Peoplemaking

Adolescent Girls in Crisis

Intervention and Hope

Martha B Straus

Making a difference amid a culture of despair. From anorexia to sex to depression and pregnancy, the lives of teen girls are often awash in rage and despair. Straus, a clinical psychologist, writes from the trenches, delving into the world of adolescent girls, setting the record straight on what's goingon, and providing glinicians and caregivers with better information and real, effective strategies to help. Topics addressed include oppositional defiant disorder, trauma, eating disorders, and attachment problems.

24x16cm

398 pages

$47.95

Adolescent Psychotherapy Progress Notes Planner

3rd ed

Arthur E. Jongsma, Jr., L. Mark Peterson, William P. McInnis, David J. Berghuis

Helps mental health practitioners reduce the amount of time spent on paperwork by providing a full menu of pre-written progress notes that can be easily and quickly adapted to fit a particular patient need or treatment situation.

28x22cm

432 pages

$89.95

Adolescent Psychotherapy Treatment Planner

4th ed

Arthur E. Jongsma, Jr., L. Mark Peterson, William P. McInnis, Timothy J. Bruce, Ph.D. (Contributing

The Adolescent Psychotherapy Treatment Planner, Fourth Ediiton provides treatment planning guidelines and an array of pre-written treatment plan components for behavioral and psychological problems, including anger management, blended family conflicts, low self-esteem, chemical dependence, eating disorders, and sexual acting out. Clinicians with adolescent clients will find this up-to-date revision an invaluable resource.

368 pages

$89.95

Adolescents and Adults with Learning Disabilities and ADHD

Assessment and Accommodation

Noel Gregg

Comprehensive and authoritative, this book helps educators and clinicians navigate the maze of laws, policies, and scientific research relating to diagnostic and intervention decision making for adolescents and adults. It provides clear guidance on how to conduct and document evidence-based assessments and select appropriate instructional and testing accommodations.
Featuring helpful case vignettes, decision-making flowcharts, and coverage of the latest assistive technologies, the book gives special attention to supporting students during the crucial transition from high school to higher education or vocational settings

22x15cm

316 pages

$62.00

All About Boundaries

Teaching Children About "Drawing the Line

Tonia Caselman

This resource is designed for use with children in grades 2-6. It can benefit to all students but it is particularly helpful for those students who are struggling with boundary issues related to symptoms of ADHD, Aspergers Syndrome, Reactive Attachment Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and codependency.
Each chapter of this book covers a specific aspect of boundaries and can be used as single session if only selected activities and worksheets are used. Or, each chapter can be expanded to two or three lessons if all of the activities and worksheets are used. Therefore, this book contains enough lessons for 10 - 30 weeks. Though any of the discussions and activities in this book work best in small groups, they can also be modified and used in a larger classroom, or in individual counseling sessions.
This book will help you to assist children to increase their respect for their own boundaries, as well as the boundaries of others. Through the insights and skills contained in this program, children can benefit through: Improved social skills, Healthier relationships Enhanced family relationships, Increased assertiveness, Improved emotional regulation, Increased self-esteem.

26x22cm

140 pages

$42.95

Alphabet Kids From ADD to Zellweger Syndrome:

A Guide to Developmental, Neurobiological and Psychological Disorders for Parents and Professionals

Robbie

From ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) to ZS (Zellweger Syndrome)-there seems to be an alphabet disorder for almost every behavior, from those caused by serious, rare genetic diseases to more common learning disabilities that hinder children's academic and social progress.
Alphabet Kids have disorders that are often concurrent, interconnected or mistaken for one another: for example, the frequent combination of ASD, OCD, SID and ADHD. If a doctor only diagnoses one condition, he or she may have missed others. As the rates of these disorders dramatically rise, Alphabet Kids explains it all. Covers 70 childhood disorders, providing information on causes, cures, treatments and prognoses. Chapters include a comprehensive list of signs and symptoms, and the disorders are illustrated with often heartbreaking, but always inspirational true-life stories of a child with the particular disorder.
This comprehensive, easy-to-read go-to guide will help parents to sort through all the interconnected childhood developmental, neurobiological and psychological disorders and serve as a roadmap to help start the families' journey for correct diagnoses, effective treatment and better understanding of their Alphabet Kids.

24x18cm

478 pages

$39.95

Annie Stories

Helping young children meet the challenges of growing up

Doris Brett

The technique of 'therapeutic storytelling' to help calm the fears of young children and to build their self confidence was developed by the author. In this book she introduces healing stories designed to help you communicate with your child about the emotions and anxieties of common childhood situations.

25x17cm

114 pages

$21.95

Anxiety

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with Children and Young People

Paul Stallard

Cognitive behavioural therapy has proven to be an effective treatment for anxiety disorders in children and young people. This book provides an overview of CBT and explores how it can be used to help children with anxiety disorders. It describes the nature and extent of anxiety problems that are suffered in childhood and discusses evidence for the effectiveness of the cognitive behavioural model as a method of treatment.
Provides many ideas that can be incorporated into everyday practice, as well as clinical vignettes, case examples, and worksheets for use with the client.
This straightforward text will prove essential reading for professionals involved with children who have significant anxiety problems including mental health workers, social services staff and those working in educational settings.

24x17cm

200 pages

$56.00

Behavioral Neuroscience of Adolescents

Linda Spear

"Raging hormones" used to be blamed for much adolescent behavior. Recent research discoveries, however, have uncovered remarable developmental transformations in the adolescent brain - knowledge that is revolutionizing our understanding of why adolescents behave the way they do.
Topics include the emergence of self-control and risk-taking, use of alcohol and drugs, and depression.

