherapeutic research base and show how music therapy can effectively and efficiently function within a clinical scenario. 10 CE Credits

THE MYTH OF RACIAL COLOR BLINDNESS
Manifestations, Dynamics, and Impact

Helen A. Neville, Ph.D, Miguel E. Gallardo, Ph.D, and Derald Wing Sui, Ph.D

The outsized impact of Covid-19 on African Americans is stark evidence of ongoing institutional racism. In this volume, top scholars in psychology, education, and sociology dissect the myth of color blindness and the urgent need to create equal access and opportunities for all. 9 CE Credits

NUDGE
Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

Richard H. Thaler & Cass R. Sunstein

Citing decades of cutting-edge behavioral science research, the authors demonstrate that sensible "choice architecture"can successfully nudge people towards the best decisions without restricting their freedom of choice. 10 CE Credits

OPENING UP
The Healing Power of Expressing Emotions

James W. Pennebaker, Ph.D.

One of the most needed yet resisted remedies being called forth right now is an ability to open up about our upsetting inner emotions. Researcher James Pennebaker shows in this important book how beneficial such expressions can be, both emotionally and physically. He explains how putting emotionally upsetting experiences into words can affect our thoughts and feelings, a helpful strategy for this shared painful moment, and all of life's challenging ones. 7 CE Credits

PRIMAL LEADERSHIP
Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence

Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., Richard Boyatzis, Ph.D. and Annie McKee, Ph.D.

Decades of research tells us that great leaders excel not just through skills or smarts, but through competencies such as empathy and self-awareness. The emergent path of the coronavirus crisis brings to stark relief the critical role of competent leadership (or lack thereof) in every domain. This will continue to be the case in the rebuilding of our micro and macro lives. Psychologists are in a unique position to help bring the qualities of effective leadership into wider view, making this a fitting moment to read the findings on how to lead with emotional intelligence. 12 CE Credits

PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF STRESS MANAGEMENT, 3rd Edition

Paul M. Lehrer, Robert L. Woolfolk, and Wesley E. Sime, Ph.D. (Editors)

Profoundly suited for the time, this preeminent clinical reference and textbook on stress management covers the most effective techniques and their applications for treating stress-related psychological problems and enhancing health. The book includes in-depth descriptions of progressive relaxation, hypnosis, biofeedback, meditation, cognitive methods, and other therapies – all of which are needed now more than ever in both the psychology session and at home. The theoretical and empirical underpinnings of each method are examined. Step-by-step guidelines for assessment and implementation. 25 CE Credits

13 CE credits (Chapters 1-13)

12 CE credits (Chapters 14-26)

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF INTIMACY

Karen J. Prager, Ph. D.

As "social distancing" currently cuts us off from non-intimate contact, the importance of intimacy resounds and its very definition called into question. What constitutes the nature of our innermost connections besides intimacy? This is not a subject that has often been researched, partly because of its non-empirical or demonstrable definition. Prager, however, tackles it head-on, incorporating literature from psychology, communication, sociology, and psychoanalysis. Examining relationships from infancy to old age, in multiple contexts, she constructs a multi-tiered model of intimate relating, delving into the thoughts and emotions that people experience when they behave intimately with each other. 10 CE Credits

RENT TWO FILMS AND LET'S TALK IN THE MORNING, 2nd Edition

John W. Hesley and Jan G. Hesley

Videowork is the therapeutic process in which therapists assign popular films that relate to core issues of ongoing therapy. Clients are instructed to do their "homework" between sessions and prepare for discussion in future sessions. Rent Two Films and Let's Talk in the Morning explores how therapeutic work interwoven with popular films enhances traditional therapy. This book provides an introduction to using movie rentals in therapy and serves as a ready reference for therapists who want to assign videos as homework.Authors John and Jan Hesley address the dilemmas that you may face when deciding when it is appropriate to assign a film, and offer friendly guidance and detailed information on every aspect of using films as tools in therapy. 11 CE Credits

RESTORING RESILIENCE
Discovering Your Client's Capacity for Healing

Eileen Russell, Ph.D.

Right now, when it's all too easy to focus on what is going wrong, there could be no better time to keep in mind clinical psychologist Eileen Russell's idea that the best way to help with what's going wrong in people's lives is to build from what's going right. Without undervaluing the problematic or stressful habits, conditions, or circumstances in people's lives, she focuses on each person's innate resilience, their ability to work on their own behalf to heal. Drawing on interpersonal neurobiology and affect regulation research, as well as multiple theoretical orientations such as attachment theory, EMDR, Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, and Focusing, this book provides instrumental tools and background for any therapist wanting to engage in resilience-oriented therapy. 11 CE Credits

