Doing Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Adapting Psychodynamic Treatment to Contemporary Practice

Name: Doing Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Adapting Psychodynamic Treatment to Contemporary Practice
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ISBN: 9780470121818

ISBN-10: 0470121815

ISBN-13: 9780470121818

Edition: 2nd 2007

Authors: Richard Bromfield

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This readable guide for therapists and therapists-in-training lays out the theoretical essence and practical essentials of doing child and adolescent psychotherapy from the referral call to the last goodbye.

Book details

List price: $95.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/20/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.40" wide x 9.50" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Richard Bromfield, Ph.D., is a psychologist at Harvard Medical School and author of Handle with Care: Understanding Children and Teachers and Playing for Real. He lives in Brookline with his wife and teenage children.



What's New to the Second Edition


Preface to the First Edition


Acknowledgments


To the Reader



The Essentials



Easy Does It: Beginning Therapy



Can I Help You? Evaluating the Child and Offering Treatment



The Not-So-Magic of Therapy: How Therapy Works



Do Fence Me In: The Bounds and Limits



Tell Me Where It Hurts: On Talking and Querying



Techniques and Tools



The Lowdown on High Drama: Playing with Puppets and Action Figures



Shoot, Topple, and Roll: Using Games, Building Toys, and Guns



Drawing Out the Child: Artwork in Therapy



All Together Now: Balancing Play and Talk



Pushing the Envelope: On Giving, Telling, and Other Exceptions



The Rest



Handle with Care: Working with Parents



Handle with Care, Part II: More Work with Parents



On Brotherly Love and Musical Chairs: Family Work



Talking Heads: Working with Schools and Other Agencies



Hard Times: Unwilling Patients and Therapeutic Crises



Getting to Know You, Getting to Know Me: Race, Religion, and Culture



When Therapy Is Not Enough: Medication



I Can Name That Tune in Six Sessions: Managed Care and Evidence-Based Treatment



All's Well That Ends Well: Closing Therapy


References


Index


About the Author