24x16cm

368 pages

$52.95

Boy who was Raised as a Dog

And other stories from a child psychiatrist's notebook

Bruce B Perry & Maia Szalavitz

What happens when a young brain is traumatized? How does terror, abuse, or disaster affect a child's mind--and how can that mind recover? Child psychiatrist Bruce Perry has helped children faced with unimaginable horror: genocide survivors, murder witnesses, kidnapped teenagers, and victims of family violence. In The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, he tells their stories of trauma and transformation through the lens of science, revealing the brain's astonishing capacity for healing. Deftly combining unforgettable case histories with his own compassionate, insightful strategies for rehabilitation, Perry explains what exactly happens to the brain when a child is exposed to extreme stress--and reveals the unexpected measures that can be taken to ease a child's pain and help him grow into a healthy adult. Through the stories of children who recover--physically, mentally, and emotionally--from the most devastating circumstances, Perry shows how simple things like surroundings, affection, language, and touch can deeply impact the developing brain, for better or for worse. In this deeply informed and moving book, Bruce Perry dramatically demonstrates that only when we understand the science of the mind can we hope to heal the spirit of even the most wounded child.

24x16cm

275 pages

$32.00

Brief Counselling in Schools

Working with young people from 11 to 18

Dennis Lines

A practical guide to providing help and support to young people experiencing a range of difficulties in their home and school lives. Recognizing the constraints of working within school settings, the book illustrates how counseling can nevertheless be effective, even when time is short and confidentiality is hard to preserve.
Based on a method of brief integrative counseling that can be adapted to the range of problems which pupils bring to counseling, and illustrated with rich and varied case material, the chapters look at issues of: self-esteem; depression and suicidal thoughts; bullying; parental separation and step-parent conflict; loss and bereavement; spiritual concerns; smoking, drug, and alcohol use; and sexuality. This fully updated new edition includes a brand new chapter covering anger, aggression and violence in schools, and the chapter on ethical boundaries now includes information on new legislations regarding counseling in schools and makes reference to current British law on child protection, and the BACP ethical framework.

17x24cm

217 pages

$65.95

Children’s Solution Work

Insoo Kim Berg & Therese Steiner

Focusing on Solutions and not problems, thinking about the future and not the past, and understanding the effects of miracles -- children do these things naturally. Here, leaders in the solution-focused approach to therapy provide clinicians with a guide to a kind of therapy that fits with children's natural way of being.

16x24cm

224 pages

$49.95

Collaborative Brief Therapy with Children

Matthew D Selekman

presents cutting-edge strategies for helping children and their families overcome a wide range of emotional and behavioral challenges. Vivid case material illustrates how to engage clients rapidly and implement interventions that elicit their strengths. Integrating concepts and tools from a variety of therapeutic traditions, Selekman describes creative applications of interviewing, family art and play, postmodern and narrative techniques, and positive psychology. He highlights ways to promote spontaneity, fun, and new possibilities—especially with clients who feel stuck in longstanding difficulties and entrenched patterns of interaction. The book updates and refines the approach originally presented in Selekman's acclaimed Solution-Focused Therapy with Children.

23x16cm

332 pages

$65.00

Coping with Depression in Young People

A Guide for Parents

Carol Fitzpatrick & John Sharry

Depressive disorders can produce dramatic and frightening changes in young peoples’ behaviour, but while parents may suspect something is wrong, they are often at a loss to know what. This book shows parents how to tell the difference between the ordinary ups and downs and true depression, helping them better understand clinical warning signs and the various approaches to treatment. Dealing sensitively with how depression sometimes manifests itself— self-harm, alcohol and drug abuse, and suicide attempts— the book offers parents practical guidance on how they can reach out to their children and find professional assistance.

13x23cm

144 pages

$26.95

Counseling Individuals with Life-Threatening Illness

Threatening Illness

Ken Doka

A comprehensive guide for counselors and health care professionals, this book builds on a model which views serious illness as a series of phases. Doka delineates specific issues that individuals with life-threatening illness must adapt to, and strategies for professionals to counsel them.

23x16cm

290 pages

$65.00

Counseling Toward Solutions

A Practical Solution-Focused Program for Working with Students, Teachers, and Parents

Linda Metcalf

For counselors and teachers at all levels, this book presents a positive program for changing individual behavior. Step by step, this empowering book shows professionals how to address the problems faced by today's students.

27x21cm

232 pages

$54.95

Counselling Adolescents

The Proactive Approach for Young People 3ed

Kathryn Geldard, David Geldard (Aus)

In this third edition of their bestselling text, the authors provide a practical introduction to the principles and practices required for successful counselling, to show that working with young people can be both challenging and effective. The book is divided into three main parts, covering:

- how to understand the young client as a person

- the pro-active approach of working with young people

- the counselling skills and strategies needed.

This third edition has been completely revised and updated, and includes two new chapters. The first, Maintaining a Collaborative Relationship, identifies ways to engage a young person collaboratively throughout a proactive counselling process. The other, Professional and Ethical Issues, deals with these issues as they relate to working with young people. Additional practical case studies and examples show how counsellors can work pro-actively with this age group.

The book will be of particular interest as a textbook and resource to all professionals who work with emotionally disturbed young people, and will provide an excellent resource for trainees in courses on counselling, social work, psychology, occupational therapy, mental health and psychiatry, nursing, and education.

23x18cm

320 pages

$57.95

Counselling Children

A Practical Introduction

Kathryn Geldard, David Geldard

Highly acclained and widely used in the practical skills training of counsellors, social workers, psychologists, occupational therapists, nurses and teachers. Addresses specific counselling skills for use with children, a new integrative model of counselling, how to select and use a range of media, activities and play and the benefits and practicalities of combining individual work with children and family therapy. Over 30 photocopiable worksheets useful when developing self-esteem or managing emotions. Aussie authors.

