Child and Adolescent Studies Books
Incest Fantasies and Self-Destructive Acts: Jungian and post-jungian psychotherapy in adolescence
The book revolves around the activation of incest fantasies and incestuous acting out in adolescence, interpreting this phenomenon as a potentially creative and healing regression.
Psychoanalysis and Infant Research
This collection of findings, about the first two years of life, examines the implications for contemporary psychoanalysis. It explores this in terms of the unfolding sense of self, then... (more)
Rapprochement: The Critical Subphase of Sepearation-Individuation
Presents and clarifies the meaning of the rapprochement subphase in child development. (more)
A Psychoanalytic Theory of Infantile Experience: Conceptual and Clinical Reflections
Gaddini, an eminent training analyst, was interested in the relationship between mental development and early body development. In this edited selection of his papers, clinical examples support his... (more)
Mother-Infant Bonding: A Scientific Fiction
Recent studies have argued against the existance of any mother-infant bonding, yet many pediatricians and others still blame a lack of this for many social and physical problems. This book traces the... (more)
Vision and Separation: Between Mother and Baby
Using not only the ideas of Winnicott and Bowlby, but also drawing on the phenomenological tradition of Cassirer and Susanne Langer, this book examines childhood experience and the nature of therapy.... (more)
1001 Days: How Our First Years Shape Our Lifelong Health
We think of babyhood and old age as polar opposites on the spectrum of life. Yet they are profoundly linked. Our early experiences set us up for a lifetime of good mental and physical health, or for... (more)
Philosophy Meets the Infant: How New Research Transforms the Understanding of Human Existence
Infancy research and philosophy explore “first things,” yet few books bring the two fields into contact. Stephen Langfur’s Philosophy Meets the Infant integrates groundbreaking infancy studies of the... (more)
Parenting Psychoanalysed: Letters to a Parent
The first book of its kind, Parenting Psychoanalysed: Letters to a Parent collates the musings of a thoughtful group of psychoanalysts with a series of candid letters, each addressing the aspect of... (more)
Counseling Children and Adolescents: Working in School and Clinical Mental Health Settings
Expansive and practical, Counseling Children and Adolescents offers graduate students the information they need to prepare for work in both school and clinical mental health settings (two CACREP... (more)
Psychoanalysis and Severe Disorders in Young Children: Clinical and Community Work with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Child Mental Health
Psychoanalysis and Severe Disorders in Young Children presents case material and resources for professionals working with young children in the clinic and in the community.
Presented in two main... (more)
Play Therapy and Expressive Arts in a Complex and Dynamic World: Opportunities and Challenges Inside and Outside the Playroom
This book offers cutting-edge expertise and knowledge in new and developing play therapy, therapeutic play, and expressive arts for families and children in crisis and challenging... (more)
A Professional's Guide to Working with Vulnerable and Traumatised Children: The Healing Circle
This book presents “The Circle of Safety and Reconnection”, a compassionate reflection model for working with vulnerable and traumatised children and young people in a nurturing way, providing hope... (more)
Psychosocial Group Work with Vulnerable Children: Eclectic Group Conductors and Creative Play
Psychosocial Group Work with Vulnerable Children presents a simple, accessible, and preventative approach to psychotherapeutic interventions.
The authors explore how this form of group work can... (more)
Youth Mental Health Crises and the Broken Social Link: A Freudian-Lacanian Perspective
This book critically examines the circumstances surrounding the failure of rites of passage in U.S. society and its relationship with the mental health crisis overtaking youth in America... (more)
Deliberate Practice in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
Deliberate practice exercises help students and trainees rehearse fundamental child and adolescent psychotherapy skills to develop basic competence and hone their own personal therapeutic style.
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What Therapists Need to Know About Perinatal and Early Relational Health: A Guide to Anti-Oppressive Counseling with Caregivers, Babies, and Young Children
What Therapists Need to Know About Perinatal and Early Relational Health is a vital and timely text that will strengthen any clinician’s awareness and competence when working with children, infants,... (more)
Psychoanalytically Informed Play Therapy: Fantasy-Exposure Life-Narrative Therapy
Psychoanalytically Informed Play Therapy: Fantasy-Exposure Life-Narrative Therapy is a structured manual for the execution of FELT, an integrative play therapy that marries the analytic, relational,... (more)
Transitional Objects in Early Childhood: The Value of Transitional Objects in the Early Years
In this innovative book, Amanda Norman looks at D. W. Winnicott’s theory of Transitional Objects in early years practice, the ‘good-enough’ parent, and the relationship between the young child and... (more)
Attachment Theory Applied: Fostering Personal Growth through Healthy Relationships
In this compelling book, prominent investigators Mario Mikulincer and Phillip R. Shaver review the state of the science of attachment-based interventions in psychotherapy and beyond. They critically... (more)
Perspectives from a Psych-Oncology Team Working with Teenagers and Young Adults with Cancer: Thrown Off Course
Exploring the work of a Psych-Oncology Team in an inpatient and outpatient setting, this powerful, interesting, and engaging book is about teenagers and young adults diagnosed with cancer.
As... (more)
Therapeutic Conversations with Adolescents: Helping Teens in Therapy Thrive in an Ultra-Competitive, Screen-Saturated World
Therapeutic Conversations with Adolescents takes readers into the office of a seasoned therapist, where they can be a fly on the wall of live therapy sessions. Full of actual dialogue and the... (more)
The Women of Anna Freud's War Nurseries: Their Life and Work
In this volume, Christiane Ludwig-Körner describes the lives and work of the staff members of the War Nurseries set up and run by Anna Freud and Dorothy Burlingham during the Second World... (more)
Play Therapy Dimensions Model: New Insights for Integrative Play Therapists (3rd edition)
An updated take on a fundamental decision-making framework, this practical guide explores the dimensions of play therapy and how they apply to today's practitioner. In-depth case studies illustrate... (more)
The Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency Workbook for Children and Teens: A Trauma-Informed Resource
Based on the pioneering Seven Core Issues model, this resource is an accessible and age-appropriate way to support children and teens who have experienced early adversity, to strengthen understanding... (more)
The Simple Guide to Emotional Neglect: What It Is and How to Help
What is emotional neglect? How does it affect children and the adults they become? What can we do to help?
In The Simple Guide to Emotional Neglect, Betsy de Thierry provides clarity and... (more)
Supervision in a Changing World: Reflections from Child Psychotherapy
Supervision in a Changing World explores the range of skills and knowledge a child and adolescent psychotherapist brings to the practice of supervision.
Featuring contributions from leading... (more)
Avenging Child Sex Abuse: Vigilante Violence in Prisons and the Community
This book explores the subjects of child sex abuse, flaws in the justice system, cultural support for vigilantism, prison violence, and the socio-legal philosophy of punishment. Child sex abuse... (more)
The Desire and Passion for a Child: Psychoanalysis and Contemporary Reproductive Techniques
In this book, Patricia Alkolombre explores the desire for a child from a contemporary psychoanalytic perspective, and covers the questions raised in the face of new resources offered by reproductive... (more)