THE RIGHTEOUS MIND
Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion

Joshua Greene

Why can't our political leaders work together as threats loom and problems mount? Why do people so readily assume the worst about the motives of their fellow citizens? Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions. His starting point is "moral intuition" – the nearly instantaneous perceptions we all have about other people and the things they do. These intuitions feel like self-evident truths, making us righteously certain that those who see things differently are wrong. He shows us how these intuitions differ across cultures and blends his own research findings with those of anthropologists, historians, and other psychologists to draw a map of the moral domain. Rather than arguing that we are innately altruistic, he makes a more subtle claim, that we are fundamentally groupish. It is our groupishness that leads to our greatest joys, our religious divisions, and our political affiliations. By understanding what each side is right about, we can flourish as a nation. 11 CE Credits

SHOCKS TO THE SYSTEM
Psychotherapy of Traumatic Disability Syndromes

Laurence Miller. Ph.D.

Each person's circumstances and sensibilities will make it more or less difficult to "bounce back" from the trauma and tragedy we are now collectively experiencing with the coronavirus crisis. This book provides guidance to trauma victims for getting the medical, psychological, and legal help they need, as well as help for clinicians in treating patients going through the shock to the system the crisis presents. 10 CE Credits

SOCIAL
Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect

Matthew D. Lieberman, Ph.D.

For many years, UCLA research psychologist Matthew Lieberman has been studying just what many of us are now experiencing in response to the global pandemic that disconnects us from one another. The groundbreaking social neuroscience research he brings forth reveals our need to connect with other people as being even more fundamental, more basic, than our need for food or shelter. The book argues that our need to reach out to and connect with others was a key driver in human evolution and continues to be a primary driver behind our behavior. We have, he says, a unique ability to read other people's minds, to figure out their hopes, fears, and motivations, which allows us to coordinate our lives with one another. Understanding our social power can have enormous real-world implications to create different outcomes. 10 CE Credits

STRATEGIC INTERVENTIONS FOR PEOPLE IN CRISIS, TRAUMA, AND DISASTER, Revised Edition

Diane Sullivan Everstine, Ph.D. and Louis Everstine, Ph.D.

When there's stressful turbulence in our culture as we are facing with the coronavirus pandemic, more and more clinicians are called to intervene in crisis situations. This book provides both the theoretical background and the practical techniques to help people learn from crisis and move toward change and growth. Treatment principles for each crisis situation are illustrated in detailed case studies. Therapists must be ready to make quick decisions, drawing upon all available resources from the family and community, and offering support as traumas are worked through and new behavior patterns are learned. Communication principles for high-stress situations, interventions in emergency situations, hospitalizing, suicide prevention, and trauma assessment and treatment are among the protocols that this book teaches. 11 CE Credits

THINKING FAST AND SLOW

Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his seminal work in psychology that challenged the rational model of judgment and decision making, is one of our most important thinkers. In this groundbreaking work, he describes the two systems that drive the way we think. One is fast, intuitive, and emotional; the other is slower, more deliberative and logical. Where can we trust our intuitions and where and how should we can tap into the benefits of slow thinking? He offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both our business and our personal lives, and how we can use different techniques to guard against the mental glitches that often get us into trouble. Up to 15 CE Credits

15 CE credits (All chapters)

8 CE credits (Chaps. 1-20)

THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC
The Science of a Human Obsession

Daniel J. Levitin

In this groundbreaking union of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin explores the connection between music–its performance, its composition, how we listen to it, why we enjoy it–and the human brain. Drawing on the latest research and on musical examples ranging from Mozart to Duke Ellington to Van Halen, Levitin reveals: How composers produce some of the most pleasurable effects of listening to music by exploiting the way our brains make sense of the world; Why we are so emotionally attached to the music we listened to as teenagers, whether it was Fleetwood Mac, U2, or Dr. Dre; That practice, rather than talent, is the driving force behind musical expertise; How those insidious little jingles (called "earworms") get stuck in our heads. And, taking on prominent thinkers who argue that music is nothing more than an evolutionary accident, Levitin argues that music is fundamental to our species, perhaps even more so than language. 11 CE Credits

THE UPSIDE OF STRESS
Why Stress is Good for You and How to Get Good at It

Kelly McGonigal, PhD

We hear all the time: stress causes heart disease; stress causes insomnia; stress is bad for you! But what if changing how you think about stress could make you happier, healthier, and better able to reach your goals? Combining exciting new research on resilience and mindset, McGonigal proves that undergoing stress is not bad; it is undergoing stress while believing that stress is bad that makes it harmful. In fact, stress has many benefits, from giving us greater focus and energy, to strengthening our personal relationships. She shows how to cultivate a mindset that embraces stress and activates the brain's natural ability to learn from challenging experiences. This is not a guide to getting rid of stress, but a toolkit for getting better at it by understanding, accepting, and leveraging it to one's advantage. 7 CE Credits