Child and Adolescent Studies Books
Clinical Faces of Childhood
Two volume set: Volume One, The Oppositional Child. The Inhibited Child. The Depressed Child. Volume Two, The Hysterical Child. The Anxious Child. The Borderline Child. (more)
Breaking the silence: A guide to help children with complicated grief: suicide, homicide, AIDS, violence, and abuse
Designed for mental health professionals and educators, this book provides ideas to work with children in various areas of grief, presenting words and methods to help initiate discussions of these... (more)
Casualties of childhood: A developmental perspective on sexual abuse using projective drawings
In this book, two therapists, skilled in interpreting artwork by abused children, present and analyze over 150 house-tree-person and kinetic family drawings that reveal the effects of sexual abuse on... (more)
Reviving Ophelia 25th Anniversary Edition: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls
"Reviving Ophelia is a cultural touchstone" --NPR
"An important book...Pipher shines high-beam headlights on the world of teenage girls." --Los Angeles Times
First published in 1994,... (more)
Techniques of child therapy: Psychodynamic strategies
Now in its expanded second edition, this text offers an in-depth examination of major issues in child psychotherapy and highlights the challenges that are frequently encountered in the course of... (more)
The Art of Childhood and Adolescence: The Construction of Meaning
The text is composed of research on the development of representational thinking from infancy through to adolescence. It makes a contribution to the theory of children's development and to... (more)
The psychology of twinship
Drawing on recent research, including studies of twins separated at birth, this work examines the complex interactions between heredity and environment, with particular reference to personality and... (more)
Promoting mental, emotional and social health: A whole school approach
Providing a clear and practical overview of ways in which mainstream schools can promote the health of all those who work and learn in them, this text (more)
Children, families and chronic disease: Psychological models and methods of care
Chronic childhood disease brings psychological challenges for families and carers as well as the children. This work explores how they cope with these challenges, the psychological and social factors... (more)
So the witch won't eat me: Fantasy and the Child's Fear of Infanticide
From work with children and adults, the author presents clinical evidence that for many, the fear of being killed by parents is dominant in early childhood and, although diminished and unconscious,... (more)
Males at Risk: The Other Side of Child Sexual Abuse
This volume is the first book in the field devoted to the abuse of boys. The authors focus on the male's socialization and victimization and the results of various forms of sexual abuse of male... (more)
Living with Genetic Syndromes Associated with Intellectual Disability
In this text the author explores the impact of various genetic syndromes on children's lives. She describes conditions such as Down's syndrome, Williams syndrome and Angelman syndrome, discussing... (more)
Diversity in college settings: Directives for helping professionals
This text is a collection of case studies of counselling and mental health interventions with college students in the USA. Contributors examine the effects that differences such as race, ethnicity... (more)
A student dies, a school mourns: Dealing with death and loss in the school community
This work deals directly with the needs of a school community when one of its members dies. It examines the grief reactions of students and staff members, together with providing a guide for... (more)
The solution-focused school counselor: Shaping professional practice
This text highlights the indispensable role of school counsellors today, namely as change agents in an increasingly complex and fluctuating school system. It outlines practical and time-sensitive... (more)
Empowering Adolescent Girls
The girls movement of the past few years has electrified the field, producing a brand new venue for girls' emerging voices and burgeoning social science research. Empowering Adolescent Girls is the... (more)
Squiggles and Spaces (Volume 2): Revisiting the Work of D.W. Winnicott
A collection of papers from the international congress on Winnicott's work "The Psycho-Soma: From Paediatrics to Psychoanalysis" on the 25th anniversary of the publication of Playing and Reality.... (more)
Pictures of a Childhood
A study of child abuse. Through her paintings, Alice Miller confronts the truth and pain of her own childhood. She meditates on her spontaneously executed watercolours, and offers an analysis of the... (more)
Working with Children in Groups
Filled with lots of ideas, activities, games and work sheets for use in group programmes, as well as examples of complete programmes for particular problems such as domestic violence and low self... (more)
Exploring Feeding Difficulties in Children: The Generosity of Acceptance
The number of people suffering from different eating disorders has grown dramatically within the last twenty years. These two volumes examine feeding difficulties and eating disorders in children and... (more)
Children's Homes and School Exclusion: Redefining the Problem
This text highlights the significance of school exclusion as a pivotal process that has long-term negative effects not just on the individuals themselves but also society as a whole. (more)
A Child's Route to Language: Evolutionary and Developmental Precursors
A case study based on a detailed comparison of nonhuman primates and human infants brings together key abilities that provide the foundation for language. This link makes the case for phylogenetic... (more)
Creative Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
Despite heightened media attention and the increase in professional knowledge about child abuse, many children are still being failed by the system. Using attachment theory as a foundation, this book... (more)
