Child and Adolescent Studies Books
International Handbook of Play Therapy: Advances in Assessment, Theory, Research and Practice
In the past twenty-five years, the practice of play therapy has increased exponentially in America and throughout the world. This handbook brings together an international group of scholars and... (more)
Play Therapy Interventions with Children's Problems: Case Studies with DSM-IV-TR Diagnoses: Second Edition
This is an easy-to-use reference to the most effective play therapy techniques and their substantiated results. Play therapy is not an approach based on guess, trial and error, or whims of the... (more)
101 Favorite Play Therapy Techniques: Volume 3
This book is an amazing resource for play therapy techniques. The contributors come from a diverse group including child-centered, cognitive-behavioral, gestalt, Jungian, psychodynamic, and... (more)
Play Therapy with Adolescents
Adolescents are often resistant, hostile, moody, and difficult, but they can also be fascinating, creative, spontaneous, and passionate. How do mental health professionals get past the facade? Play... (more)
Working with Bereaved Children and Young People
This book offers a fresh insight into working practices with children and young people who are experiencing the death of a family member, friend, school peer or in their social network. Bridging the... (more)
Therapy with Children: Children's Rights, Confidentiality and the Law: Second Edition
Therapy with Children is a vital resource for any practitioner navigating the legal minefield of working with children and young people. Prioritising the needs of the child as the client, the authors... (more)
Child-Centered Play Therapy
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... (more)
The Nature of Adolescence: Fourth Edition
The new edition of this successful textbook provides an up-to-date introduction to all of the key features of adolescent development. While drawing on the North American literature on adolescence, it... (more)
The Journey of Child Development: Selected Papers of Joseph D. Noshpitz
As founder and past president of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and president of the American Association of Childrens Residential Centers, Joseph Noshpitz was at the... (more)
The First Year and the Rest of Your Life: Movement, Development, and Psychotherapeutic Change
The movement repertoire that develops in the first year of life is a language in itself and conveys desires, intentions, and emotions. This early life in motion serves as the roots of ongoing... (more)
Working with Children to Heal Interpersonal Trauma: The Power of Play
Featuring in-depth case presentations from master clinicians, this volume highlights the remarkable capacity of traumatized children to guide their own healing process. The book describes what... (more)
Breaking Through to Teens: Psychotherapy for the New Adolescence
This book presents groundbreaking strategies for psychotherapy with today's teens, for whom high-risk behavior, lack of adult guidance, and intense anxiety and stress increasingly come with the... (more)
Therapy to Go: Gourmet Fast Food Handouts for Working with Child, Adolescent and Family Clients
This convenient collection of handouts provides a wide range of ready-made activities for all kinds of therapists working on a professional level with child and adolescent clients and their families.... (more)
A Short Introduction to Promoting Resilience in Children
A child's capacity to cope with adversity and stand on their own two feet is seen as critical to their development, well-being, and future independence and success in adulthood. Psychological... (more)
My Parent Has an Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Workbook for Children and Teens
Discovering that a family member is on the autism spectrum is an experience that affects the entire family, and can particularly disrupt the family when it is a parent receiving the diagnosis. The... (more)
Working with Asperger Syndrome in the Classroom: An Insider's Guide
Understanding Asperger Syndrome can be a real challenge, more so than ever for busy teachers and teaching assistants who simply dont have the time to plough through the wealth of complicated... (more)
The Social Worker's Guide to Child and Adolescent Mental Health
A comprehensive guide to working with children and young people who are experiencing mental health problems, equipping the reader with the knowledge and skills to provide the best service to these... (more)
Organize Your ADD/ADHD Child: A Practical Guide for Parents
Living with AD/HD can be hectic, and parents of children with this disorder can be driven to distraction when even the simplest of tasks causes havoc. This book addresses the issues of organization... (more)
Human Givens Therapy with Adolescents: A Practical Guide for Professionals
Human Givens therapy recognises and addresses innate needs - or givens - common to all humans. The innovative approach is a highly effective way of dealing with the emotional difficulties faced by... (more)
Helping Children to Improve Their Communication Skills: Therapeutic Activities for Teachers, Parents and Therapists
For many children, the act of communication which most of us take for granted can be a struggle, and communicating with others can become something to fear rather than enjoy. This creative book is... (more)
Good Practice in Assessing Risk: Current Knowledge, Issues and Approaches
Maintaining a balance between managing and assessing risk and upholding the required high standards of practice in health and social care can be demanding, particularly in the current climate of... (more)
Creative Expression Activities for Teens: Exploring Identity Through Art, Craft and Journaling
Coping with life's stresses is difficult for everybody, but can be especially challenging for teenagers who feel isolated and misunderstood. Creative expression through art, craft and writing is a... (more)
Creating Children's Art Games for Emotional Support
Game playing is a highly effective way of engaging children and has long been acknowledged as an important psychological intervention. Vicky Barber has compiled this book of games to help children to... (more)
Parents and Toddlers in Groups: A Psychoanalytic Developmental Approach
This book explores how psychoanalytic principles can be applied when working with parents and toddlers in groups. Illustrated with lively observations, it discusses how these parent-toddler groups... (more)
Achieving Positive Outcomes for Children in Care
The UK government has spent millions attempting, but largely failing, to improve personal, social and educational outcomes for children and young people in public care. This book explains why the... (more)
Primary Love: The Elemental Nature of Human Love, Intimacy, and Attachment
This book describes love and intimacy as they evolve in the context of family relations from birth to maturity in adulthood. Dr. Kleins view of love and intimacy is that found in the ideal marriage... (more)
Metaphorical Stories for Child Therapy: Of Magic and Miracles
Therapeutic metaphor and stories have long been used within modalities such as hypnotherapy, play therapy, narrative therapies, and expressive therapies. Metaphorical interventions reduce client... (more)
Increasing Awareness of Child and Adolescent Mental Health
In this volume, Elena Garralda and Jean-Philippe Raynaud aim to contribute to advancing awareness of child and adolescent mental health within an international framework that gives special... (more)
Bleeding to Ease the Pain: Cutting, Self-Injury, and the Adolescent Search for Self
Cutting and other forms of self-injury are often cries for help, pleas for someone to notice that the pain is too much to bear. As Plante discusses here, the threat of suicide must always be... (more)
Attachment Parenting: Developing Connections and Healing Children
Parenting for Attachment describes a comprehensive approach to parenting children who have a history of neglect, abuse, orphanage care, or other experiences that may interfere with the normal... (more)