New Books in Mental Health

April-August 2012

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

  1. Adolescent Counselling Psychology

    Theory, Research and Practice

    Edited by Terry Hanley, Neil Humphrey, Clare Lennie

    Adolescent Counselling Psychology: Theory Research and Practice provides a thorough introduction to therapeutic practice with young people. As an edited text, it brings together some of the leading authorities on such work into one digestible volume. The text is divided into three major...

    Published July 1st 2012 by Routledge

  2. Child Centered Play Therapy

    A Clinical Session

    By Garry L. Landreth

    Bring Garry Landreth into your classroom and let him demonstrate CCPT in action! This DVD is a perfect complement to Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship, giving students, instructors, supervisors, and practitioners visual reinforcement of the material presented in the text. It shows a...

    Published March 25th 2012 by Routledge

  3. Play Therapy Book & DVD Bundle

    By Garry L. Landreth

    This package combines Garry Landreth's bestselling textbook, Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship, 3rd Edition with a 50-minute video demonstration of Landreth working with a young girl in Child Centered Play Therapy: A Clinical Session. The DVD shows Landreth in a complete, unscripted play...

    Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge

  4. Donald Winnicott Today

    Edited by Jan Abram

    Series: The New Library of Psychoanalysis

    What in Winnicott’s theoretical matrix was truly revolutionary for psychoanalysis? In this book, the editor and contributors provide a rare in-depth analysis of his original work, and highlight the specifics of his contribution to the concept of early psychic development which revolutionised the...

    Published July 11th 2012 by Routledge

  5. Educating Children and Young People with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

    Constructing Personalised Pathways to Learning

    By Carolyn Blackburn, Barry Carpenter, Jo Egerton

    The range of learning difficulties associated with children who have fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) has been highlighted as an emerging but little understood area of Special Educational Needs. This engaging, timely, and highly practical book will raise awareness about FASDs and...

    Published May 6th 2012 by Routledge

  6. Infant Observation and Research

    Emotional Processes in Everyday Lives

    Edited by Cathy Urwin, Janine Sternberg

    Psychoanalytic infant observation is frequently used in training psychoanalytic psychotherapists and allied professionals, but increasingly its value as a research method is being recognised, particularly in understanding developmental processes in vulnerable individuals and groups. This book...

    Published March 27th 2012 by Routledge

  7. Pediatric School Psychology

    Conceptualization, Applications, and Strategies for Leadership Development

    By Thomas J. Power, Kathy L. Bradley-Klug

    Series: School-Based Practice in Action

    In today’s schools, it is imperative that school-based mental health professionals be adequately trained in the knowledge and impact of pediatric health disorders on children’s academic, social, and emotional progress and performance. This book will provide practitioners and researchers with the...

    Published August 6th 2012 by Routledge

  8. Serving the Gifted

    Evidence-Based Clinical and Psychoeducational Practice

    By Steven I. Pfeiffer

    Series: School-Based Practice in Action

    Designed for practitioners who work with the gifted, this volume is intended to serve as a practical and easy-to-use resource for working with gifted students, their teachers, and their parents and families. It provides timely, practical, evidence-based techniques and guidelines to help these...

    Published August 21st 2012 by Routledge

  9. The Thinking Heart

    Three levels of psychoanalytic therapy with disturbed children

    By Anne Alvarez

    How do we talk about feelings to children who are cut off from feeling? How do we raise hope and a sense of safety in despairing and terrified children without offering false hope? How do we reach the unreachable child and interest the hardened child? The Thinking Heart is a natural sequel to Live...

    Published April 3rd 2012 by Routledge