Adolescent Psychology category: 2820 books

Cover of Assessment and Intervention with Children and Adolescents Who Misuse Fire
by David J. Kolko, Eric M. Vernberg
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2017

It's surprisingly common for children and adolescents to play with fire and to actually set fires. A single fire has the potential to cause a cascade of serious consequences to children, families, and their community, sometimes with devastating impact. Yet, there is limited practical information and...
Cover of Kids on Meds: Up-to-Date Information About the Most Commonly Prescribed Psychiatric Medications
by Kevin T. Kalikow MD
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2011

A popular guide for consumers about all the psychiatric drugs used with kids. Arguments abound about whether psychiatric medicines are over- or underprescribed, even as their use in childhood and adolescence has become commonplace. Knowing how various medicines work, their side effects and...
Cover of Therapeutic Metaphors for Children and the Child Within
by Joyce C. Mills, Richard J. Crowley
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014

Winner of the 1988 Clark Vincent Award for an "outstanding contribution to the profession through a literary work" and translated into four languages, the original edition of Therapeutic Metaphors for Children and the Child Within was considered a groundbreaking addition to the field of...
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Hope for Children of Trauma

An international perspective

by Panos Vostanis
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2018

Hope for Children of Trauma: An International Perspective synthesizes all the existing evidence, policy and practice from around the world for children and youth who have experienced different forms of complex trauma – such as abuse, neglect and war violence – and also presents a real advance...
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Therapeutic Engagement of Children and Adolescents

Play, Symbol, Drawing, and Storytelling Strategies

by David A. Crenshaw, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2008

This book addresses the issues that child and adolescent therapists struggle with the most—how to meaningfully engage and create conditions for transformative change with children and teens who are unwilling participants at the outset and who regard any allowed influence by the therapist to be a...
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Bridging Worlds

Understanding and Facilitating Adolescent Recovery from the Trauma of Abuse

by Joycee Kennedy, Carol J. McCarthy
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015

With Bridging Worlds, you will learn to uncover the roots of teenage problems – the causes behind symptoms such as self-destructiveness, anger, recklessness, and violence. Originally published in 1998, this title shows you how to develop treatment guidelines and thoughtful frames of reference that...
Cover of Handbook of Resilience in Children of War
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Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013

Their frightened, angry faces are grim reminders of the reach of war. They are millions of children, orphaned, displaced, forced to flee or to fight. And just as they have myriad possibilities for trauma, their lives also hold great potential for recovery. The Handbook of Resilience in Children...
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Winnicott's Children

Independent Psychoanalytic Approaches With Children and Adolescents

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Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013

Winnicott’s Children focuses on the use we make of the thinking and writing of DW Winnicott; how this has enhanced our understanding of children and the settings where we work, and how it has influenced the way in which we do that work. It is a volume by clinicians, concerned about how, as well...
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Psychodrama with Children

Healing children through their own creativity

by Hanna Kende
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016

In this book, Hanna Kende uses her wealth of experience to explain how psychodrama can allow psychotherapists to fundamentally change their relationships with children presenting with psychosocial, mental, or behavioral problems. Based on Kende's extensive and wide-ranging knowledge, Psychodrama with...
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Healing after Parent Loss in Childhood and Adolescence

Therapeutic Interventions and Theoretical Considerations

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Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014

InHealing after Parent Loss in Childhood and Adolescence: Therapeutic Interventions and Theoretical Considerations, experts explore the varied, often complex, and always tragic circumstances under which young people face losing a parent. Profound grief and feelings of powerlessness may accompany loss...
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The Bullies

Understanding Bullies and Bullying

by Dennis Lines
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2007

Dennis Lines shares his deep understanding and illustrates from long practical experience in the field of counselling, bullying and aggression.' - Educational Review Canterbury Christ Church University, UK Carl Parsons Is there a particular type of person who becomes a bully? Why do...
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The Therapeutic Powers of Play

20 Core Agents of Change

by Charles E. Schaefer, Athena A. Drewes
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2013

"Focusing on the specific ingredients that activate clinical change, this book is enhanced by current research, more ample scope, and an array of contributions in contemporary and relevant topic areas. It is full of inspiration, direction, and grounding. This is a stunning contribution to the field...
Cover of Handbook of Depression in Adolescents
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Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2008

Depressive disorders are among the most common types of psychopathology in the United States. Adolescent-onset depressive disorders represent particularly insidious conditions because of their strong association with chronic and recurrent emotional problems in adulthood. This handbook offers authoritative reviews of research on the nature, ca
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Narrative Therapies with Children and Their Families

A Practitioner's Guide to Concepts and Approaches

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Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2016

Narrative Therapies with Children and their Families introduces and develops the principles of narrative approaches to systemic therapeutic work, and shows how they can provide a powerful framework for engaging troubled children and their families. Written by eminent and leading clinicians, known...
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