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This practical guide offers mental health professionals a detailed, step-by-step description on how to conduct Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) - the empirically validated training program for parents with children who have disruptive behavior problems. Drawn from their own experience in treating hundreds of families, the authors include several illustrative examples and vignettes as well as an appendix with several assessment instruments to help parents to conduct PCIT. An exclusive feature of this volume is a thorough discussion on how to teach parents to do behavioral play therapy and to effectively implement timeout procedures with highly aggressive preschoolers.

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Building on children's natural inclinations to pretend and reenact, play therapy is widely used in the treatment of psychological problems in childhood. 101 Favorite Play Therapy Techniques incorporates methods developed to elicit the best responses from children.

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The Brief Child Therapy Homework Planner, Second Edition provides pre-written psychotherapy homework assignments for children. The 48 field-tested exercises are grouped by skill set. The book includes ready-to-copy blank exercises, instructions on when and how to use the assignments, and a floppy disk that contains word-processing versions of every assignment in the book.

Contains 51 ready-to-copy homework assignments that can be used to facilitate brief individual therapy. Assignments are keyed to the problems from The Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Treatment Planner, c1996. Diskette is included for customizing assignments. System requirements: Windows 95 or later. For therapists. Softcover.

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This classic text offers an in-depth examination of major issues in child psychotherapy and highlights frequently encountered challenges in working with children and parents. Basic concepts of adult dynamic psychotherapy--such as the therapeutic alliance, resistance, transference and countertransference, and insight--are redefined and adapted to the special requirements of therapy with 4- to 12-year-olds. Readers are guided through a number of cases as treatment unfolds, gaining insight into all of the attendant problems, strategies, and opportunities. Yielding unique insights into the emotional and cognitive world of the child, the volume presents effective treatment strategies for a wide range of clinical problems. New chapters in the second edition provide step-by-step coverage of two major cases, from intake through termination.

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This authoritative volume describes effective cognitive-behavioral approaches to a range of frequently encountered child and adolescent disorders. The book begins with a guiding model for conducting multifaceted treatment that is sensitive to individual and developmental concerns. Chapters by leading clinician-researchers then address specific behavioral and emotional problems, including aggression, anger, ADHD, depression, anxiety disorders, and difficulties faced by children with chronic health conditions. Providing a practical overview of salient clinical techniques, each up-to-date chapter summarizes related literature and considers future directions for research and practice. Also examined are developmental issues specific to work with adolescents and the current status of empirically supported interventions.

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Until now, psychotherapy for child abuse survivors often centered on the trauma of their abuse experiences. However, survivors frequently reveal a history suggesting it was not abuse trauma alone that created their difficulties, but growing up essentially alone - without the consistent emotional support and guidance needed for development of effective functioning. This book presents an alternative to trauma-focused treatment that, though effective for treatment of other forms of trauma, can induce deteriorated rather than improved functioning in survivors of prolonged childhood maltreatment. The contextual therapy presented in Not Trauma Alone delineates a psychotherapeutic approach that emphasizes helping survivors develop the capacities for effective functioning that were never transmitted to them during their formative years. Detailed descriptions of the methods and interventions comprising contextual therapy are included in this critical book for all mental health professionals, clinicians, academics, and students in the field.

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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 their practice. Now, with the publication of this fully updated and revised Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition, which includes a DVD that illustrates art therapy techniques in actual therapy settings, this pioneering guide is available to train, inform, and inspire a new generation of art therapists and those seeking to introduce art therapy into their clinical practice.

The text illustrates how to:

* Set the conditions for creative growth, assess progress, and set goals for therapy
* Use art in individual, group, and family situations, including parent-child pairings, mothers' groups, and adolescent groups
* Work with healthy children and those with disabilities
* Guide parents through art and play
* Talk about art work and encourage art production
* Decode nonverbal messages contained in art and the art-making process
* Use scribbles, drawings, stories, poems, masks, and other methods to facilitate expression
* Understand why and how art therapy works

Along with the useful techniques and activities described, numerous case studies taken from Rubin's years of practice add a vital dimension to the text, exploring how art therapy works in the real world of children's experience. Original artwork from clients and the author illuminate the material throughout. Written by an internationally recognized art therapist, Child Art Therapy, Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition is a comprehensive guide for learning about, practicing, and refining child art therapy.