23x16cm

315 pages

$57.95

Counselling in a Nutshell

WendyDryden

What is counseling and how does it work? Counselling in a Nutshell provides the answers to these questions and more, as part of an step-by-step guide to the counseling relationship and the therapeutic process. Focusing on the commonalities within the main theoretical approaches - psychodynamic, person-centred, and cognitive-behavioral - author Windy Dryden describes a framework which underpins all counseling, irrespective of the approach being used. Key features of the framework include: Bonds between counselor and client Goals and tasks of counseling Stages of the therapeutic process Core therapeutic conditions Counselling in a Nutshell provides a concise introduction to core components of the therapeutic relationship and process and is suitable for counselors of all orientations

17x17cm

130 pages

$31.95

Counselling Troubled Boys

A Guidebook for Professionals

Mark S Kiselica, Matt englar-Carlston , Arthur M Horne

This volume will provide practitioners with case examples and show considerations including race, ethnicity, religion, and other cultural factors of boys. The book creates a bridge between young men and professional helpers by providing school and mental health practitioners with a practical book on understanding and responding to the developmental and special issues of boys and male adolescent males. Key content includes adjustment issues, strategies for establishing rapport, interventions, case studies, and suggestions for future training and research.

23x15cm

304 pages

$70.00

Depression Is the Pits, But I'm Getting Better

A Guide for Adolescents

E. Jane Garland

• How do I know if I'm depressed?
• I feel sick. How can this be in my mind?
• How do I get out of the pits?
• What do I do when I feel like giving up?
• Is this a phase I'll get over?
Clinical depression can strike at any age. When it happens during adolescence—a confusing time under the best of circumstances—it can be especially baffling and heart-wrenching for both the young person and his or her parents. And to make matters worse, sometimes finding the right help can be difficult. This book, written especially for teens, is packed with the practical information and the reassurance necessary for coping with—and beating—the "pits."

24x15cm

90 pages

$25.95

Emotional And Behavioral Problems Of Young Children

Effective Interventions In The Preschool And Kindergarten Years

Gretchen Gimpel, Melissa Holland

Provides hands-on tools and resources for addressing common emotional and behavioral problems in preschool and kindergarten-age children. The focus is on evidence-based interventions that are practical and effective, and that help prevent the development of more serious difficulties later on. The clinician is taken step by step through managing everything from toileting, eating, and sleep problems to externalizing disorders, internalizing disorders, and the effects of physical or sexual abuse. A variety of assessment methods are demonstrated and guidelines provided for planning and implementing a range of home- and school-based interventions. Conveniently designed in a large-size format for ease of photocopying, the volume contains over 30 reproducible parent handouts and other clinical tools.

28x21cm

176 pages

$55.95

Feeling Better: A Kid's Book about Therapy

Rachel Rashkin, Bonnie Adamson

Using a journal format, 12-year-old Maya chronicles her emotional ups and downs and describes the process of psychotherapy. She begins by describing a change in her feelings and functioning: a lack of interest in things she used to love, difficulties in school, and problems getting along with her friends and family?none of the problems extreme but serious enough to merit attention and intervention. The problems are portrayed as quite general, in order to reach the widest possible audience. The focus is not about resolving Maya's particular problems but about informing the reader about the process of psychotherapy and its potential usefulness. By the end of the book, Maya is ?feeling better.? She has discovered that changes in her family affected her more than she realized, has become aware of the suppressed feelings that have gnawed away at her, and has learned to deal with them more openly, with the result that she is back to being her old (true) self. For ages 8-14 .

23x15cm

48 pages

$18.95

Genograms

3rd ed

Monica McGoldrick

Widely used to train health and mental health professionals, the genogram is a graphic way of organizing information gathered during a family assessment and identifying patterns in the family system. This popular text--updated and expanded to highlight new developments in genogram use--thoroughly explains how to draw, interpret, and apply the genogram. Using genograms of famous families as examples--including those of Sigmund Freud, the Kennedys, Bill Clinton, and Thomas Jefferson, to name a few--the authors examine the principles of family systems theory and systemic interviewing. Clinical applications of genograms in both family therapy and family medicine are described, and new frontiers of research are explored, particularly the use of computer-generated genograms.

24x18cm

272 pages

$44.95

Grief In Children

A Handbook for adults 2nd ed

Atle Dyregrov

This fully updated second edition of Grief in Children explains children's understanding of death at different ages and gives a detailed outline of exactly how the adults around them can best help them cope.

Whether a child experiences the death of a parent, sibling, other relation or friend, or of a classmate or teacher, it is important for those caring for bereaved children to know how to respond appropriately to the child's needs. This book deals with a range of common physical and psychological responses and describes the methods of approaching grief in children that have been shown to work best. The author provides guidance on how loss and bereavement should be handled at school, explains when it is appropriate to involve expert professional help and discusses the value of bereavement groups for children and support for caregivers.

Illustrated with case studies and incorporating current research, this book is essential reading for parents, carers, counsellors, teachers and all those concerned with the welfare of bereaved children.

22x14cm

207 pages

$38.95

Harry the Hypno-Potamus

More Metaphorical Tales for Children, Volume 2

Linda Thomson

This second book of metaphors for children will entertain and delight while the therapeutic message, cleverly embedded in the story, slips into the unconscious mind of the child. The tales enhance empowerment by exposing children to new possibilities, new perspectives and differing philosophies. For the clinician, the metaphors offer a treasure trove of techniques and hypnotic language that can be adapted for a variety of situations and problems.

27x20cm

176 pages

$66.00

Help for the Struggling Student

Ready-To-Use Strategies and Lessons to Build Attention, Memory, & Organizational Skills

Mimi Gold

: Here is a unique picture book of learning solutions for teachers who are trying to help students struggling in three main areas of learning – attention, memory, and organization. For each area, it identifies specific problems such as difficulties with left to right scanning (an attention problem), presents an observed student behavior, explains the problem, and provides strategies and visuals to correct it, including illustrated worksheets.

