"....A strong addition to the growing literature on cognitive-behavioral interventions with children and adolescents....The literature reviews are thorough and current, and the lists of references that follow each chapter are comprehensive....This volume will be of great value to graduate students, trainees, and researchers...." --Judith P. Allik in Science Books and Films
"Mental health professionals in a variety of settings... will find the reviews of the literature informative and the case material illuminating and instructive. Contributors include some of the most experienced researchers and clinicians in the cognitive therapy field." Geri R. Donenber, (Northwestern University Medical School), Doody's
"Authored by experienced researchers and seasoned clinicians, this book combines clinical perspicacity with critical-mindedness. The clinical case examples provide practical 'how to' guidelines. A worthy edition. It highlights the potential of a cognitive-behavioral approach with children." --Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D., University of Waterloo
"Reinecke, Dattilio, and Freeman have brought together some of the best research-clinicians in the field of child psychopathology to provide us a theoretically-driven, empirically-based, developmentally-oriented, state-of-the-art treatise of cognitive therapy with young people. The chapters are truly original, innovative, and clearly the products of master research-clinicians who understand the daily practice of mental health within today's managed care environment. Oriented toward describing the conceptualizations, assessment, and treatment of the individual child or adolescent by way of in depth case studies, the authors describe the empiricism and the art of effective treatment in colorful detail, unapologetically examining the strengths and weaknesses of cognitive therapy with young people. Nowhere else will one find such clear and comprehensive discussions of cognitive treatment of common childhood mental health problems, such as oppositional disorders and substance abuse. There is nothing "ivory-tower" about this manual! If you are tired of banging your head against the wall while reading difficult child cases, get this book." --John B. Jolly, Psy.D., ABPP, Diplomate, Clinical Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology, Associate Professor, Dept of Psychology, Mississippi College
"Reinecke, Dattilio, and Freeman have brought together a stellar group of contributors to address a population rarely addressed in the clinical Cognitive Therapy literature. Their casebook approach allows the clinician to "listen in" to experienced therapists doing the difficult work of treating adolescents. Addressing the issues of problem conceptualization, strategic and technical interventions, use of significant others in treatment, and follow up, this volume fills a significant gap in the literature." --Judith Beck, Ph.D., Director, Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research
"Often unmotivated, frequently resistant and noncompliant with therapy, challenged and threatened by the adult world, and having their hormones affecting their behavior, the adolescent patient presents the clinician with a set of problems unlike those of any other patient. The diagnoses of the adolescent patients range from the neurotic to the psychotic, with all problems in between. The Cognitive Therapy approach offers the sort of direct and structured approach that works best with the adolescent patient. By collecting the clinical chapters in this volume, the editors have done the clinical community a great service. The case material and clinical approaches have relevance across national boundaries. Reinecke, Dattilio, and Freeman are to be commended." --Astrid Palm, Ph.D., Director, Cognitive for Cognitiv Terapi och Utbilding, Gothenburg, Sweden
"This book provides a unique contribution to the field and deserves the attention of anyone using cognitive-behavioral interventions with children or adolescents. The book covers all of the most common problems seen in children and adolescents. The use of case studies in each chapter is extremely effective in illustrating the specific approaches taken in the assessment and treatment of each disorder. The book will be extremely helpful in the context of mental health training programs and will be of considerable value to both researchers and clinicians alike." --Gerald I. Metalsky, Ph.D.
"By pulling together well-conceptualized and highly detailed reports of how a variety of sophisticated clinicians actually apply cognitive-behavioral techniques in their work with children and adolescents, the editors and authors provide us with a highly practical account of cognitive therapy in action. In this volume we not only see how cognitive concepts are adapted to fit with the developmental capacities of children and adolescents, but how these concepts are used in treating a wide range of mental health problems. Offering a refreshing balance of theory, clinical wisdom, and practical recommendations, this will prove to be a well-used book by both experienced clinicians and students of clinical practice." --Sharon Berlin, Ph.D., School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago
"...Designed to provide "hands-on" case descriptions of cognitive-behavioral interventions with children, adolescents, and their families, this new text will update and supplement the collections of clinicians, researchers, and those who train future mental health professionals. Contributing authors include a host of experienced therapists and researchers...In addition to the case descriptions and reviews of empirical research, this collection includees much valuable conceptual material, as well as useful theoretical models...Another notable feature is the inclusion of both clinical and school-based case studies, making this volume applicable for use by both independent practitioners and school-based clinicians, as well as for the training of both groups. Each chapter also includes an excellent list of resources and references." --Judith Springer in Contemporary Psychology
"This book is a welcome addition to the still relatively small literature on cognitive behaviour therapies with children and adolescents. It is well edited....The book is recommended for practising clinicians and those in training with an interest in and some background with cognitive behavioural methods with children and adolescents." --Chrissie Verduyn in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Mark A. Reinecke, Ph.D., A.B.P.P., is assistant professor of child and adolescent psychiatry and Director of the Center for Cognitive Therapy at the University of Chicago School of Medicine. He also serves on the faculty of the School of Social Service Administration and is Director of the Program in Mental Health at the University of Chicago. His research and clinical interests include childhood depression and suicide, anxiety disorders, and cognitive mediation of adjustment to chronic illness. He has lectured internationally on cognitive therapy, and has served as a visiting assistant professor at National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Arthur Freeman, Ed.D., A.B.P.P., is in private practice in Philadelphia and is professor of clinical psychology at the Adler School of Professional Psychology and visiting professor of medical psychology at Shanghai Second Medical University, People's Republic of China. A licensed psychologist, he is a diplomate in behavioral and clinical psychology with the American Board of Professional Psychology. He has served as a senior consultant to the Center for Cognitive Therapy, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Among his published his works are Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders (coauthored with Aaron T. Beck and Associates) and Cognitive-Behavioral Strategies in Crisis Intervention (coedited with Frank M. Dattilio). He is well known nationally and internationally for his seminars.