Child Psychology category: 2885 books
Kids Who Laugh
How to Develop Your Child’s Sense of Humor
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
While some children are born with an innate sense of humor, for most kids, humor is a learned behavior. Kids Who Laugh is the first book to examine the psychology of humor in children and explore the many benefits that this characteristic has to offer, including self-confidence, coping skills, creativity,...
Got An Angry kid?
Parenting Spike, A Seriously Difficult Child
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Does your family live in conflict?
Does your child have a psychiatric label (such as ADHD, oppositional defiance, conduct disorder, bi-polar disorder) or the behavior that would get him/her one?
Have you lost (or nearly lost) control of your child?
If you answered YES to any of...
Attachment Parenting
Developing Connections and Healing Children
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2010
Attachment Parenting describes a comprehensive approach to parenting children who have a history of neglect, abuse, orphanage care, or other experiences that may interfere with the normal development of attachment between parent and child. Grounded in attachment theory, Attachment Parenting gives...
by Anonymous
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
How Brain Friendly Learning Can Release Your Child's Infinite Potential!
Such minds should be exposed to enchanted learning experiences where learning becomes the magical natural process nature intended it to be.
The more we discover about the universe around us the more we realize how...
Building Happiness, Resilience and Motivation in Adolescents
A Positive Psychology Curriculum for Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Positive psychology focuses on building strengths and developing creative and positive thinking in order to boost happiness, well-being and achievement. It helps people to be motivated, maintain positive mental health, and to flourish in all areas of their lives. This resource is a fully-formed positive...
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Child Trauma and Abuse
A Step-by-Step Approach
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2010
The effects of trauma and abuse on children can be long-lasting, acute and damaging. Evidence suggests that cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a highly effective form of psychotherapy to help children to overcome these effects.
This book uses an evidence-based CBT treatment model to assist...
by Eric J. Green
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
Child and family psychotherapist Eric J. Green draws on years of clinical experience to explain his original model of Jungian play therapy. The empathic techniques he illuminates in The Handbook of Jungian Play Therapy with Children and Adolescents can effectively treat children who are traumatized...
Attachment, Trauma, and Healing
Understanding and Treating Attachment Disorder in Children, Families and Adults
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2014
Now in a fully updated and expanded edition, Levy and Orlans' classic text provides a comprehensive overview of attachment theory, how attachment issues manifest, and how they can be treated.
The book covers attachment-focused assessment and diagnosis, specialised training and education for...
The Practitioner's Guide to Child Art Therapy
Fostering Creativity and Relational Growth
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
Even in the face of challenging conditions, art therapy treatment offers meaningful opportunities for growth. It’s not always easy, though, to navigate the complex interplay of art processes, relational states, and developmental theories. For any clinician looking for guidance on the ins and outs...
Psychodynamics Commencing in Early Childhood
The Case for an Additional Tripartite Complex
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2018
Psychodynamics Commencing in Early Childhood: The Case for an Additional Tripartite Complex defines, delineates, and demonstrates the usefulness of an earlier variant of the Oedipus Complex, a complex first manifesting itself with the onset of separation-individuation and ending around the age of...
Demystifying the School Psychology Internship
A Dynamic Guide for Interns and Supervisors
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
If you are a doctoral or non-doctoral student about to begin your internship in school psychology, you may have several questions about the process and what it will involve, and you may even be facing some anxiety about it. If you are a site or university supervisor preparing for the beginning of...
Parent-Focused Child Therapy
Attachment, Identification, and Reflective Function
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2006
Today more pediatric therapists are centering their work on the parent-child relationship and are turning to parents as a primary modality in solving children's problems. Parent-Focused Child Therapy: Attachment, Identification, and Reflective Functions is an edited collection, drawing from leading...
by Marilyn Wedge
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
A persuasive rejection of mainstream child psychiatry that guides parents to understand their child's behavioral problems without stigmatizing diagnoses.
With more than four million American children diagnosed with ADHD and other psychiatric disorders, taking a child to a psychiatrist is as...
Dyslexia Unravelled
An Irish Guide to a Global Problem
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
Does your child struggle to read or write? Do you suspect they have dyslexia, or have they recently been diagnosed with dyslexia? Are you wondering where do you go from here?
A diagnosis of dyslexia can be both a relief and a frustration. From her unique perspective as a professional speech...