27x22cm

305 pages

$49.95

Help for Worried Kids

How Your Child Can Conquer Anxiety and Fear

Cynthia G. Last

Most childhood fears are nothing to worry about. But panic attacks, phobias, and persistent anxiety can darken a child’s horizons and lead to disrupted sleep, lower grades, and missed opportunities to make friends and explore the world. Dr. Cynthia G. Last helps parents determine when a child’s apprehension is cause for concern. Drawing on 25 years of clinical practice and research, she vividly illustrates the different forms that childhood anxiety can take and offers practical solutions specific to each. For example, Dr. Last shows how to schedule "worry time to ease generalized anxiety, and explains why reassurance is often counterproductive for kids with obsessive-compulsive disorder. The book emphasizes strategies for preventing episodes before they begin, demonstrates how to intervene when one is in progress, and offers tips on how to keep anxiety from worsening as a child matures. Readers will learn to be consistent and encouraging as their child develops the confidence needed to face--and conquer--worries of every kind.

22x15cm

$28.95

Helping Your Child with Selective Mutism

Practical Steps to Overcome a Fear of Speaking

Angela McHolm

Often described as "social phobia's cousin" and misdiagnosed as autism, selective mutism is a debilitating fear of speaking in some situations experienced by some children. The disorder usually presents in children before the age of five, but it may not be recognized until the child starts school. When requested to speak, children with selective mutism often look down, blush, or otherwise express anxiety that disrupts their engagement with people and activities. Selective mutism is related to social anxiety and social phobia, and more than 90 percent of children with selective mutism also manifest symptoms of one of these problems. This book is the first available for parents of children with selective mutism. It offers a broad overview of the condition and reviews the diagnostic criteria for the disorder. The book details a plan you can use to coordinate professional treatment of your child's disorder. It also explains the steps you can take on your own to encourage your child to speak comfortably in school and in his or her peer group. All of the book's strategies employ a gradual, "stepladder" approach. The techniques gently encourage children to speak more, while at the same time helping them feel safe and supported. Angela E. McHolm, Ph.D., is director of the Selective Mutism Service at McMaster Children's Hospital in Hamilton, ON. The Selective Mutism Service offers outpatient psychiatric consultation to families and professionals such as school personnel, speech and language pathologists, and mental health clinicians who support children with selective mutism. She is assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences in the Faculty of HealthSciences at McMaster University in Hamilton, ON.

23x15cm

171 pages

$30.00

Hidden Treasure

A Map to the Child's Inner Self

Violet Oaklander

This is a follow up to Oaklander's best selling book, Windows To Our Children. It contains material that she has developed over the last 27 years.The book provides an approach to working with children and adolescents that involves a variety of creative, projective and expressive techniques with Gestalt Therapy, theory, philosophy and practice as the underlying framework. The focus is to provide the child with a means for expressing his or her innermost feelings, to foster self-awareness and self-discovery, to enhance self-esteem, and in general, to promote emotional growth. The approach is applicable to a wide variety of ages as well as settings as individual work, family work, and group settings. This book will interest child and adolescent psychotherapists, psychologists, social workers, counselors, interns, school personnel, as well as graduate-level students. Parents of young children may also find it helpful.

23x15cm

237 pages

$69.00

How to Help Children Through a Parents Serious Illness

3rd ed

Kathleen McCue

Offering supportive, practical advice from a leading child-life specialist, this book includes information such as what to tell a child about the illness, how to recognize early-warning signs in a child's drawings, sleep patterns, schoolwork and eating habits, and when and where to get professional help.

20x14cm

240 pages

$28.00

I Just Want to Be Me!

Building resilience in young people

Timothy & Sandra Bowden

Today's children struggle with a range of issues, from depression and anxiety to poor body image and low self-esteem. In fact, research suggests that at any given time around 10 per cent of students will be suffering from a mental health issue that directly impacts on their education and health. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) (the subject of Dr Russ Harris bestselling 'The Happiness Trap') has been proven to be effective in teaching young people effective, flexible strategies for dealing with the stressors in their life and these principles are now brought to life in this graphic novel. By following the main character, Holly, through her encounters with monsters (symbolising her inner doubts and unpleasant thoughts), children will learn how to similarly deal with their own issues and develop a more resilient mental attitude and achieve better emotional balance

17x24cm

64 pages

$20.00

Innovations in Parent-Infant Psychotherapy

Maria Pozzi

This book has emerged from the editors??? excitement about the proliferation of parent-infant psychotherapy work around the world. This collection, in its innovative way, develops the psychoanalytic model of working with parents, infants, and small children. It brings together papers from around the world and is written by experienced clinicians, who have a psychodynamic framework and all of whom believe in the importance of early emotional experiences in the development of the personality within the context of family relationships. The vivid detail of the clinical vignettes brings to life intimate stories of the therapeutic process, either from the consulting room of those in private practice, or in the public sector including projects in community settings where traditional psychoanalytic ideas are applied flexibly. The case histories span individual work with various combinations: mothers alone, mothers and babies with or without fathers, families, and mother and baby groups

23x15cm

250 pages

$71.00

Jumpstart! Creativity

Games & Activities for Ages 7-14

Stephen Bowkett

P EM Jumpstart Creativity! /EM is a book of games and activities that any primary teacher can do quickly, at the beginning of a lesson or as a time-filler, with little preparation. They grab children??'s attention and get them focussed on learning. /P P /P P There are more than fifty provocative games and activities including, 'An Alien in the Cage is Worth Two on the Moon??? and 'Faced with a Smilemma, Everybody Wins' to ???jumpstart??? creativity in any Key Stage 2 or 3 classroom. Practical, easy-to-do and vastly entertaining, the ???jumpstarts??? will suit a range of learning styles ??? from the visual, auditory or kinaesthetic to the cognitive. /P P /P P The jumpstarts cover: /P UL UL P /P /UL LI thinking /LI LI questioning /LI LI reasoning /LI LI problem-solving /LI LI wordplay. /LI UL P /P /UL /UL P /P P Looking for a way to get your students??? attention, fast? Look no further! EM Jumpstart! Creativity /EM is the fourth book in the series, following books on literacy, numeracy and ICT. /P

21x15cm

150 pages

$33.00

Life Is With Others

Selected Writings on Child Psychiatry

Donald J Cohen

One of the most influential child psychiatrists of the twentieth century, Donald J. Cohen (1940-2001) made groundbreaking contributions to the study of autism and developmental disabilities, Tourette’ s syndrome, developmental psychopathology, child psychoanalysis, and children’ s adaptation to trauma. As director of the Yale Child Study Center from 1983 to 2001, he fostered international collaborations and innovative approaches to the study of children’ s mental health. This book contains a selection of some of his most enduring and influential writings. Showcasing Dr. Cohen’ s distinctive approach, these essays— one of which is published here for the first time— address a wide range of topics including autobiographical writings; childhood psychiatric disorders; the role of play fantasy, aggression, and violence in childhood; and research ethics and mentorship.

