Child and Adolescent Studies Books
Play Therapy with Children and Adolescents in Crisis: Treatments for Stress, Anxiety, and Trauma: Fourth Edition
This widely used practitioner resource and course text is considered the most comprehensive guide to working with children who have experienced major losses, family upheavals, violence in the school... (more)
Challenges in the Theory and Practice of Play Therapy
Challenges in the Theory and Practice of Play Therapy provides an advanced and in-depth exploration of the issues and challenges relating to the training, theory and practice of Child-Centred Play... (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)
The Practice of Psychoanalytic Parent-Infant Psychotherapy: Claiming the Baby: Second Edition
The Practice of Psychoanalytic Parent-Infant Psychotherapy is a comprehensive handbook, addressing the provision of therapeutic help for babies and their parents when their attachment relationship is... (more)
Communicating Trauma: Clinical Presentations and Interventions with Traumatized Children
Communicating Trauma explores the various aspects of language and communication and how their development can be affected by childhood trauma and overwhelm. Multiple case-study vignettes describe how... (more)
The Body in Adolescence: Psychic Isolation and Physical Symptoms
The Body in Adolescence: Psychic Isolation and Physical Symptoms examines the affective experience of psychic isolation as an important and painful element of adolescent development. Mary Brady... (more)
Manual of Regulation-Focused Psychotherapy for Children (RFP-C) with Externalizing Behaviors: A Psychodynamic Approach
Manual of Regulation-Focused Psychotherapy for Children (RFP-C) with Externalizing Behaviors: A Psychodynamic Approach offers a new, short term psychotherapeutic approach to working dynamically with... (more)
Disruptive Behavior Disorders: Evidence-Based Practice for Assessment and Intervention
Schools often resort to ineffective, punitive interventions for the 10% of K-8 students whose challenging behavior interferes with their own and their classmates' learning. This book fills a crucial... (more)
The Mentalization Guidebook
The Mentalization Guidebook is a tool for professionals working with traumatisted and neglected people who want to use mentalization in their work. The intention of the book is to show the best... (more)
Termination Challenges in Child Psychotherapy
Ending therapy in an appropriate and meaningful way is especially important in work with children and adolescents, yet the topic is often overlooked in clinical training. From leading child... (more)
Teaching Mindfulness Skills to Kids and Teens
Packed with creative, effective ideas for bringing mindfulness into the classroom, child therapy office, or community, Teaching Mindfulness Skills to Kids and Teens features sample lesson plans and... (more)
Adolescence and Body Image: From Development to Preventing Dissatisfaction
Body image is a significant issue for the majority of adolescents. Anxieties relating to body image can be crippling across both genders, their debilitating effects sometimes leading to mental health... (more)
Communication Skills for Working with Children and Young People: Introducing Social Pedagogy
For those working with children, effective communication is a crucial part of building relationships and encouraging children's emotional and intellectual development. This practical guide identifies... (more)
Effective Working with Neglected Children and Their Families: Linking Interventions with Long-Term Outcomes
Parents who neglect children present considerable challenges to child welfare professionals, and are often resistant to change. This book addresses an urgent need to ensure that social care... (more)
Safeguarding Children from Abroad: Refugee, Asylum Seeking and Trafficked Children in the UK
Children from abroad who are alone in the UK are vulnerable and at increased risk of harm without the care and protection of their parents or caregivers. They may be unaccompanied asylum seekers,... (more)
Clinical Exercises for Treating Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents: Practical Guidance and Ready-To-Use Resources
How do I implement effective strategies for treating traumatic stress in this particular child or adolescent? Clinical Exercises for Treating Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents combines... (more)
Life Coaching for Kids: A Practical Manual to Coach Children and Young People to Success, Well-Being and Fulfilment
Life coaching is a great way to help children and young people build self-esteem, set positive goals and deal with difficult issues such as bullying, anxiety and poor body image. This book sets out... (more)
MI29: Mouseweb International to the Rescue!
Did you know that we humans are monitored by Mouseweb International, a worldwide network of mice working undercover to lend a paw whenever we need it most?
This is the story of Lily Jane... (more)
Simple Low-cost Games and Activities for Sensorimotor Learning: A Sourcebook of Ideas for Young Children Including Those with Autism, ADHD, Sensory Processing Disorder, and Other Learning Differences
This practical sourcebook is packed full of fun, low-cost games and activities that encourage the development of motor skills, coordination and sensory tolerance in young children. Using materials... (more)
How to Get Kids Offline, Outdoors, and Connecting with Nature: 200+ Creative Activities to Encourage Self-esteem, Mindfulness, and Wellbeing
Full of ideas, activities and exercises, this book provides imaginative ways to inspire young people to put down the computer games, disconnect from social media, and spend more time away from a... (more)
Caged in Chaos: A Dyspraxic Guide to Breaking Free
Written by a teenager with dyspraxia, this is a humorous and inspiring practical guide for young adults with dyspraxia and those around them trying to get to grips with the physical, social and... (more)
Young People in Forensic Mental Health Settings: Psychological Thinking and Practice
Youth crime and youth violence blights our communities and shapes the lives of many, whether they are victims, perpetrators or family members. This book examines the application of psychological... (more)
Child Sexual Abuse: A Primer for Treating Children, Adolescents, and Their Nonoffending Parents
Children who have been sexually abused not only often experience PTSD symptoms as a direct result of the trauma, but also develop unhealthy emotional responses and may engage in age-inappropriate... (more)
Working with Parents of Anxious Children: Therapeutic Strategies for Encouraging Communication, Coping and Change
The topic of anxious children is on the front burner these days, both among parents and mental health professionals, and its only gaining attention as more and more clinicians are presented with... (more)
8 Keys to Parenting Children with ADHD
Parenting children with ADHD, whether diagnosed or undiagnosed, can be challenging and complex. But just as a child who struggles with reading can learn to decode words, children with ADHD can learn... (more)
Child and Adolescent Mental Health: A Practical, All-in-One Guide
This reader-friendly handbook - organized around a range of common disorders for easy reference - draws on evidence-based practices to explain how to understand, diagnose, and treat a variety of... (more)
8 Keys to Raising the Quirky Child: How to Help a Kid Who Doesn't (Quite) Fit in
A quirky child experiences difficulty fitting in and connecting with others usually due to an interpersonal style or behavior that stands out from the other kids. Maybe they are obsessed with a topic... (more)
Using Hypnosis with Children: Creating and Delivering Effective Interventions
From the initial interview to creating the best metaphors, readers will find a guide to using this alternate therapy with young clients. Individual sessions are discussed, as well as how hypnosis can... (more)
The Language of Distress: Understanding a Child's Behaviour
This book describes a series of cases where the child’s presenting complaint is seen to be the expression of an underlying emotional conflict that the child expects the parents to understand and help... (more)
What To Do If the Mind Does Not Develop: A Psychoanalytic Study of Pervasive Developmental Disorders
The result of three decades of psychoanalytic work with children and adolescents, this book takes a fresh and empathic look on the pervasive developmental disorders in childhood and adolescence,... (more)