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The American Psychological Association Psychotherapy Video Series Behavioral Health and Health Counseling presents distinguished psychotherapists demonstrating specific treatments for specific health problems.

Hosted by Dr. Jon Carlson, each of these practical, informative, and entertaining videos provides viewers with more than 100 minutes of insight into the use of these treatments, including

• a provocative discussion between the series host and a leading expert in the featured therapy about major theories in behavioral health;
• an actual therapy session with a real client and the featured therapist demonstrating how to apply behavioral health principles; and
• a lively question-and-answer exchange between Dr. Carlson and the featured therapist, reviewing the session and explaining how the theories were put into practice.

The American Psychological Association Psychotherapy Video Series presents distinguished psychologists demonstrating specific approaches to a wide range of client problems. Children and Adolescents features experts at working with younger clients who present a variety of concerns or problems.

In each video, experts discuss their approaches in provocative interviews with series host Dr. Jon Carlson and then demonstrate their approaches in a real therapy session. The therapists then review the session with Dr. Carlson and explain how the approach was put into practice.

Many DVDs have a bonus feature: a voiceover track with the therapist's commentary that may be played while watching the therapy session for further insight into the therapist's approach. All the DVDs are powerful training tools in classes and seminars on working with these age groups.

The American Psychological Association Psychotherapy Video Series presents distinguished psychologists demonstrating specific approaches to a wide range of client problems.

Clinical Geropsychology features experts at working with older clients who present a variety of concerns and problems. Experts discuss their approaches in provocative interviews with series host Dr. Jon Carlson and then demonstrate their approaches in a real therapy session. Finally, the featured therapists review the session with Dr. Carlson and explain how the approach was put into practice.

Many DVDs have a bonus feature: a voiceover track with the therapist's commentary that may be played while watching the therapy session for further insight into the therapist's approach. All the DVDs are powerful training tools in classes and seminars on working with older clients

The American Psychological Association Psychotherapy Video Series Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Depression is a five-part demonstration of theory-driven, empirically supported interventions. The series is designed for mental health professionals and is appropriate for both new and experienced clinicians. The tapes teach important clinical skills in a systematic, step-by-step manner, providing hands-on demonstrations and clear guidelines for replicating the skills shown in the demonstrations.

Each video in the series demonstrates a fundamental component of cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression. These components are also used in cognitive-behavioral therapies for many other common psychological and medical disorders and problems, including anxiety disorders, substance abuse, chronic pain, eating disorders, and marital problems.

An important goal of the series is to teach empirically supported methods. Four of the tapes in the series-Activity Scheduling, Using the Thought Record, Schema Change Methods, and Structure of the Therapy Session teach central components of empirically supported cognitive-behavioral therapies for depression. The Individualized Case Formulation and Treatment Planning video offers methods for adapting these standardized methods to an individual case in a systematic, empirically driven manner.

The American Psychological Association Psychotherapy Video Series presents distinguished psychologists demonstrating specific approaches to a wide range of client problems. Men and Masculinity features experts at working with male clients who present a variety of concerns and problems.

In each video, experts discuss their approaches in provocative interviews with series host Dr. Jon Carlson and then demonstrate their approaches in a real therapy session. Finally, the featured therapists review the session with Dr. Carlson and explain how the approach was put into practice.

Many DVDs have a bonus feature: a voiceover track with the therapist's commentary that may be played while watching the therapy session for further insight into the therapist's approach. All the DVDs are powerful training tools in classes and seminars on working with men.

In the American Psychological Association Psychotherapy Video Series Multicultural Counseling, distinguished psychologists demonstrate effective ways of working with clients from many different ethnic and cultural groups.

Hosted by Dr. Jon Carlson, these practical and informative videos provide rich insights into multicultural counseling by acknowledging the complexities of working with diverse populations while maintaining the simplicity of the therapeutic process. Each video includes

• a provocative discussion between the series host and a leading expert who works regularly with members of the group under consideration;
• an actual therapy session with a real client and the featured therapist demonstrating how to work with clients from this cultural background; and
• a lively question-and-answer exchange between Dr. Carlson and the featured therapist, reviewing the session and explaining how the therapist's approach was put into practice.

