Books written by Elizabeth M. Vera

  • Psychology of Adjustment: The Search for Meaningful Balance

    We can look to the studies that have examined the outcomes of meditation practices on stress, immunological function, heart disease, and reduction of anxiety (Dimidjian & Segal, 2015). These studies give support and evidence to the ...

  • Psychology of Adjustment: The Search for Meaningful Balance

    According to Gottman's (1999) research, there are four types of negative affect behavior that are damaging to relationships and highly predictive of relationship dissatisfaction: criticism, defensiveness, stonewalling, and contempt.

  • Psychology of Adjustment: The Search for Meaningful Balance

    Psychology of Adjustment: The Search for Meaningful Balance combines a student focus with state-of-the-art theory and research to help readers understand and adjust to life in a context of continuous change, challenge, and opportunity.

  • Social Justice and Culturally Relevant Prevention

    This third book in the Prevention Practice Kit introduces the topics of social justice and cultural relevance in prevention practice - an increasingly important trend in the 21st century.

  • Social Justice and Culturally Relevant Prevention

    This volume has provided a rationale for social justice and culturally relevant prevention and has presented principles of theory, research, and practice that inform this work. Detailed case examples have been offered to illustrate the ...

  • Social Justice and Culturally Relevant Prevention

    This book is endorsed by the Prevention Section of the Society of Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological Association. Fifty percent of all royalties are donated to Division 17 of the APA.