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New and Published Books

  1. The Practitioner’s Guide to Child Art Therapy

    Fostering Creativity and Relational Growth

    By Annette Shore

    Even in the face of challenging conditions, art therapy treatment offers meaningful opportunities for growth. It’s not always easy, though, to navigate the complex interplay of art processes, relational states, and developmental theories. For any clinician looking for guidance on the ins and outs...

    Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge

  2. A Mindfulness-Based Approach to Working with High-Risk Adolescents

    By Sam Himelstein

    A Mindfulness-Based Approach to Working With High-Risk Adolescents is an accessible introduction to a new model of therapy that combines the Buddhist concept of mindfulness with modern trends in psychotherapy. Drawing on years of experience working with at-risk adolescents, the chapters explore...

    Published April 7th 2013 by Routledge

  3. Assessing Common Mental Health and Addiction Issues With Free-Access Instruments

    By Katie M. Sandberg, Taryn E. Richards, Bradley T. Erford

    As healthcare costs rise, so too do the costs of assessment instruments, critical tools for mental health professionals. While some traditional assessment instruments have become prohibitively expensive, as with many other fields, the Internet offers a host of more affordable and equitable...

    Published March 7th 2013 by Routledge

  4. Forensic Uses of Clinical Assessment Instruments

    2nd Edition

    Edited by Robert P. Archer, Elizabeth M. A. Wheeler

    This book provides, in a single volume, an extensive, research-based evaluation of the most popular clinical assessment tools as applied in forensic settings. These widely used instruments often require important modifications in their administration and interpretation when used for forensic...

    Published March 4th 2013 by Routledge

  5. Treating Transgender Children and Adolescents

    An Interdisciplinary Discussion

    Edited by Jack Drescher, William Byne

    Extremely gender variant children and adolescents (minors), increasingly referred to as 'trans' or 'transgender children,' are small in number. In recent years, their situation has become highly sensationalized, whilst the matter of how to best treat them remains an area of controversy. A growing...

    Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge

  6. Family-Centered Treatment With Struggling Young Adults

    A Clinician’s Guide to the Transition From Adolescence to Autonomy

    By Brad Sachs

    Family-Centered Treatment With Struggling Young Adults is an indispensible guidebook to the unique set of problems and opportunities that families face when young adults are experiencing difficulty pulling anchor and setting sail. Renowned clinician Brad Sachs, PhD, provides both a conceptual...

    Published November 4th 2012 by Routledge

  7. From Birth to Sixteen

    Children's Health, Social, Emotional and Linguistic Development

    By Helen Cowie

    From Birth to Sixteen outlines children’s physical, social, emotional, and language development from infancy through to adolescence. In both its practical application of research and its contribution to the assessment of child development, this text provides essential reading for those studying, or...

    Published February 1st 2012 by Routledge

  8. Starting Treatment With Children and Adolescents

    A Process-Oriented Guide for Therapists

    By Steven Tuber, Jane Caflisch

    Starting Treatment With Children and Adolescents provides therapists with a time-tested framework for treatment and a moment-by-moment guide to the first few sessions with a new patient. In twelve remarkable case studies, verbatim transcripts of individual play-therapy sessions are brought to life...

    Published March 13th 2011 by Routledge

  9. Choosing to Heal

    Using Reality Therapy in the Treatment of Sexually Abused Children

    By Laura Ellsworth

    The number of sexual abuse disclosures by children has been increasing at a steady rate. Therapists are faced with the dilemma of limited resources and training to help them best serve this vulnerable population. Choosing to Heal breaks new ground as the first resource to use Reality Therapy and...

    Published April 5th 2007 by Routledge

  10. The Biopsychosocial Formulation Manual

    A Guide for Mental Health Professionals

    By William H. Campbell, Robert M. Rohrbaugh

    Based on George Engel’s model, The Biopsychosocial Formulation Manual presents ways to help psychiatry residents and students effectively gather and organize patient data to arrive at a complete mental health history in a limited timeframe. While most current models only take one factor into...

    Published February 5th 2006 by Routledge