The American Psychological Association Psychotherapy Video Series Psychology in the Schools presents distinguished psychologists demonstrating how to work with some of the most challenging problems faced by today's teachers and students. Designed for clinical training and continuing education, these videos were created to provide psychology students and practitioners with expert introductions to treating issues in a school-based setting.

Hosted by Dr. Jon Carlson, this series covers not only school-oriented issues that educational counselors may encounter but also family and personal issues about which students and teachers may come to a school counselor. Each video presents

• a provocative discussion between the series host and a leading expert who works regularly with the approach under consideration;
• an actual therapy session with a real client and the featured therapist, demonstrating how to work with clients using this approach; and
• a lively question-and-answer exchange between Dr. Carlson and the featured therapist reviewing the session and explaining how the therapist's approach was put into practice.

Many DVDs have a bonus feature: a voiceover track with the therapist's commentary that may be played while watching the therapy session for further insight into the therapist's approach.

The videos in the APA Psychotherapy Stimulus Series present "critical incidents" that therapists might encounter in therapeutic sessions and demonstrate appropriate therapeutic responses. The vignettes used to create these stimulus training tapes were selected from the APA Psychotherapy Video Series master tapes. In some cases, the vignette was drawn from the actual videotaped session, and in other cases the vignette was drawn from other videotaped material produced in preparation for the series.

These videos feature clients portrayed by actors on the basis of actual case material. The therapists were not briefed in advance on the nature of the scenario being acted out, and therefore their responses are spontaneous and unrehearsed.

This material was prepared by the developers of the APA Psychotherapy Video Series: John C. Norcross, Donald K. Freedheim, Julia Frank-McNeil, Gary R. VandenBos, and Margaret M. Schlegel. Grateful acknowledgement is made to all the participants in the series from which these vignettes were culled.

The American Psychological Association Psychotherapy Video Series present distinguished psychologists demonstrating specific approaches to a wide range of client problems.

Psychotherapy in Six Sessions provides a valuable look at how psychological treatment affects clients over the course of therapy. Psychology students and practitioners viewing the videos will

• learn how therapy develops over six sessions,
• look at how clients may change from the first session to the sixth,
• observe the dynamics of the therapeutic relationship over time, and
• see various therapeutic interventions applied in different situations

The American Psychological Association Psychotherapy Video Series Relationships presents distinguished psychologists illustrating how to work with clients who are experiencing problems with relationships.

Hosted by Dr. Jon Carlson, each of these practical, informative, and entertaining videos provides more than 100 minutes of insight into working with these problems, including

• a provocative discussion between the host and a leading expert in the featured therapy;
• an actual therapy session with a real client and the featured therapist demonstrating how to work with clients on relationship issues; and
• a lively question-and-answer exchange between Dr. Carlson and the featured therapist, reviewing the session and explaining how the theories were put into practice.

The American Psychological Association Psychotherapy Video Series Specific Treatments for Specific Populations presents distinguished psychotherapists of different theoretical orientations demonstrating treatments for specific problems and populations commonly seen by practicing therapists.

Designed for clinical training as well as for continuing education, the videos show therapy sessions that embody various therapeutic approaches. These tapes are incomparable tools for illustrating how therapy looks in practice.

The American Psychological Association Psychotherapy Video Series Spirituality presents distinguished psychologists illustrating how to work with patients using approaches grounded in an awareness of spiritual perspectives. Experts discuss and demonstrate ways to acknowledge and integrate religious and spiritual beliefs within ordinary therapeutic work by tapping into, instead of ignoring, these beliefs and practices.

Hosted by Dr. Jon Carlson, these informative videos include

• a provocative discussion between the series host and a leading expert who works regularly with the approach under consideration;
• an actual therapy session with a real client and the featured therapist, demonstrating how to work with clients using this approach; and
• a lively question-and-answer exchange between Dr. Carlson and the featured therapist, reviewing the session and explaining how the therapist's approach was put into practice

The American Psychological Association Psychotherapy Video Series Systems of Psychotherapy presents distinguished psychologists demonstrating therapeutic approaches with a variety of clients. These videos were created to provide psychology students and practitioners with expert introductions to various systems of psychotherapy and demonstrations of how these approaches work in practice.

The videos provide viewers with the valuable learning experience of seeing psychotherapeutic concepts being put to use. The therapy approaches covered in this series include everything from cognitive-behavioral and brief dynamic therapies to constructivist and experiential psychotherapies.