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Savage Spawnby Jonathan Kellerman
Random House Publishing Group 2003; US$ 9.99"Ethically and morally, kids are works in progress. Throw in psychopathy and you've got a soul that will never be complete." In this powerful, disturbing book, bestselling author and noted child psychologist Jonathan Kellerman shines a penetrating light on antisocial youth--kids who kill without remorse--asserting that "psychopathic tendencies begin very early in life, as young as three, and they endure." Criticizing our quick impulse to blame violent movies or a "morally bankrupt" society, Kellerman convinces us that it is the kids themselves who need to be examined. Carefully. How do children become cold-blooded killers? Kellerman warns that today's aggressive bully is tomorrow's Mafia don, cult leader, or... more...
Creative Therapyby Kate Ollier; Angela Hobday
Australian Council for Educational Research 2003; US$ 34.95Creative Therapy: Adolescents overcoming child sexual abuse is a practical therapy book. Over 100 activities are offered in this multimodal approach to making therapy both effective and, as far as possible, fun. They cover many areas of need for survivors of sexual abuse, from learning to recognise and regulate emotion to selfidentity and coping strategies on which the young person can build a bright future. more...
Violent Deathby Edward K. Rynearson
Routledge 2006; US$ 49.95Talks about the theory and practice of clinical, spiritual, and emotional support after the experience of violent death. This book provides the theoretical and clinical bases necessary for planning and implementing clinical and spiritual services to meet the needs of survivors/witnesses/family and community members of violent death. more...
Parent Management Trainingby Alan E. Kazdin
Oxford University Press 2005; US$ 29.95Based on Parent Management Training, as applied to the treatment of children and adolescents with oppositional and antisocial behavior. This book presents theory, research and clinical issues in an integrated fashion. Divided into two parts, it provides a therapy manual to convey what is actually done in treatment on a session by session basis. more...
Rutter's Child and Adolescent Psychiatryby Michael Rutter; Dorothy Bishop; Daniel Pine; Steven Scott; Jim S. Stevenson; Eric A. Taylor; Anita Thapar
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2009; US$ 299.95Rutter’s Child and Adolescent Psychiatry has become an established and accepted textbook of child psychiatry. Now completely revised and updated, the fifth edition provides a coherent appraisal of the current state of the field to help trainee and practising clinicians in their daily work. It is distinctive in being both interdisciplinary and international, in its integration of science and clinical practice, and in its practical discussion of how researchers and practitioners need to think about conflicting or uncertain findings. This new edition now offers an entirely new section on conceptual approaches, and several new chapters, including: neurochemistry and basic pharmacology brain imaging health economics psychopathology in... more...
Family-Based Treatment for Young Children with OCDby Jennifer B Freeman; Abbe Marrs Garcia
Oxford University Press, USA 2008; US$ 24.95Young children with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) often require professional help to overcome their symptoms. This workbook corresponds to a treatment program specifically designed for children ages 5-8 and their families. Your therapist will tailor the program to your child's developmental level and family situation. Parents have an important role to play in treatment; you will be attending all sessions and working at home with your child. In therapy, your child will face feared situations without avoidance or rituals until anxiety decreases. This is called exposure with response prevention (E/RP); sessions will tackle E/RP tasks of increasing difficulty. A reward plan will motivate your child to practice E/RP tasks at home with... more...
They Could Not Talk and So They Drewby Myra Levick
Charles C Thomas 1983; US$ 52.95By Myra F. Levick, Hahnemann University Graduate School, Philadelphia. With Forewords by Paul J. Fink and Zygmunt A. Piotrowski. CONTENTS: Art Therapy: An Overview; Defense Mechanisms of the Ego: A Developmental Perspective; Psychosexual and Cognitive Development - Their Relationship to Developmental Sequences in Children's Drawings: A Theoretical Overview, Manifestations of Defense Mechanisms in Children's Drawings Relationship to Psychosexual and Cognitive Developmental Aspects in Drawings; Manifestations of Defense Mechanisms in the Drawings of Disturbed Children and Young Adults; Conclusion. Appendix, Glossary of Piagetian Terms, Bibliography. more...
When Father Kills Motherby Jean Harris-Hendriks; Dora Black; Tony Kaplan
Routledge 2000; US$ 42.50Brings to public knowledge information about the effects of psychological trauma and bereavement on children. more...
Emotional Needs of Young Children and Their Familiesby Marion Bower; Judith Trowell
Routledge 1996; US$ 42.50Describes the ways psychoanalytic ideas can be adapted and used in a wide variety of community settings to help children who are emotionally disturbed or who have been physically or sexually abused. more...
Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapyby Monica Lanyado; Ann Horne
Routledge 1999; US$ 42.50This handbook provides a comprehensive guide to the practice and principles of child and adolescent psychotherapy around the world. more...