Child-Friendly Therapy: Biopsychosocial Innovations for Children and Families / Edition 2

by Marcia B. Stern PsyD, Harold S. Koplewicz MD

Overview

A treasure trove of creative tools and strategies to engage children in therapy.

Finding a therapy that “fits” kids—one that cuts through their continuous state of overstimulation and aversion to traditional language-based methods—is not easy. Now in paperback, this books offers clinicians an array of inventive, multifaceted therapy techniques, from brain-based tips to family-oriented exercises.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393705645
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	07/17/2008
Series:	Norton Professional Books (Paperback)
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	736,666
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Marcia B. Stern, PsyD, who died in 2009, was on the faculty at NYU School of Medicine and the Ackerman Institute for the Family.

Table of Contents

PART I&$151;WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH: A BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL APPROACH
Child-friendly Therapy: An Overview
Principles and Practices: General Anchors and Guides
Principles and Practices: Strategically Organized Sessions
PART II&$151;ASSESSMENT
Keeping the Brain in Mind: A Brain Primer
Zoom Out: Focusing on the Family and School
Zoom In: Focusing on the Child and Individual Factors
PART III&$151;TREATMENT IN ACTION: SENDING THERAPY HOME
Child and Family Work: Attachment, Affect Regulation, and the Family
A Group Intervention for Children with Learning Disabilities and Their Families: A Biopsychosocial Approach
Partings and Parting Thoughts

Editorial Reviews

[A] book that should be read by every therapist who works with children.

Ellen F. Wachtel

[A] masterful integration of science and creativity rarely found in one single text.

Eliana Gil

Depicting a multifaceted approach to therapy involving children, this book offers guidelines emphasizing the collaborative and resource- oriented nature of the work. The family's role in therapy is stressed. Case studies and exercises illustrate assessment and treatment techniques. Therapeutic materials, assessment tools, games, and resource lists are also included. Children's drawings (and other images) illustrate the text. Stern is a psychologist with New York University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR