Adolescent Psychology category: 2820 books
by Heidi C. Brescher
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2013
What You Need to Know When Your Child is Admitted to a Psychiatric Facility is a concise 5,300 word article which briefly covers standard practices and treatment in child and adolescent psych units. Also offered is information for parents about billing, follow up treatment, and communicating with...
Group Work with Adolescents, Third Edition
Principles and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
A trusted course text and professional resource, this comprehensive book delves into all aspects of planning and conducting strengths-based group work with adolescents. In an accessible, down-to-earth style, Andrew Malekoff spells out the principles of effective group practice. Extensive clinical...
Rebels with a Cause
Working with Adolescents Using Action Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2005
Rebels with a Cause is a comprehensive guide to working with adolescents using action techniques and drama therapy.
Drawing on years of experience working with adolescents and of training practitioners in the field, Cossa provides a tried-and-tested model for working with adolescents in groups....
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Cognitive Therapy with Children and Young People
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2014
Post traumatic stress disorder develops after exposure to one or more terrifying events that have caused, or threatened to cause the sufferer grave physical harm. This book discusses how trauma-focused cognitive therapy can be used to help children and adolescents who suffer from post traumatic stress...
The Children Who Lived
Using Harry Potter and Other Fictional Characters to Help Grieving Children and Adolescents
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Harry Potter’s encounters with grief, as well as the grief experiences of other fictional characters, can be used by educators, counselors, and parents to help children and adolescents deal with their own loss issues. The Children Who Lived is a unique approach toward grief and loss in children....
It's Nobody's Fault
New Hope and Help for Difficult Children and Their Parents
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2010
People who wouldn't dream of blaming parents for a child's asthma or diabetes are often quick to blame bad parenting for a child's hyperactivity, depression, or school phobia. The parents, in turn, often blame their children, believing that they're lazy or rebellious. Even worse, the children...
Help Me, I'm Sad
Recognizing, Treating, and Preventing Childhood and Adolescent Depression
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1998
Until the early 1980s, there was no official diagnosis for depression in children. But children can, and do, become depressed. In fact, the National Institute of Mental Health now estimates that 2.5 million youngsters under eighteen have experienced clinical depression--and the real number may be...
Attachment-Focused Trauma Treatment for Children and Adolescents
Phase-Oriented Strategies for Addressing Complex Trauma Disorders
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2015
Attachment-Focused Trauma Treatment for Children and Adolescents brings together two powerful treatment directions that exponentially expand the knowledge and skills available to child and adolescent trauma therapists. The book provides theoretical knowledge, clinical approaches, and specific, detailed...
Asperger Syndrome, Second Edition
Assessing and Treating High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014
Completely revised with the latest research and clinical strategies, this is the authoritative volume on Asperger syndrome (now part of DSM-5 autism spectrum disorder). Considered the definitive reference since its initial publication, the book focuses on how to assess each child or adolescent's needs...
Working with High-Risk Adolescents
A Collaborative Strengths-Based Approach
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2017
This innovative book focuses on helping high-risk adolescents and their families rapidly resolve long-standing difficulties. Matthew D. Selekman spells out a range of solution-focused strategies and other techniques, illustrating their implementation with vivid case examples. His approach augments...
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...
Child Trauma Handbook
A Guide for Helping Trauma-Exposed Children and Adolescents
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Originally published in 2005, the Child Trauma Handbook is a user-friendly manual that teaches a comprehensive, research-based, phase-model approach to trauma-informed treatment for children and adolescents. Both new and experienced clinicians will find clear explanations and tips for making the connection...
by Judith Aron Rubin
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2011
An innovative guide to the practice of art therapy
Since 1978, Judith Aron Rubin's Child Art Therapy has become the classic text for conducting art therapy with children. Twenty-five years later, the book still stands as the reference for mental health professionals who incorporate art into...
by Katharina Manassis, MD, FRCPC
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Highly practical and accessible, this book shows how to synthesize complex information about child and adolescent mental health problems into clinically useful, dynamic case formulations. Strategies and tools are provided for analyzing the biological, psychological, social, cultural, spiritual, and...