Applied Psychology

Applied Psychology

Critical, real-world psychology content that's not captured in books or journals.

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Comprehensive coverage

Hundreds of thousands of items include surveys, proceedings, tools, videos, personal narratives, blogs, podcasts, case studies, PDFs, audio files, videos, and more.

You won’t find these real-world materials in books or journals. They’re created by practicing psychologists and therapists, research and support groups, advocacy and professional organizations, hospitals, businesses, think tanks, and governments—all over the world.

Global coverage, interdisciplinary application

Dozens of countries are covered, including areas in the Global South. Researchers can examine topics as diverse as trauma-informed care, crowd psychology, workplace stress, culturally competent therapy, group dynamics, and jury decision-making.

Besides the obvious relevance to studies in psychology and mental health, the database also serves faculty and students in neuroscience, law, teaching, health and safety, business, and engineering—making it easy to integrate psychology with law, education, business, sociology, and other fields.

A living collection—continually updated for currency and preserved for future researchers

All the materials listed in the database—including PDFs, audio, video, and text—are curated for use in teaching, research, and policy. We continually grow the project with the latest updates, keeping it current with fresh output from sources around the world. Every listing links back to the original source, driving usage of the originating website.

You can cite the content with confidence, because we assign a stable, persistent identifier to every item. And we preserve backup copies (with permission)—so if an item disappears or a website is down, you’ll access our copy. That means no more dead links.

Conference proceedings, evidence-based reports, surveys, and white papers

  • Human resources white papers and workforce studies
  • Clinical guidelines and intervention evaluations
  • Organizational behavior case studies
  • Government and NGO policy papers

Sample items:

  • The Mental Game in Sport: The Role of Self-awareness, White Paper, Insights, 2025
  • Change the Prescription: A New Approach to Mental Health, White Paper, Centre for Social Justice (UK), 2025
  • National Suicide Prevention Advisor Report, Government of Australia, 2021
  • Designing Conversational Agents for Palliative-Care Training Preprint, University of Pennsylvania, 2025.

Blogs, podcasts, and video

  • Sourced from expert interviews with practicing mental health clinicians
  • Series on trauma-informed care, mental health in the workplace, and crisis management
  • Audio explorations of contemporary issues in forensic, health, and educational psychology

Sample items:

  • Healing our Way: First Nations Resilience and Strength
  • The Healing Foundation Podcast, Australia’s national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organization (2024)
  • The Rise of Clozapine: Breaking Barriers and Improving Outcomes: Webinar by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), 2025
  • Human Factors Podcast: Exploring the psychological impact of rapid digital transformation
  • How Stress-Related Immune Activation May Alter the Brain and Impair Behavior, Blog, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, 2025
  • Not Your Average School Psychology Podcast: Evidence-based practices from a behavioral perspective

Personal narratives and case studies

  • First-person accounts of therapy and recovery
  • Stories from educators, caregivers, and mental health workers
  • On-the-ground perspectives from high-stress professions, including emergency responders, correctional officers, and others

Tools, guidelines, protocols, and special items

Practical, evidence-based resources to support clinical work, policy, and education include screening tools, diagnostic checklists, assessment protocols, and guidelines developed by trusted institutions and professional organizations.

Sample titles:

  • Forensic Psychological Assessment of Juvenile Offenders, Journal of Mental Health Disorders and Treatment, 2024
  • School Mental Health Quality Screening Tool, National Center for School Mental Health, U.S., 2022
  • Suicide Risk Assessment Toolkit, Mental Health Commission of Canada, 2022

Special Items

  • Forensic Psychology: courtroom reports, assessment tools, and risk analysis
  • Workplace Psychology: burnout studies, DEI implementation, performance feedback models
  • Health and Counseling: behavior change strategies, patient engagement, substance use interventions
  • Educational Psychology: student motivation, special education practices, SEL curriculum

Key stats

162,000+

items at launch

In multiple formats and across disciplines, and the database will grow continually.

500+

organizations

Covered so far, in 20+ countries around the world.

What's inside this Database

A look at the content

Sample covers, pages, and primary sources from this Database.

