AboutPRP

The Professional Resource Exchange, Inc., was founded in 1980 by two clinical psychologists who felt that much of what was being published for mental health practitioners had little immediate application in actual clinical practice. The founders perceived a need for materials with a "how to do it" emphasis, materials similar in orientation and content to professional workshops, continuing education programs, and training seminars. Although they did not derogate the value of more academic publications, they felt that clinicians were anxious for more straightforward and immediately applicable materials and resources. With the goal of developing such resources, they began what has become an ongoing process of surveying and identifying the specific needs of mental health practitioners and developing books, tapes, and continuing education programs to address those needs.

In 1981, the first volume in the best-selling Innovations in Clinical Practice: A Source Book series was published. A new volume in that series is published annually.
In 1991, we changed the name of our publishing imprint to Professional Resource Press (PRP). Our continuing education programs and some nonprint ventures are still produced under our corporate name, Professional Resource Exchange, Inc.

The success of the Innovations series provided the impetus for our company to expand its publishing operations. As we grew and produced new titles, series, and resources (e.g., home study continuing education programs, audiocassette programs, etc.), we did not change our original objective. Almost all of our titles are highly focused and offer "cutting edge" resources, applied techniques, and practice development concepts to enhance the skills and knowledge of practicing mental health professionals.
Although we have published a few "self-help" titles, we have done so only when we felt clinicians would find the books useful as adjuncts to their work with clients (i.e., books they might "prescribe" to their patients). We are neither "academic" nor textbook publishers; however, a large number of our titles have been adopted as texts in graduate (and advanced undergraduate) courses, and our articles and books are widely cited in scholarly publications.