25x16cm

277 pages

$70.00

Meditating with Children

The Art of Concentration and Centering: A Workbook on New Educational Methods Using Meditation (Revised)

Deborah Rozman

A psychologist and holistic educator shares her proven techniques for teaching the art of concentration and centering to children. Adds balance and self-esteem, improves decision making, and puts children in touch with their deeper core values. Children love these simple, fun techniques that develop concentration, stimulate creativity, balance the mental, emotional, and physical natures, and build self-security. Used by educators nationwide.

26x26cm

153 pages

$32.00

Miracle Question

Answer it and change your life

Linda Metcalf

Metcalf offers a step-by-step approach for people who feel stuck and overwhelmed by their life, and provides methods for tapping into sources and resources they already have in order to change whats happening in their lives.

23x16cm

147 pages

$34.95

More What Works When with Children and Adolescents

A Handbook of Individual Counseling Techniques

Anne Vernon

This new book is a companion manual to the author’s best-selling, What Works When with Children and Adolescents. This second volume provides additional creative counseling strategies, expanded coverage of developmental applications, and over 80 entirely new interventions. The book addresses both internalizing and externalizing disorders, such as anxiety, depression, stress, grief, low frustration tolerance, anger, bullying, and acting out. It also covers self-defeating behaviors such as self-injury, eating disorders, substance abuse, and suicidal behavior. The interventions teach behavioral and emotional self-control by helping young people understand the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Activities include games, imagery, art and music activities, bibliotherapy, experiential activities, behavioral rehearsal, and more. Numerous reproducible worksheets, checklists, and illustrations are included throughout

28x22cm

365 pages

$105.00

Multidisciplinary Handbook

of Child and Adolescent Mental Health for Front-Line Professionals (2ND ed.)

Nisha Dogra and others

This fully updated edition is an accessible introduction to child mental health, covering the nature, prevalence, treatment and management of mental health problems in children and young people. The authors explore issues such as assessing and meeting the mental health needs of young people, specific mental health problems such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and learning difficulties, and legal aspects of working with child mental health. They also assess diversity issues as an integral part of practice, and highlight practice issues for readers.

22x15cm

285 pages

$50.00

Narrative Counseling In Schools

Powerful & Brief 2ed

John M Winslade and Gerald D Monk

Narrative counseling is based on the premise that stories, rather than hard-nosed realities, shape our lives. By changing the stories that negatively label and define students, we help them open up new avenues and opportunities. In this second edition of their best-selling book, John Winslade and Gerald Monk present even more case studies, guidance, and examples of counseling practice to help students narrate stories that "redescribe" who they are and can be. Mindful that today's busy counselors need effective and brief techniques, the authors make plain the steps with which counselors can externalize problems and draw out student self-knowledge to inform new ways of identifying and behaving.

15x23cm

185 pages

$55.00

Narrative Therapy with Children and their Families

Michael White and Alice Morgan

This long-awaited book brings together two popular authors – Michael White and Alice Morgan. Here they share stories from their counselling practice with children and their families and provide explanations of the thinking that shapes these conversations. Detailed explanations are provided of externalising practices, scaffolding conversations, ways of inviting significant others to act as an audience to consultations with children, and considerations relating to the position of the therapist. Moving and amusing stories of work with children and their families are also included and the following questions are considered: When there is conflict between parents and children, how can therapists create a context for collaboration? How can counsellors respond to children who have experienced significant trauma? When a therapy session with a child is going nowhere, what might be helpful to reflect upon? How can narrative practices shape child protection inquiries? If your work involves conversations with children, this easy-to-read and rigorous book, will prove to be a treasured companion

21x15cm

136 pages

$32.00

Person-Centred Counselling in a Nutshell

Person-Centred Counselling in a Nutshell provides a short, accessible guide to one of the most popular approaches to counseling. Based on the ideas of Carl Rogers, the approach's main premise is that clients know themselves better than anyone else. It is the job of the person-centred practitioner to enable the client to discover and utilize their inner resources in order to change and grow. Using examples drawn from practice, Roger Casemore outlines the main principles of the person-centred approach including the core therapeutic conditions - congruence, unconditional positive regard, and empathy. Person-Centred Counselling in a Nutshell is ideal first reading for all who are new to learning about counseling

17x11cm

109 pages

$35.00

Playing with Fire

Creative conflict resolution for young adults.

Fiona MacBeth and Nic Fine

Presents a training program that helps young adults explore situations of conflict and interpersonal violence while learning and practicing skills and strategies for turning destructive conflicts into constructive dialogs. It is a practical, ready-to-use guide for teachers, counselors, group leaders, and others. Explores the dynamics of anger, hurt, conflict, communication, cooperation, and assertiveness, teaches listening, mediation, and conflict-defusing skills; and discusses when advocacy is more appropriate than mediation. 24 session program.

127 pages

$29.95

Practical Handbook of School Psychology

Effective Practices for the 21st Century

Gretchen Gimpel Peacock, Ruth A Ervin, Edward J Daly III and Kenneth W Merrell

Bringing together leading authorities, this concise, state-of-the-science handbook delves into all aspects of problem-solving-based school psychology practice. Thirty-four focused chapters present methods for assessment, analysis, intervention, and evaluation. Practitioners are given tools and guidelines for supporting students' academic, social-emotional, and behavioral skills, with an emphasis on the development of evidence-based interventions.

