Child and Adolescent Studies Books
Psychoanalytic Parent-Infant Psychotherapy and Mentalization: A Dialogue in Theory and Practice
This book is an account of best practice in psychoanalytic parent-infant psychotherapy (PPIP) and mentalizing, bringing the two approaches in dialogue in relation to infancy.
While being... (more)
Has Your Child Been Traumatized?: How to Know and What to Do to Promote Healing and Recovery
When your child has been through an upsetting or stressful event, it can feel overwhelming. Is your child traumatized? Are new behaviors normal, or signs of PTSD? What can you do to make your child... (more)
The Prenatal Person: Frank Lake's Maternal-Fetal Distress Syndrome
Frank Lake was a British psychiatrist and lay theologian who substantially influenced the interplay of psychology and theology in the United Kingdom over the last several decades. Even though he died... (more)
Mother-Baby-Toddler Group Guide: A Psychodynamic Approach
This book is a comprehensive guide for leading mother-baby-toddler groups, a text for teaching child development, and a handbook for early intervention.
The guidelines provide a detailed... (more)
Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too
Already best-selling authors with How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish turned their minds to the battle of the siblings. Parents themselves, they... (more)
Child-Centered Play Therapy: A Practical Guide to Therapeutic Relationships with Children
The book is a comprehensive how-to manual which systematically teaches Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) skills in a way which its competitors do not. Given its systematic logical training sequence,... (more)
Transforming Infantile Trauma in Analytic Work with Children and Adults: The Clinical Writings of Alessandra Cavalli
This vivid and moving volume presents the clinical work and writings of Alessandra Cavalli, an internationally known child and adult psychoanalyst who taught and supervised widely, ran infant... (more)
Inspiring Motivation in Children and Youth: How to Nurture Environments for Learning
Inspiring Motivation in Children and Youth: How to Nurture Environments for Learning explores motivation and its crucial role in promoting well-being in the classroom and life beyond school. It will... (more)
Child Development Mediated by Trauma: The Dark Side of International Adoption
Drawing on clinical data obtained through the study of children adopted from overseas orphanages, the author of this cutting-edge text applies the Developmental Trauma Disorder (DTD) conceptual... (more)
Straight Talk about ADHD in Girls: How to Help Your Daughter Thrive
Parenting a daughter with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is no easy path--especially because of the myth that the disorder is rare to nonexistent in girls. From pioneering researcher... (more)
Navigating Media’s Influence Through Childhood and Adolescence: A Question and Answer Guide for Professionals
Navigating Media’s Influence Through Childhood and Adolescence moves through research and questions that are relevant to practicing pediatricians and therapists in their everyday practice. As we... (more)
Conversation-Starters for Working with Children and Adolescents After Trauma: Simple Cognitive and Arts-Based Activities
Helping children and adolescents who have experienced trauma to feel safe and confident enough to talk, let alone engage in therapeutic work, can be full of challenges - for children and for adults.... (more)
Emotional Development across the Lifespan
Unique in its dual focus on emotion and lifespan development, this text weaves together theory, research, and practical clinical implications for fostering children's emotional well-being. The author... (more)
Cutting Down: An Evidence-based CBT Workbook for Treating Young People Who Self-harm
Cutting Down provides a practical and accessible treatment programme based on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) principles for young people who self-harm.
This fully revised and updated second... (more)
Treating ADHD in Children and Adolescents: What Every Clinician Needs to Know
From foremost authority Russell A. Barkley, this book presents essential principles and practices for managing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and teens. Barkley... (more)
Emerging Adults in Therapy: How to Strengthen Your Clinical Competency
Theoretical, sociocultural and clinical essays on the psychology of today’s young adults.
“Emerging adulthood” (EA) describes a developmental period between adolescence and adulthood, typically... (more)
The Dreams of a Child: A Case Study in Early Forms of Dreaming
This fascinating and highly original book presents a longitudinal systematic study of the earliest form of human dreaming in a child, from ages 4 through 10.
Claudio Colace draws upon his... (more)
Cultures of Infancy
The Classic Edition of Heidi Keller’s Cultures of Infancy, first published in 2007, includes a new introduction by the author, which describes for readers the original context of her work, how she... (more)
Supporting Young People through Everyday Chaos: Counselling When Things Fall Apart
This book provides ways to support and counsel young people struggling to adapt and live with the constant possibility of things breaking down, of normal life being overtaken by chaos.
Covering... (more)
The CWP and EMHP Handbook: CBT Essentials with Children and Young People
As an Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) or Children's Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP), you have to think on your feet, manage a caseload, deal with emotional distress and try and not get... (more)
Silo's Sadness
Silo the lion cub has lost his grandfather due to the illness on the Savanna, El the wise elephant helps Silo explore and manage his grief. (more)
Tiana's Tale
Tiana the beautiful black and white zebra and her family move across the Savanna in an attempt to leave behind the troubles they had encountered. The wildebeest on the Southern Savanna had bought in... (more)
Hugo's Hops
Hugo’s Hops is a story about a young hippo, with a physical disability. When hearing news of a Savanna Sports Day taking place, Hugo is hopeful to join in. By sharing his feelings with his family,... (more)
The Trauma Treasure Deck: A Creative Tool for Assessments, Interventions, and Learning for Work with Adversity and Stress in Children and Adults
Dr Karen Treisman has designed this versatile and colourful card deck to enable practitioners supporting children, teens or adults who have experienced trauma, stress or adversity.
The cards are... (more)
Adolescent Portraits: Identity and Challenges
Adolescent Portraits introduces contemporary theories and research that surround adolescent development today through eighteen first-person accounts written by young adults. The case study approach... (more)
Executive Function Skills in the Classroom: Overcoming Barriers, Building Strategies
With insight and humor, this motivating guide shows how to bring executive functions (EF) to the forefront in K-8 classrooms--without adopting a new curriculum or scripted program. Ideal for... (more)