Report University of Western Australia

Guidelines Irish Association for Counseling & Psychotherapy

Policy recommendations CAMH, Toronto

Blog: How Background Music Can Affect Employees Journal of Applied Psychology

Blog: The Neurodivergent Guide to Coaching and Therapy The Work Psychologists (UK)

Blog: When Trauma and Eating Disorders Collide

MEET THE EDITORS

Curated by experts in the field

Dr. Ashley Maureen Diaz

Assistant Professor

Alliant International University

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Dr. Ashley Maureen Diaz (she/her/ella) is an Assistant Professor in the Online MA in Clinical Counseling program at Alliant International University. She graduated with a PhD in Counselor Education from The Pennsylvania State University, with a specialty in counseling children, adolescents, and families. She is dedicated to social justice advocacy through teaching, clinical work, and service. Her clinical experience includes bilingual mental health counseling services in multiple settings, including outpatient, inpatient, partial hospitalization, and college counseling centers. Dr. Diaz has also worked as a clinical counselor and Equity Liaison in a K-12 school district and facilitated efforts and initiatives to create a more equitable learning environment. Her research interests include culturally and linguistically responsive counselor training and supervision, counseling Latinx adolescents and families, and social justice/equity concerns in K-12 and post-secondary education settings.

Dr. Diaz enjoys regularly presenting her research at regional, state, and national conferences. She has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from The University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling from The University of Texas at El Paso.

Dr. Judith Johnson

Faculty, University of Manchester (UK); and Director, Manchester Catalys

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Dr Judith Johnson (she/her) is a Reader in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Manchester, UK, and the Director of Manchester Catalys, an organisation to help clinicians get into research. She is a practitioner Clinical Psychologist and holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Manchester, UK, and a Clinical Psychology Doctorate (ClinPsyD) from the University of Birmingham, UK. In 2024, she was awarded the May Davidson Award, a British Psychological Society Award for clinical psychologists who have made an outstanding contribution to the development of their discipline within the first ten years of their qualified work. She has published over ninety peer-reviewed articles in high-quality journals including the BMJ, the International Journey of Surgery, and Academic Medicine. Her work has been funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), the British Medical Association (BMA), the Medical Protection Society Foundation, and the Burdett Nursing Trust, amongst others. Her work has been covered by The Guardian, The Independent, and BBC News and has been referred to in guidance documents published by the World Health Organization, the British Medical Ultrasound Society and the Society and College of Radiographers.

Dr. Tyler Wilkinson

Associate Professor and Chair

Department of Counseling, Mercer University

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Dr. Tyler Wilkinson (he/him) earned his PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision from Auburn University. He has presented at numerous counseling conferences and has been published in various peer-reviewed counseling journals. His research interests include the implementation of technology in counseling and counselor education, humanistic approaches to counseling and counselor education, student cognitive development, licensure law, and couples counseling. Currently, he is a reviewer for the journals Counselor Education and Supervision and the International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling. He is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in the State of Georgia, where he maintains a limited private practice.

Dr. Carlos P. Zalaquett (he/him)

Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education

The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)

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Dr. Carlos P. Zalaquett (he/him) is a Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education at The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State). He is Vice-President for the US and Canada of the Society of Interamerican Psychology (SIP), the president-elect of the Pennsylvania Mental Health Counselors Association, and the past-president of the Florida Mental Health Counselors Association (FMHCA) and the Suncoast Mental Health Counselors Association (SMHCA). Dr. Zalaquett is the coauthor of the internationally acclaimed books Intentional Interviewing and Counseling: Facilitating Client Development in a Multicultural Society and Essentials of Intentional Interviewing: Counseling in a Multicultural World (Ivey, Ivey, & Zalaquett, 2015, 2013) and has published more than sixty scholarly articles. He serves as a faculty, trainer, and consultant for various academic institutions and is an internationally recognized expert in counseling, mental health, and psychotherapy. He has conducted trainings in countries including Argentina, Brazil, Canada, El Salvador, Chili, Colombia, Guatemala, Singapore, and the United States.

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