Presents applications for intervening at multiple levels, from supporting individual students to problem solving with groups, whole classrooms or an entire school. The book is organized around four basic questions that encapsulate the decision-making process of effective practitioners.

What is the problem?
Why is it occurring?
What can be done about it?
Did the intervention work?
Concise, focused chapters showcase data-based methods for assessment, analysis intervention, and evaluation, with special attention to working in a response-to-intervention framework. Clear-cut procedures are described for improving learning outcomes in key academic domains: reading, wiring, and math. Social-emotional and behavioral skills are thoroughly discussed in chapters on self-managment interventions, peer and family support, cognitive-behavioral interventions, medication use, promoting social competence and resilience and more. The volume also details how practitioners can team successfully with teachers, parents, and other intervetnion participants to develop collaborative solutions and overcome obstacles.

Designed for optimal utility for day-to-day clinical practice, this handbook belongs on the desks of all school psychologists and counsellors, and will also be of interest to special eductors and child and adolescent clinical psychologists.

26x19cm

626 pages

$132.00

Practical Interventions for Young People at Risk

Kathryn Geldard (Australian)

This book responds to the urgent need for practical intervention approaches targeting young people at risk. It provides a much needed practical resource for practitioners and students from a variety of helping professions. Focusing on interventions that practitioners can use in collaboration with the young person, the book offers hands-on strategies for addressing challenges and issues typically faced by young people, such as: - depression, suicide and self-harm, substance misuse, problematic sexual behaviour, marginalised youth and mental health issues.
Throughout the book, multi-disciplinary and international authors share their expertise, highlighting relevant evidence-based interventions and considering themes such as anti-oppressive practice, culture, values and ethics. It will prove invaluable reading for students and practitioners working with young people, especially in the fields of youth work, social work, psychology, counselling, and education.

24x17cm

213 pages

$49.95

Psychodynamic Counselling in a Nutshell

Wendy Dryden

Psychodynamic Counselling in a Nutshell explains in clear, jargon-free style, the concepts at the heart of the psychodynamic approach and, drawing on case material, describes the therapeutic practice which rests on those ideas. Assuming no previous knowledge of the subject, the book introduces the history of the approach, key main concepts, and practical techniques used by practitioners. In the first chapter the author introduces a client, John, whose case is revisited throughout the book connecting together theory and practice for the reader. For anyone reading about the psychodynamic approach for the first time, Psychodynamic Counselling in a Nutshell is the ideal place to start.

17x11cm

130 pages

$31.95

Psychotherapy and Counselling for Depression

Paul Gilbert

The Third Edition of Counselling and Psychotherapy for Depression is a popular and practical guide to working with people suffering from depression. As well as describing the skills and techniques used by practitioners, the book explores the features and complexities of depressed states including: General negativity Sense of failure and abandonment Feelings of powerlessness, anger, shame, and guilt The book examines the essential stages of the therapeutic process from conceptualization and formulation through to a wide variety of interventions for different types of difficulty. The Third Edition??has been revised and updated and features a new chapter focusing on the role of the therapeutic relationship

23x17cm

402 pages

$71.00

Reaching the Vulnerable Child

Therapy with Traumatized Children

Janie Tymaszewska, Terry Philpot

Therapy is a critical element of work with abused children, offering them the opportunity to explore past experiences in a safe environment with the emotional support of a therapist. Reaching the Vulnerable Child offers a tried-and-tested model of therapy which employs play and expressive arts to foster verbal, non-verbal and symbolic communication in abused children and young people. The authors look in detail at attachment, separation and loss, and the effects of trauma on brain functioning. They offer practical guidance on preparing for sessions, creating a safe therapeutic environment and how to involve the child's carer in the process. Drawing on a wide range of therapeutic techniques, including play, movement, art, drama, music and therapeutic story work, the authors offer advice on addressing guilt, depression and low self-esteem, establishing trust and dealing with sexualized or aggressive behaviour.

23x15cm

144 pages

$34.95

Rebels With A Cause

Working with Adolescents Using Action Techniques

Maria Cossa

Provides a tried-and-tested model for working with adolescents in groups. Utilizing techniques found in psychodrama, sociodrama, dramatherapy and sociometry, offers step-by-step practical guidelines on running a group development programme and summarizes the supporting theory in easy-to-understand language. Has advice on facilitating group and personal development, and also on working with particular groups of adolescents, for example those with developmental disabilities or from different cultures. This illuminating and accessible book provides invaluable insight into working successfully - and enjoyably - with adolescent groups. It is essential reading for practicing therapists and anyone working with adolescents in therapeutic settings.

24x16cm

207 pages

$43.95

Resilient Therapy

Working with Children and Families

Angie Hart , Derek Blincow

Whilst much has been written about the identification of resilience in children and their families, comparatively little has been written about what practitioners can do to support those children and families who need the most pressing help.
This book explores a new therapeutic methodology designed to help children and young people find ways to keep positive when living amidst persistent disadvantage. Using detailed case material from a range of contexts, the authors illustrate how resilient mechanisms work in complex situations, and how resilient therapy works in real-life situations. In addition to work with families, helping welfare organisations achieve greater resilience is also tackled. This book will be essential reading for practitioners working with children, adolescents and their families who wish to help their clients cope with adversity and promote resilience

23x16cm

216 pages

$64.00

Separation Anxiety in Children and Adolescents

An Individualized Approach to Assessment and Treatment

Andrew Eisen

This unique book presents a research-based approach to understanding the challenges of separation anxiety and helping children, adolescents, and their parents build the skills they need to overcome it. The authors provide step-by-step guidelines for implementing the entire process of therapy--from intake and assessment through coping skills training, cognitive-behavioral interventions, and relapse prevention. Featuring in-depth case examples, the book is written for maximum accessibility for all clinicians, including those with limited cognitive-behavioral therapy experience, who treat separation anxiety and other childhood anxiety disorders. Useful reproducibles include the Separation Anxiety Assessment Scales, which facilitate individualized case formulation and treatment planning.

