Child and Adolescent Studies Books
Psychoanalysis and Infant Research
This collection of findings, about the first two years of life, examines the implications for contemporary psychoanalysis. It explores this in terms of the unfolding sense of self, then... (more)
Rapprochement: The Critical Subphase of Sepearation-Individuation
Presents and clarifies the meaning of the rapprochement subphase in child development. (more)
Mother-Infant Bonding: A Scientific Fiction
Recent studies have argued against the existance of any mother-infant bonding, yet many pediatricians and others still blame a lack of this for many social and physical problems. This book traces the... (more)
Vision and Separation: Between Mother and Baby
Using not only the ideas of Winnicott and Bowlby, but also drawing on the phenomenological tradition of Cassirer and Susanne Langer, this book examines childhood experience and the nature of therapy.... (more)
Mentalization-Based Treatment for Children: A Time-Limited Approach, Second Edition
Mentalization—the ability to make sense of one’s own mind and the minds of others—is fundamental to developing emotional resilience, self-regulation, and successful relationships. Now in its second... (more)
Working with Parents in Therapy: A Mentalization-Based Approach
Parenting is a developmental process that fluctuates and transforms throughout the lifespan. To support working with parents, the authors present a mentalizing approach that considers the current... (more)
Building Creative Therapeutic Relationships with Children and Young People: The Playfully Serious Practitioner
This textbook elucidates core systemic ideas, methods and skills which are useful and effective in building creative therapeutic relationships with children and young people in family/systemic... (more)
A Guide to Relationship-Oriented Child Therapy: The Art of Listening for Connection
This book introduces a new relationship-oriented approach to child therapy grounded in the idea that positive relationships are essential for children’s mental health and wellbeing. The author... (more)
Mentalization-Based Treatment for Children: A Time-Limited
This book is the first comprehensive clinical introduction to using Mentalization-based treatment (MBT) with children, 5- 2 years old, who experience emotional and behavioral problems including... (more)
Therapeutic Work for Children with Complex Trauma: A Three-Track Psychodynamic Approach
Therapeutic Work for Children with Complex Trauma offers a contemporary three-track psychodynamic treatment model to mental health professionals working with traumatised children and their... (more)
'You’re Not My F*Cking Mother' and Other Things Gen Z Say in Therapy
Modern life is tough on young people, and perhaps toughest on the generation whose adolescence and early adulthood has been indelibly marked by Brexit, the Covid-19 lockdowns, war in Europe, economic... (more)
Stop F*cking Nodding: And Other Things 16-Year-Olds Say in Therapy
This book is for anyone who knows, loves, is baffled by, or wants to help someone who is, has been, or is going to be 16.
Sixteen is where anything can happen and often does; the eye of the... (more)
Working Psychoanalytically with Infants: From Françoise Dolto to Zhuang Zhou
Working Psychoanalytically with Infants: From Francoise Dolto to Zhuang Zhou explores several case studies from Nicole Yvert Coursilly’s work in French care homes, providing psychoanalytic treatment... (more)
The Adolescent and the Psychotherapist: Why 'I Don’t Know’ Matters
This work of collected essays brings together the clinical, theoretical and educational wisdom of one of the foremost child psychoanalytic psychotherapists in the UK, Peter Wilson.
Wilson offers... (more)
Psychoanalysarium: Four Case Studies of Child Psychoanalysis
In this unique volume, four experienced psychoanalysts present in-depth case studies of child psychoanalysis, highlighting the praxis, development and relevance of psychoanalytic work with... (more)
Reflective Parenting: Raising Emotionally Healthy Children
Following on from her acclaimed first book, Reflective Parenting, Sheila Redfern brings a fresh look at parenting young children in today’s world.
In this revised edition Dr Redfern uses her... (more)
Dominique: The Case of an Adolescent
While the child psychoanalyst Françoise Dolto stands alongside Jacques Lacan as a leading light of the Other French School, she has been little translated and remains curiously unknown in the... (more)
Child and Adolescent Psychoanalysis in Times of Crisis: War, Pandemic and Climate Change
Child and Adolescent Psychoanalysis in Times of Crisis: War, Pandemic and the Climate Crisis gathers a global cohort of psychoanalytic thinkers to consider the most pressing issues currently faced by... (more)
A Therapist's Guide to Child Development: The Extraordinarily Normal Years
A Therapist's Guide to Child Development gives therapists and counselors the basics they need to understand their clients in the context of development and to explain development to parents.
The... (more)
Child Psychotherapy and the Games Children Play: A Psychoanalytic Toolkit for Middle Childhood
In this thought-provoking book, Celine Maroudas presents an intriguing developmental reappraisal of middle childhood, re-examining psychoanalytic approaches to psychotherapy with this age group and... (more)
Old Before Their Time: A Scientific Life Investigating How Maltreatment Harms Children and the Adults They Become
Old Before Their Time is the deeply personal story of a 35-year scientific investigation of the effects of childhood sexual abuse on child development and adult outcomes. The startling conclusion is... (more)
1001 Days: How Our First Years Shape Our Lifelong Health
We think of babyhood and old age as polar opposites on the spectrum of life. Yet they are profoundly linked. Our early experiences set us up for a lifetime of good mental and physical health, or for... (more)
Philosophy Meets the Infant: How New Research Transforms the Understanding of Human Existence
Infancy research and philosophy explore “first things,” yet few books bring the two fields into contact. Stephen Langfur’s Philosophy Meets the Infant integrates groundbreaking infancy studies of the... (more)
Counseling Children and Adolescents: Working in School and Clinical Mental Health Settings
Expansive and practical, Counseling Children and Adolescents offers graduate students the information they need to prepare for work in both school and clinical mental health settings (two CACREP... (more)
Psychoanalysis and Severe Disorders in Young Children: Clinical and Community Work with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Child Mental Health
Psychoanalysis and Severe Disorders in Young Children presents case material and resources for professionals working with young children in the clinic and in the community.
Presented in two main... (more)
Play Therapy and Expressive Arts in a Complex and Dynamic World: Opportunities and Challenges Inside and Outside the Playroom
This book offers cutting-edge expertise and knowledge in new and developing play therapy, therapeutic play, and expressive arts for families and children in crisis and challenging... (more)
A Professional's Guide to Working with Vulnerable and Traumatised Children: The Healing Circle
This book presents “The Circle of Safety and Reconnection”, a compassionate reflection model for working with vulnerable and traumatised children and young people in a nurturing way, providing hope... (more)
Psychosocial Group Work with Vulnerable Children: Eclectic Group Conductors and Creative Play
Psychosocial Group Work with Vulnerable Children presents a simple, accessible, and preventative approach to psychotherapeutic interventions.
The authors explore how this form of group work can... (more)
Youth Mental Health Crises and the Broken Social Link: A Freudian-Lacanian Perspective
This book critically examines the circumstances surrounding the failure of rites of passage in U.S. society and its relationship with the mental health crisis overtaking youth in America... (more)
Deliberate Practice in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
Deliberate practice exercises help students and trainees rehearse fundamental child and adolescent psychotherapy skills to develop basic competence and hone their own personal therapeutic style.
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