Adolescent Psychology category: 2820 books
Coming Out, Coming In
Nurturing the Well-Being and Inclusion of Gay Youth in Mainstream Society
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2007
Coming Out, Coming In: Nurturing the Well-Being and Inclusion of Gay Youth in Mainstream Society describes the process of “coming in” to a welcoming and nurturing family, from both the teen's and the parents' perspective. Linda Goldman draws on her personal and professional experience as a school...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
This highly respected reference and text on developmental psychopathology brings together leading authorities on the psychological, biological, and social-contextual determinants of child and adolescent problems. The comprehensive introductory chapter provides a state-of-the-art developmental--systems...
The Parents' Guide to Psychological First Aid
Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Predictable Life Crises
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Does your young daughter talk endlessly about invisible friends, dragons in the basement, and monsters in the closet? Is your teenager about to start high school or being victimized by bullies? Is your son mortally afraid of certain insects or of injections at the doctor's office? Compiled by two...
Teens Who Hurt
Clinical Interventions to Break the Cycle of Adolescent Violence
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
Offering a fresh perspective on treatment, this book presents an overarching framework and many specific strategies for working with violent youth and their families. The authors shed light on the complex interplay of individual, family, community, and societal forces that lead some adolescents to...
Clinical Practice of Cognitive Therapy with Children and Adolescents, Second Edition
The Nuts and Bolts
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2015
Widely regarded as the definitive practitioner reference and teaching text, this book provides a complete introduction to doing cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) with 6- to 18-year-olds. The authors offer a blueprint for formulating cases and tailoring treatment to each child's or adolescent's unique...
Understanding and Assessing Trauma in Children and Adolescents
Measures, Methods, and Youth in Context
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2007
In this volume, Kathleen Nader has compiled an articulate and comprehensive guide to the complex process of assessment in youth and adolescent trauma. There are many issues that are important to evaluating children and adolescents, and it is increasingly clear that reliance on just one type of assessment...
by Jennifer S. Smith Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
"BUT I'M NOT TIRED!" is the book for the thousands of parents whose children and teenagers don’t sleep well enough, or for long enough. Dr. Jennifer Smith draws on scientific research and her vast experience as a leading child and adolescent psychologist to describe how good sleep hygiene recharges...
by Ian Stuart-Hamilton
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1999
`This would be an excellent companion to an A-level or first year degree course or indeed anyone with an interest in psychology. The book aims to `tell people what psychology is about' and it does this in an extremely well structured and accessible fashion. It gives a good introduction to severaldifferent...
Prevention: What Works with Children and Adolescents?
A Critical Review of Psychological Prevention Programmes for Children, Adolescents and their Families
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2006
Prevention: What Works with Children and Adolescents? deals with the prevention of psychological problems which are of central concern to those who fund and develop health, social and educational services for children, adolescents and their families. Problems addressed in this book include developmental...
Depression
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with Children and Young People
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2009
In recent years there has been an increase in research into childhood depression, and it is now recognised that depression can severely impair young people in many aspects of their life, school, peer and social relationships, and frequently persists into adulthood.
Depression: Cognitive Behaviour...
by Carol Fitzpatrick
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
Self-harm and suicidal behaviours are increasingly common in young people, but are often hidden. A Short Introduction to Helping Children and Young People Who Self-Harm aims to show parents, carers and professionals how they can support young people through these difficult times, as well as how to...
Teens with Diabetes
A Clinician's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
Written by three psychologists with more than 50 years of collective experience in the field of diabetes and youth, Teens with Diabetes provides evidence-based techniques for clinicians to treat the psychological needs of children with diabetes and help them transition into their teenage years. The...
Metaphorical Stories for Child Therapy
Of Magic and Miracles
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2010
Therapeutic metaphor and stories have long been used within modalities such as hypnotherapy, play therapy, narrative therapies, and expressive therapies. Metaphorical interventions reduce client defensiveness. They provide an 'aha' that leads to insight and change, as the client's identification with...
Through Assessment to Consultation
Independent Psychoanalytic Approaches with Children and Adolescents
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2009
Winnicott’s description of "doing something else" or "working as a psychoanalyst" when not engaged in the actual analysis of his patients resonates with the child psychotherapist today. Individual psychotherapy is certainly a valuable part of the work but much of the time the...