Child and Adolescent Studies Books
The Little Book of Child and Adolescent Development
The book presents a modern, psychoanalytically-informed chronological view of how the mind develops from infancy through young adulthood. It is a comprehensive work which integrates analytic theories... (more)
Prenatal Development and Parents' Lived Experiences: How Early Events Shape Our Psychophysiology and Relationships
This book presents recent knowledge, research, and theory about the earliest developmental period-from conception to birth-which holds even greater consequences for the health and development of the... (more)
Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human
What is the mind? What is the experience of the self truly made of? How does the mind differ from the brain? Though the mind's contents-its emotions, thoughts, and memories-are often described, the... (more)
Helping Families Manage Childhood OCD: Decreasing Conflict and Increasing Positive Interaction, Therapist Guide
Pediatric obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common condition that can take a substantial toll on the entire family system. Research suggests that families of youth with OCD face a unique set... (more)
Adolescence: A Very Short Introduction
Adolescence is a turbulent period to live through, and a time of importance and concern to parents, teachers, and social workers. Marking the transition from the world of childhood to adult life, the... (more)
Preventing Adolescent Depression: Interpersonal Psychotherapy-Adolescent Skills Training
Interpersonal Psychotherapy-Adolescent Skills Training (IPT-AST) is a program that teaches communication and interpersonal problem-solving skills to improve relationships and prevent the development... (more)
Of Mice and Metaphors: Therapeutic Storytelling with Children: Second Edition
Psychoanalyst and child treatment specialist Jerrold R. Brandell introduces a variety of dynamic strategies for therapists to understand and incorporate a child's own creative story-narrative into an... (more)
Counseling Adolescents Competently
Authors Lee Underwood and Frances Dailey review extensive interventions ranging from assessment to diagnosis as well as fresh perspectives on working with this often challenging group. Employing... (more)
Counseling Children and Adolescents: Connecting Theory, Development, and Diversity
Adopting a broad approach which encompasses a range of ages, approaches, and interventions that are applicable to varied settings the authors have laid out an integrated framework that focuses on... (more)
The Drug Conversation: How to Talk to Your Child About Drugs
This is a book for parents about how to raise the thorny issue of drugs with their teenage children. Drugs have never been more available and your child is almost certain to come across them at some... (more)
Meeting the Needs of Parents Pregnant and Parenting After Perinatal Loss
Despite research which highlights parents' increased anxiety and risk of attachment issues with the pregnancy that follows a perinatal loss, there is often little understanding that bereaved families... (more)
Time-Limited Psychodynamic Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents: An Interactive Approach
At a time when there is increasing concern about the escalation of child and adolescent mental health problems, Time-limited Psychodynamic Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents provides an... (more)
Psychological Interventions for Children with Sensory Dysregulation
Sensory processing difficulties can lead to puzzling, hard-to-treat emotional and behavioral challenges in children and adolescents. Filled with case examples, this highly informative guide helps... (more)
Treating Trauma: Relationship-Based Psychotherapy with Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults
Clinicians working with traumatized youth face many challenges in supporting growth and development while addressing the many negative consequences of abuse and neglect. When working with youth in... (more)
From Research to Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
From Research to Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health demonstrates how research data can be concretely applied in various cultural contexts around the world. This book has been shaped to... (more)
Emotion Regulation in Children and Adolescents: A Practitioner's Guide
Emotion regulation difficulties are central to a range of clinical problems, yet many therapies for children and adolescents lack a focus on emotion and related skills. In a flexible modular format,... (more)
Attachment, Trauma and Resilience: Therapeutic Caring for Children
Kate and Brian Cairns are social workers and trainers by profession. They are also parents. Along with their birth children, the Cairns family fostered 12 children over a 25-year period, who remain... (more)
The School-Based Counselling Primer: A Concise, Accessible Introduction
School-based counselling is high on the health and education policy agendas. Every major political party has declared its belief in the importance of school-based counselling to the wellbeing of... (more)
Child Psychology: A Handbook of Contemporary Issues: Third Edition
This third edition of Child Psychology continues the tradition of showcasing cutting-edge research in the field of developmental science, including individual differences, dynamic systems and... (more)
Doing Developmental Research: A Practical Guide
Addressing practical issues rarely covered in methods texts, this user-friendly, jargon-free book helps students and beginning researchers plan infant and child development studies and get them done.... (more)
Saviour Siblings: A Relational Approach to the Welfare of the Child in Selective Reproduction
Genetic screening technologies involving pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) raise particular issues about selective reproduction and the welfare of the child to be born. How does selection... (more)
Modern Families: Parents and Children in New Family Forms
Modern Families brings together research on parenting and child development in new family forms including lesbian mother families, gay father families, families headed by single mothers by choice and... (more)
The New Motherhoods: Patterns of Early Child Care in Contemporary Culture
The New Motherhoods: Patterns of Early Child Care in Contemporary Culture offers innovative perspectives in psychotherapy that accommodate emerging pathways to parenthood, changing roles of mothers,... (more)
The Emerging Child
The Emerging Child presents the background, nature, techniques, and implications of the Therapeutic Nursery Group (TNG). TNG was established in 1956 to provide emotionally and behaviorally disturbed... (more)
Applications of Family and Group Theraplay
Applications of Family and Group Theraplay is rich in content and practical ideas guided by current research in attachment and neurobiological research. Most chapters are illustrated with a case... (more)
Play Therapy with Families: A Collaborative Approach to Healing
Play Therapy with Families: A Collaborative Approach to Healing provides a unique approach for helping families, outlining an in-depth review of play and its relevancy to healing for children and... (more)
Putting Analysis into Assessment: Undertaking Assessments of Need
Putting Analysis into Child and Family Assessment bridges theory and practice, and provides clear guidance to improve assessments in child and family social work. It addresses the issues of central... (more)
How to Parent Your Anxious Toddler
Why does your toddler get upset when his or her routine is disrupted? Why do they follow you from room to room and refuse to play on their own? Why are daily routines such as mealtimes, bath time,... (more)
Learning Through Child Observation: Third Edition
This fully updated third edition of Learning Through Child Observation is a handbook for professionals working in, or students preparing to work in, children's services. This accessible text examines... (more)
Horny and Hormonal: Young People, Sex and the Anxieties of Sexuality
Ellis's mother is angry because he's been watching porn. Sheron says she hates her body. Mitchell's upset because Jack doesn't want to have sex with him...
Sex affects everything. It may not be... (more)