About the Author

Judith Aron Rubin, PHD, ATR-BC, is a licensed psychologist and faculty member of the University of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Society and Institute.

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Art therapy specifically directed to the needs and concerns of children has grown into a major area of psychological interest in a very few years. The original edition of Child Art Therapy was a significant contribution to the literature of this field—describing a broad range of educational and clinical settings within which to develop an understanding of a child’s ideas and needs, as well as helping the child gain awareness, acceptance, liking, and control of his or her own feeling-self. This revised edition provides updated information on progress in child art therapy and explores the author’s recent experiences in the field, including work with deaf children and multimodal therapy involving the closely related activities of art therapy and play therapy. Perhaps the most outstanding feature of this edition is the inclusion of photographs of children’s original art throughout the book: these works, better than any representation, eloquently communicate the often paradoxical combination of simplicity and nuance that typifies the thoughts and feelings of children. An essential tool for art therapists and art teachers, Child Art Therapy will also be a valuable aid for anyone who strives to nurture the creative processes in children and to help children fully realize their potential.

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"Separated into seven categories for easy reference, the techniques within each chapter are applied to practice situations in a concise format for easy reference and use.

About the Author

Heidi Gerard Kaduson, Ph.D., RPT-S, specializes in evaluation and intervention services for children with a variety of behavioral, emotional, and learning problems.

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This comprehensive guide to child therapy provides a thorough introduction to the principles and practice of psychotherapy with children and adolescents. It provides balanced coverage of child therapy theory, research, and practice. Adopting an integrated approach, the authors bring both the science of evidence-based practice and the art of therapy into each chapter.

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Now-with the publication of this expanded and updated 3rd Edition-the classic compendium on child and adolescent behavior disorders is even more useful than ever! Acclaimed as the standard against which other books on the subject are measured, The Practice of Child Therapy is an authoritative, treatment-oriented, one-volume reference...a "must have" resource for any practicing or potential child therapist.

KET TOPICS: The book presents summaries of the latest research findings and related treatment procedures on the disorders most often encountered by those practicing in applied settings (e.g., clinic and counseling centers, schools, homes and hospitals). The primary emphasis is on intervention techniques and strategies for changing behaviors. Etiology and assessment are also discussed. Its 17 chapters-written and updated by 37 experts in their fields-cover a wide range of topics: obsessive compulsive disorders, childhood depression, childhood fears and phobias, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, academic problems, conduct disorder, somatic disorders, childhood autism, mental retardation, children medically at risk, psychopharmacotherapy, and the legal and ethical issues in child therapy. New for the 3rd Edition are chapters on post-traumatic stress syndrome, sexual and other abuse, and behavior informatics-the use of computer technology in child therapy prevention. Recommended as an instant resource for psychologists, psychiatrists, clinical social workers-any professional who works with disturbed children or adolescents.

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This book was first published in 1978 and was the first of its kind to analyze the effect of music therapy on the development of the autistic child. It contained detailed accounts of the music therapy techniques found to be effective with different types of autistic children, and illustrated these with case studies drawn from the author's original research. This new edition retains all the text of the first and adds three new chapters, reflecting the depth of research music therapy has received over the last ten years and its important position within the whole therapy of autistic children. Written by Auriel Warwick, a former student of Juliette Alvin, these chapters describe how parents can be involved with their autistic children in the therapeutic process, and illustrates the problems and rewards found in the musical and personal relationships which evolve.

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Basic Parenting 101 The Manual Your Child Should Have Been Born With is a realistic view of the importance of parenting. Dr. Phil focuses on showing parents how to solve problems with understanding, humor and love.

Dr. Phil clearly explains how parents, step parents, teachers and counselors can raise honest, responsible, and caring children.

Dr. Phil tells warm stories of how loving adults can help their children make clear life choices and take individual responsibility. A down to earth approach to being a wonderful parent.

Dr. Phil makes psychology usable.

About the Author

Dr. Philip Copitch holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and is a Licensed Marriage, Family and Child Therapist practicing in Redding, California. Dr. Phil has been a therapist for over 25 years. His practice specializes in working with families and children. And he is the President of CEUforTherapists.com

Dr. Phil lives with his wife, two sons, and too many pets in northern California.