22x15cm

298 pages

$54.95

Skills for Living

Group Counseling Activities for Young Adolescents, vol 2

Rosemary Smead

This volume helps counselors provide young adolescents with the opportunity to learn new ideas, skills, behaviors, perspectives, and attitudes in a group setting. The book is divided into two sections. Part One provides specific do's and don'ts and many other useful guidelines for running a successful group. Part Two contains detailed procedures for conducting groups on eight topic areas. Appendices include pretests and post-tests for each topic area, needs assessment forms, sample letters, consent forms, and best practice guidelines for group counselors.

Topics considered include,
understanding and managing friendships
middle school transition issues
male/female relationship issues
understanding and valuing individual and cultural differences
relationships at home
cognitive coping skills
learning to manage anger
issues from a male perspective.

28x22cm

289 pages

$67.00

Speaking about the Unspeakable

Non-Verbal Methods and Experiences in Therapy with Children

Dennis McCarthy

The basic premise of Speaking about the Unspeakable is that life's most pivotal experiences, both good and bad, can be truly expressed via the language of the imagination. Through creativity and play, children are free to articulate their emotions indirectly. The contributors, all experienced child therapists, describe a wide variety of non-verbal therapeutic techniques, including clay, sand, movement and nature therapy, illustrating their descriptions with moving case studies from their professional experience. Accessible and engaging, this book will inspire child psychologists and therapists, art therapists and anyone with an interest in therapeutic work with children.

23x15cm

160 pages

$52.95

Strengths-Based Counseling with At-Risk Youth

Michael Ungar

Now more than ever, counselors, teachers, community youth workers, and parents are striving to prevent individual and school-wide tragedy before it happens. Critical to the success of their efforts is a deep respect for the adolescent experience. In this book, author and social worker Michael Ungar takes a fresh, hopeful approach to challenging youth by looking beyond the surface of "bad" behaviors to understand them as ways of coping with life's adversities. Strengths-Based Counseling With At-Risk Youth provides the tools both to understand and access strengths buried beneath problem behaviors. It offers specific, effective strategies in working with adolescents to construct positive identities and realistic action plans. Features include Six strategies for youth engagement, covering common problem behaviors such as drug use, violence, delinquency, and promiscuity An entire chapter on bullying An abundance of real-life examples and counseling narratives A Resilient Youth Strengths Inventory to assess resilience and identify areas that need strengthening

25x18cm

129 pages

$45.95

Student Dies a School Mourns, A

Dealing with death and loss in the school community.

Klicker

Death, whether the result of violent or natural circumstances, is invariably a traumatic event in the lives of children. when that death occurs within the school community, there is a particular need to respond to the loss and the students' emototional reactions with both speed and sensitivity. This practical book examines the common reactions of students and staff to a death in the school community and provides schools with a systematic guide for developing a death-related crisis response plan. Youth suicide and violence in school is also extensively discussed.

15x23cm

145 pages

$48.00

Study Skills for Dyslexic Students

Sandra Hargraves

Are you struggling to manage your workload? Do you need help with planning and revising? Written with the needs of dyslexic students in further and higher education in mind, this book will motivate, inspire and guide you through your studies. It is set out in an accessible format and includes a CD packed with tools and resources to help you plan your work, improve your skills, and boost your confidence. There's advice on: " planning your workload to fit your schedule " note-taking and note-making " reading strategies and speed reading " answering essay questions " improving your grammar, spelling and punctuation " improving mathematics skills and using statistics " examination techniques " using ICT to help you This is an essential read for all dyslexic students in further and higher education.

166 pages

$49.95

Teenagers

A Natural History

David Bainbridge

What's the point of all the aches, pains, lumps and bumps? Are teenagers driven by their hormones? And do they really need so much sleep? Why are they brainier than everyone else?
Taking a 'zoological' approach to the topic a Cambridge University vet and anatomist reveals where teenagers come from, what they are for, and why the second decade of life is the most important and the most exciting in the human life cycle. In lively, engaging prdse, he explains the science behind the changes that suddenly occur on the surface of the teenage boyd and explores what happens deep within the brain.
Whether you are one yourself, or you just live with one, you will come away from this book convinced that the teenager is the most amazing and impressive creature on the planet.

20x13cm

358 pages

$25.00

Therapeutic Engagement of Children and Adolescents

Play, Symbol, Drawing, and Storytelling Strategies

David A Crenshaw

This book addresses the challenges faced when children who refuse to talk, children who lack psychological mindedness, teens who experience a strong aversion to the influence of any adult, and children and teens who mask their woundedness by hostility or diffidence show up for therapy. This book does not push one therapeutical or theoretical approach over another but specifically describes useful tools that can be utilized within a wide range of approaches.

22x15cm

169 pages

$68.00

Therapy with Troubled Teenagers

Rewriting Young Lives in Progress

Robert Bertolino

Solution-oriented therapy focuses on eliciting, evoking, and highlighting the strengths of clients, as opposed to their pathology and deficits. Here, Robert Bertolino explains his great success in applying this model to the treatment of adolescents. He describes how to work with these young clients to help empower them to change their life scripts.

22x15cm

256 pages

$113.95

Too Stressed to Think?:

A Teen Guide to Staying Sane When Life Makes You Crazy

Anne Fox

Most teens today are stressed out. Considering what they have to deal with?family conflicts, school, friendship and dating issues, peer pressure, harassment, bullying, identity issues, anxiety, depression, alcohol, drugs, sex, and on and on?it's no wonder they feel like they?re going crazy. This book is packed with practical information teens can use every day. Real-life examples cover specific situations all teens face. Questionnaires, exercises, role plays, and more help teens discover what they need and what works for them. Teens gain a basic understanding of stress and learn specific ways to relieve the stress in their lives. Succinct, helpful, and user-friendly, Too Stressed to Think? is for any teen who wants to stay sane.

