Child and Adolescent Studies Books
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)
Clinical Practice of Cognitive Therapy with Children and Adolescents: The Nuts and Bolts: Second Edition
Widely regarded as the standard teaching text and practitioner reference, this book provides a complete introduction to doing cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) with 6- to 18-year-olds. The authors... (more)
Boarding School Syndrome: The Psychological Trauma of the 'Privileged' Child
Boarding School Syndrome is an analysis of the trauma of the 'privileged' child sent to boarding school at a young age. Innovative and challenging, Joy Schaverien offers a psychological analysis of... (more)
Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents
Compact and authoritative guidance on evidence-based treatment for ADHD in children and adolescents.
Part of the Advances in Psychotherapy -Evidence-Based Practice series, which provides... (more)
The Role of the Father in Child Development: Fifth Edition
Completely revised and updated, The Role of the Father in Child Development: Fifth Edition brings together contributions from an international group of experts on the role of fathers in child... (more)
Ordinary Magic: Resilience in Development
From a pioneering researcher, this book synthesizes the best current knowledge on resilience in children and adolescents. Ann S. Masten explores what allows certain individuals to thrive and adapt... (more)
Forensic Child Psychology: Working in the Courts and Clinic
This book aims to provide a guide to working effectively with children in the criminal justice system. Uniquely designed to train psychology, criminology, and social work students to work with... (more)
Comprehensive Evidence Based Interventions for Children and Adolescents
This book forms a complete guide to evidence based interventions for children and adolescents. The past decade has witnessed the development of numerous interventions proved to be highly effective;... (more)
Play Therapy and Asperger's Syndrome: Helping Children and Adolescents Grow, Connect, and Heal through the Art of Play
Play Therapy and Asperger's Syndrome: Helping Children and Adolescents Grow, Connect, and Heal Through the Art of Play is for the mental health professional (psychologist, licensed counselor,... (more)
Reading and Expressive Writing with Traumatised Children, Young Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Unpack my Heart with Words
Reading and Expressive Writing with Traumatised Children, Young Refugees and Asylum Seekers explores how literature can be used to help young victims cope with their experiences. The process of... (more)
Banish Your Body Image Thief: A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Workbook on Building Positive Body Image for Young People
The body image thief is a sneaky character - if you're not careful, he'll steal away all your positive feelings about your body from your Body Image Vault, leaving only the negative ones behind. How... (more)
Transforming Troubled Children, Teens, and Their Families: An Internal Family Systems Model for Healing
In Transforming Troubled Children, Teens, and Their Families: An Internal Family Systems Model for Healing, Dr Mones presents the first comprehensive application of the Internal Family Systems (IFS)... (more)
Therapeutic Hypnosis with Children and Adolescents: Second Edition
In this completely revised, updated and expanded volume, the editors have brought together some of the field's most outstanding contributors to examine the wide-ranging applications and promise of... (more)
Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life for Teens: A Guide to Living an Extraordinary Life
Hundreds of thousands of people have read Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life to identify the things that are most important to them and give focus and direction to their lives. Get Out of Your... (more)
Infant Research and Neuroscience at Work in Psychotherapy: Expanding the Clinical Repertoire
By decoding the scientific data, this book explains how recent findings from brain and infant research can expand a clinician's understanding of the therapist-client relationship and, in turn,... (more)
Starving the Stress Gremlin: A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Workbook on Stress Management for Young People
Watch out for the Stress Gremlin - he loves to feed on your stress, and as he gets bigger and bolder, you get more and more stressed! How can he be stopped? Don't give him any more stress to eat, and... (more)
Siblings: Envy and Rivalry, Coexistence and Concern
This book consists of selected texts presented at the EFPP Conference in Cracow, Poland, in October 2011. It is an attempt at finding the place of sibling relationships in psychoanalytic theory and... (more)
Young People and the Care Experience: Research, Policy and Practice
This book explores the range of care options for young people who are, for a variety of reasons, unable to live with their parents. It puts these issues in a global context, and makes suggestions for... (more)
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis: One Hundred Years After Little Hans
Since Freud's publication of 'Little Hans', advances in psychoanalytic technique and theory have transformed our clinical work with children. Individuals including Anna Freud, Melanie Klein and... (more)
Phobic and Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents
This authoritative but compact text addresses the psychopathology, assessment, and treatment of the anxiety disorders and phobias in childhood and adolescence. These perplexing conditions are the... (more)
CBT for Chronic Pain in Children and Adolescents
Chronic pain is a significant health problem for many children and adolescents and is often challenging for healthcare professionals to treat. Estimated to affect approximately 15% to 30% of... (more)
Therapeutic Practice in Schools: Working With the Child Within: A Clinical Workbook for Counsellors, Psychotherapists and Arts Therapists
This book is an indispensable guide to providing therapy services for children and adolescents in primary and secondary school settings. The contributors have extensive experience in the field and... (more)
From Late Adolescence to Young Adulthood
'By focusing on the transition from late adolescence to young adulthood, this innovative book makes a unique and valuable contribution to our understanding of a neglected area of development. Drawing... (more)
How Not to F*** Them Up
As a mother, are you comfortable in your skin? Want to know how best to be a working or stay-at-home mum? Babies have very simple needs, yet many parents are overwhelmed with elaborate advice on how... (more)
Treating Complex Trauma in Adolescents and Young Adults
The first practical and research-based manual to guide students and practitioners on working specifically with traumatized adolescents. John Briere and Cheryl Lanktree fill a gap in what's currently... (more)
Psychotherapy with Infants and Young Children: Repairing the Effects of Stress and Trauma on Early Attachment
This eloquent book presents an empirically supported treatment that engages parents as the most powerful agents of their young children's healthy development. Child--parent psychotherapy promotes the... (more)
Helping Abused and Traumatized Children: Integrating Directive and Nondirective Approaches
Presenting an integrative model for treating traumatized children, this book combines play, art, and other expressive therapies with ideas and strategies drawn from cognitive-behavioral and family... (more)
Narrative Play Therapy: Theory and Practice
Narrative Play Therapy is a highly effective play-based psychological intervention that enables therapists to help children communicate difficult experiences and complex emotions through... (more)
International Handbook of Play Therapy: Advances in Assessment, Theory, Research and Practice
In the past twenty-five years, the practice of play therapy has increased exponentially in America and throughout the world. This handbook brings together an international group of scholars and... (more)
The Nature of Adolescence: Fourth Edition
The new edition of this successful textbook provides an up-to-date introduction to all of the key features of adolescent development. While drawing on the North American literature on adolescence, it... (more)