Principle-Guided Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents

Principle-Guided Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents
Author: John R. Weisz
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2020-01-08
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1462543936

Presenting a fresh approach to child and adolescent therapy, this book identifies five principles at the heart of the most potent evidence-based treatments--and shows how to apply them. Clinicians learn efficient, engaging ways to teach the skills of Feeling Calm, Increasing Motivation, Repairing Thoughts, Solving Problems, and Trying the Opposite (FIRST) to 5- to 15-year-olds and their parents. FIRST principles can be used flexibly and strategically in treatment of problems including anxiety, posttraumatic stress, depression, and misconduct. In a convenient large-size format, the book features 37 reproducible parent handouts, decision trees, and other clinical tools. Purchasers get access to a companion website where they can download and print these materials, plus Spanish-language versions of selected parent handouts.

Principle-Guided Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents

Principle-Guided Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents
Author: John R. Weisz
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2020-02-18
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1462542247

Presenting a fresh approach to child and adolescent therapy, this book identifies five principles at the heart of the most potent evidence-based treatments--and shows how to apply them. Clinicians learn efficient, engaging ways to teach the skills of Feeling Calm, Increasing Motivation, Repairing Thoughts, Solving Problems, and Trying the Opposite (FIRST) to 5- to 15-year-olds and their parents. FIRST principles can be used flexibly and strategically in treatment of problems including anxiety, posttraumatic stress, depression, and misconduct. In a convenient large-size format, the book features 37 reproducible parent handouts, decision trees, and other clinical tools. Purchasers get access to a companion website where they can download and print these materials, plus Spanish-language versions of selected parent handouts.

Child Psychotherapy

Child Psychotherapy
Author: Robbie Adler-Tapia, PhD
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2012-06-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0826106730

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Functional Somatic Symptoms in Children and Adolescents

Functional Somatic Symptoms in Children and Adolescents
Author: Kasia Kozlowska
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2020-09-30
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 303046184X

This open access book sets out the stress-system model for functional somatic symptoms in children and adolescents. The book begins by exploring the initial encounter between the paediatrician, child, and family, moves through the assessment process, including the formulation and the treatment contract, and then describes the various forms of treatment that are designed to settle the child’s dysregulated stress system. This approach both provides a new understanding of how such symptoms emerge – typically, through a history of recurrent or chronic stress, either physical or psychological – and points the way to effective assessment, management, and treatment that put the child (and family) back on the road to health and well-being.

Child-Centered Play Therapy

Child-Centered Play Therapy
Author: Risë VanFleet
Publisher: Guilford Press
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2011-02-18
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1606239031

Highly practical, instructive, and authoritative, this book vividly describes how to conduct child-centered play therapy. The authors are master clinicians who explain core therapeutic principles and techniques, using rich case material to illustrate treatment of a wide range of difficulties. The focus is on nondirective interventions that allow children to freely express their feelings and take the lead in solving their own problems. Flexible yet systematic guidelines are provided for setting up a playroom; structuring sessions; understanding and responding empathically to children's play themes, including how to handle challenging behaviors; and collaborating effectively with parents.

Group Psychotherapy with Children

Group Psychotherapy with Children
Author: Tony L. Sheppard
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2023-08-31
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1000922073

This book guides the reader through the process of creating evidence-based therapy groups for children. Introducing an interpersonal theoretical framework that maximizes the interactional and experiential learning and growth components of groups with children, this curriculum offers the child group therapist a theoretical foundation that gives structure to existing techniques and an approach that is multiculturally sensitive and grounded in brain science. A deeper understanding of the mechanisms of change that operate in children’s groups is central to the theme, including an emphasis on play and "learning by doing" through real-life clinical examples which permit readers of all levels to achieve a better understanding of how child groups function. Readers of this book will come away with a deeper understanding of the "power cell" of group therapy: Working interpersonally in the here and now, specifically with children.