22x15cm

163 pages

$29.95

Trauma-Proofing Your Kids

A Parents' Guide for Instilling Confidence, Joy and Resilience

Peter Levine

The number of anxious, depressed, hyperactive, and withdrawn children is staggering--and still growing. "Trauma-Proofing Your Kids" sends a lifeline to parents who wonder how they can help their worried and troubled children. This work offers simple but powerful tools to keep children safe.

22x15cm

235 pages

$34.00

Treating Abused Adolescents

Eliana Gil

With compassion and wisdom born of vast clinical experience, Eliana Gil's new book offers practical, step-by-step guidance for mental health professionals, demonstrating how they can communicate and work more effectively with adolescents who have suffered from abuse. Her book describes the impact of abuse on development, shows how "acting out" can be understood as a bid for attention and help, and details specific ways a therapist can overcome obstacles in treatment.

23x15cm

228 pages

$46.95

Understanding Addiction and Recovery Through a Child's Eyes

Help, Hope, and Healing for the Family

Jerry Moe

Addiction is one of the biggest dilemmas of the 21st century. Jerry Moe, an addictions professional and National Director of Children's Programs at the Betty Ford Center, has spent more than twenty years treating people and families in recovery. In his latest book, Moe has assembled a rich and wide-reaching collection of poignant stories and humorous anecdotes about children and teens who are navigating their way through the healing process. Whether as victims of parents going through the drug addiction recovery, or as addicts themselves, Moe shows how youths can cope through simple techniques and tools he's learned from years of experience as one of the key and nationally known professionals in addiction.

21x15cm

207 pages

$32.00

Using Expressive Arts to Work with Mind, Body and Emotions

Theory and Practice

Mark Pearson, Helen Wilson

Combines theory, research and activities to produce practical suggestions for enhancing client participation in the therapy process. It surveys the literature on art therapy; somatic approaches; emotion-activating models; use of music, writing and dreamwork; and the implications of the new findings in neuroscience.

The book includes step-by-step instructions for implementing expressive therapies techniques, and contains a wide range of experiential activities that integrate playful yet powerful tools that work in harmony with the client's innate ability for self-healing. The authors discuss transpersonal influences along with the practical implications of both emotion-focused and attachment theories.

22x15cm

304 pages

$45.95

What Do You Really Want?:

How to Set a Goal & Go for It! a Guide for Teens

Beverly Bachel

Research shows that effective goal setters have less stress, concentrate better, and are more satisfied with their lives. For teens, goal setting is linked to improved school performance, motivation, and self-esteem. This step-by-step guide to goal setting helps teens articulate their goals and put them in writing, set priorities and deadlines, overcome obstacles, cope with roadblocks, build a support system, use positive self-talk, celebrate their successes, and more.

22x15cm

152 pages

$29.95

What to Do When You Worry Too Much

A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety (What to Do Guides for Kids )

Dawn Huebner

This hands-on workbook features information and exercises for kids who are coping with excessive stress, anxiety, fears, and worry. It includes writing and drawing activities along with practical, proactive exercises and techniques to reduce anxiety and worry. Illustrations

28x21cm

80 pages

$28.95

What Works When with Children and Adolescents

A Handbook of Individual Counseling Techniques

Ann Vernon

Offers over 100 creative activities and effective interventions for individual counseling with children and adolescents (ages 6-18). The activities include stories, songs, games, worksheets, role plays, and other strategies that address problems, such as anger, anxiety/worry, depression, underachievement, procrastination, perfectionism, self-downing, and acting out. The interventions, which are based on the principles of rational emotive behavior therapy, can be used for helping students with normal developmental issues as well as for helping those with more serious emotional or behavioral problems.

28x22cm

329 pages

$86.00

When to Really Worry

Mental health problems in teenagers and what to do about them

Michael Carr-Gregg

Australian authority on adolescent mental health offers practical information on the symptoms, causes and treatment for everything from ADHD and eating disorders to anxiety and depression. Includes tips on
detecting early warning signs
encouraging your teenager to visit a doctor
finding a youth-friendly GP
counsellor or therapist navigating the public mental health system.

16x14cm

248 pages

$19.95

Why Does Schizophrenia Develop at Late Adolescence?

A Cognitive-Developmental Approach to Psychosis

Chris Harrap & Peter Trower

Proposes a controversial new model of how schizophrenia develops in late adolescence and presents clinical material aimed at influencing the way psychosis is treated, building on a state-of-the-art reassessment of the field.

23x15cm

240 pages

$61.95

Wishing Wellness

A Workbook for Children of Parents with Mental Illness

Anne Lisa Clarke

For children who have a parent with severe, incapacitating disorders like psychosis, suicidal depression, extreme anxiety or those undergoing the most intensive forms of treatment, this workbook can help children process their thoughts, feelings, and experiences while learning more about their parent's illness. Teachers & parents.

28x22cm

127 pages

$30.00

Working with Children Adolescents and their Families

Herbert & Harper-Dorton

Describes the practical process of assessment and intervention that can lead to empowering individual families and improving their quality of life. This edition expands the material on underlying theoretical approaches to understanding behaviour, considers problems that arise from intervening in personal relationships and interactions with famlies, includes new chapters addressing how children and families can go beyond solving their immediate problem and find renewed interest in social and community networks, and stresses the importance of evaluating practices and programs as service environments change and demands for accountability increase.

14x22cm

338 pages

$84.95

Working with Children in Groups

A Handbook for Counsellors, Educators and Community Workers.

Geldard & Geldard

With their extensive experience of running children's groups and training group facilitators, the Geldards outline and discuss the entire process of running a group, including the initial planning and group design, assessment of the suitability of children to the group, running the group and the counselling and facilitation skills useful for group leaders, and finally the post-group evaluation. They also look at the benefits and disadvantages of groups, types of groups available and the theoretical approaches employed in group work. Aussie authors.

16x24cm

262 pages

$70.00


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