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Assessment and Treatment Activities for Children, Adolescents, and Families: Practitioners Share Their Most Effective Techniques

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I got three of these books by Liana Lowenstein and I find them very valuable in my therapy work with children and adolescents. I am a beginning therapist so I still rely heavily on resources like this to get the creative juices flowing. The only thing that is missing from this book, but present in the others, is a list in front that tells what the intervention is suitable for, suggested age range and treatment mode (individual, group or family).

Assessment and Treatment Activities for Children, Adolescents, and Families: Practitioners Share Their Most Effective Techniques

As with Lowenstein's other books, this book is an incredible resource for novice and experienced practitioners alike. A compilation of activities from over 50 practitioners, the book is both well organized and extremely user-friendly. I highly recommend this resource to any mental health professional who works with children, adolescents, and families.

Andrea Warnick, RN, BScN, MA, (Counsellor, Max and Beatrice Wolfe Centre for Children's Grief and Palliative Care)

This book is another great addition to your bookshelf by Lowenstein. It is a great collection of assessment and treatment activities that are creative and fun to use with children, teens and their families. The diversity of ideas in this book make it a must have resource for any therapist's bookshelf!
Megan Cowan, M.S.W, R.S.W.

Liana's material is super! It is so comprehensive in scope. There is something here for everyone! It is easy to use and adapt for any client. Liana's materials are user-friendly and client-friendly at the same time. I also found them to extremely clinically sound and helpful in my play therapy and CBT use!

Creative Family Therapy Techniques: Play, Art, and Expressive Activities to Engage Children in Family Sessions

I am a MSW student - and my internship this year is in an elementary school... great activities to help me help the kids and parents! I like this author.

This book is full of wonderful and fun tools practitioners can utilize in their work with children and adolescents. All games and activities are fun for all and keep clients motivated and focused. I highly recommend this book to practitioners and anyone who works with children and adolescents.

This is such a gem of a book! Liana Lowenstein has pooled an eclectic and engaging collection of interventions from various practitioners in the field. My personal copy of this book is full of dog-eared pages! I especially enjoy If I Were a Superhero; Family Quilt; The Image Finds Words; If Grief Was A Color; InventoGame; and Sweet Dream Box. There are many activities to choose from, for any stage of therapy and for any modality--whether individual, family or group. Another must-have for the clinician's library!

Other books on this topic that I'd recommend are:

Assessment and Treatment Activities for Children. Adolescents, and Families Volume Two: Practitioners Share Their Most Effective Techniques by Liana Lowenstein

Creative Coping Skills for Children: Emotional Support Through Arts and Crafts Activities by Bonnie Thomas

Creative Interventions for Troubled Children and Youth by Liana Lowenstein

More Creative Interventions for Troubled Children and Youth by Liana Lowenstein

101 Favorite Play Therapy Techniques by Heidi Kaduson

The book extremely user-friendly. The games and activities are a great resource. I highly recommend this resource to any mental health professional who works with children, adolescents, and families.

Very great text which I plan to share with my clients when they come into therapy. I think it is very valuable and I am happy I purchased it in its mint conditon.

This is a must have for any therapist - novice or experienced! I have five of Liana's books in my therapy library and refer to them often. She always has the best people with the best techniques in her books. You will not be disappointed with this purchase.