Child and Adolescent Studies Books
Treating Abused Adolescents
The first book to explore the issue of abuse in adolescents - both the residual effects of earlier child abuse and current or cumulative abuse. This volume provides a sensitive account of how to... (more)
Not trauma alone: Therapy for child abuse survivors in family and social context
This work addresses the particular problems associated with treating adult survivors of child abuse. Trauma-focused treatment is dismissed as inappropriate for dealing with the lack of life skills... (more)
Child analysis and therapy:
This book is an encyclopedia of child analysis and analytically oriented psychotherapy. The chapters cover a wide range of topics which should be of great interest to all psychoanalysts, but... (more)
When toys come alive: Narratives of animation, metamorphosis, and development
In this work the author studies the role of toy characters in works ranging from older classics such as "Pinocchio" and "Winnie the Pooh" to modern texts such as "The Mouse and his Child" and the... (more)
Making research work: Promoting child care policy and practice
This volume examines issues associated with policy and practice in child care research. It aims to help professionals and researchers recognise and respond to specialist issues which arise as... (more)
Child Adoption: A Guidebook for Adoptive Parents and Their Advisors
This guide, aimed at both adoptive parents and professionals, covers both the practical and emotional issues, and practical problems, which affect child and parents in adoption, such as preparation... (more)
Enabling Communication in Children with Autism
The early stages of linguistic and social interaction are crucial in the development of every child, but particularly in children with autism. This work shows how a range of social and environmental... (more)
Encouraging Children to Learn
This work argues that the use of encouragement helps children, previously disengaged from learning, to believe in themselves and contribute to society. It provides parents, teachers and mental health... (more)
Psychosomatic Health: The Body and the Word
An exploration of the relationship between physical and psychological wellbeing. It draws on postmodern and narrative theory to consider the psychosomatic processes which underpin and enhance health.... (more)
Case Studies in Non-Directive Play Therapy
These seven case studies provide a detailed account of play therapy undertaken with children and an adolescent, all of whom experienced emotional problems and/or abuse. Each study details the child's... (more)
Parenting Girls
The aim of this book is to help parents and professionals to raise happy girls. It tackles issues raised during the child's development, stretching from infancy to adolescence. The contributors come... (more)
Surviving child sexual abuse: A handbook for helping women challenge their past
This is the second edition of a handbook for survivors of child sexual abuse and their helpers, featuring added material on the acknowledgement of survivors' strengths, the effect of sexual abuse on... (more)
Psychotic disorders in children and adolescents
This book will provide mental health professionals with a resource that contains specific information to better assess the exact nature of what is affecting their young patients, and to help to avoid... (more)
The Symbolic Impetus: How Creative Fantasy Motivates Development
This title describes the symbolic process in child's play at each stage from infancy onwards. In addition it shows how particular symbols can facilitate the healing of blocks that may arise in each... (more)
Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
Eye movement desensitization response (EMDR) is a useful tool for the psychotherapist. This is a discussion of the method, designed for therapists who know how to do therapy and want to understand... (more)
Ghosts from the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence
When Ghosts from the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence was first published, it was lauded for providing scientific evidence that violence can originate in the womb and become entrenched in a... (more)
The Handbook of Residential Care
Residential care is under a national spotlight. This handbook addresses the particular problems experienced by residential staff and offers real examples, case studies, analysis and guidance to those... (more)
Child sexual assault: Feminist perspectives
This work re-introduces a feminist analysis of child sexual assault. The introductory chapter provides an overview of historical developments whilst following chapters offer critical analyses of... (more)
Security of attachment and the social development of cognition:
Investigates how children's security of attachment in infancy is related to various aspects of their cognitive development over the preschool years. The book links the domains of social and cognitive... (more)
Never Too Young to Know: Death in Children's Lives
This work brings together diverse fields of study, offering a practical as well as multifaceted theoretical approach to how children cope with death. Using children's own experiences supported by... (more)
A guide to interviewing children: Essential Skills for Counsellors, Police, Lawyers and Social Workers
This is a guide to the evidential interviewing techniques needed by a range of professionals: social workers, forensic psychologists, lawyers, police and teachers. It outlines basic techniques and... (more)
Eating Disorders: A Multi-Professional Approach
This text aims to provide the reader with a wide and in-depth understanding of the conditions of Anorexia and Bulimia. It brings together a range of perspectives and includes theoretical and clinical... (more)
