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The Therapist's Notebook for Children and Adolescents: Homework, Handouts, and Activities for Use in Psychotherapy (Haworth Practical Practice in Mental Health)

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This great book is for the therapist working with children and adolescents, where the therapist can use the material as homework, handouts and activities in therapy. The editors, Catherine Ford Sori, professor of psychology and counseling at Governors State University, Illinois and Lorna L Hecker, professor of marriage and family therapy at Purdue University in Indiana, have together with 36 professionals compiled a very important tool for the therapist.
It is divided into eight sections: childrens feelings, play in therapy, specific childhood problems, illenes, trauma and bereavement, adolescents, interventions, family and parent education with a total of 46 chapters.
This is a very resourceful book with plenty of ideas, plans and suggestions for use in the encounter with children, adolescents and their families......

Practical ideas to utilize in therapy make working with children and adolescents so much easier for therapists who are uncertain how to work effectively with young people. This book helps therapists understand children's needs within a variety of family circumstances and to work effectively with parents to facilitate their parenting skills. Chock full of useful ideas; a wonderful resource! Nancy Nickell

Great, user-friendly treatment planner with lots of different activities for both children/adolescents and their families. Great explanations for each topic.

As a therapist, I was somewhat disappointed with this workbook and have not used it very much in my practice. Some of the activities are unique and helpful, but most of them require too much preparation or are too advanced for the families I work with. Most of the instructions are very long, and some are confusing. I see clients every hour, so I want something I can pull off the shelf, become familiar with, and prepare in a short amount of time. Most of the handouts that are to be given to clients are printed in small print and hard to read and some use language that is not understandable to clients who have low reading levels. I think this book would be more helpful to new clinicians because it discusses the rationale behind each activity, and includes vignettes that show how the activities helped certain clients, suggestions for follow-up, contraindictions for use, and suggested readings.

This is a wonderful resource for children's mental health practitioners. It includes art and play techniques on a wide variety of treatment issues. Highly recommended.

Readers may also be interested in the following books:

Creative Interventions for Troubled Children & Youth

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

More Creative Interventions for Troubled Children and Youth

Short-Term Play Therapy for Children, Second Edition

THE BOOK WAS VERY INFORMATIVE AND SEVERAL RESOURCES THAT I WAS ABLE TO USE IMMEDIATELY. IT'S WORTH THE MONEY.

A treasure trove of techniques to use with children, adolescents, and their parents. Useful for a variety of presenting problems. Highly recommended. I also recommend the books below:

Creative Interventions for Troubled Children & Youth (Lowenstein)

More Creative Interventions for Troubled Children and Youth (Lowenstein)

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

Assessment and Treatment Activities for Children, Adolescents, and Families VOLUME TWO: Practitioners Share Their Most Effective Techniques (Lowenstein)

Techniques, Techniques, Techniques (Kenney-Noziska)

Amazing tool when working with children with different disorders. It is really helpful because it's simple, clear and the kids love the activities. Definitely recommended!

This book has good techniques and ideas to use with children and teens to conquor many common concerns, such as divorce, changes in families, nightmares, etc. The book provides research why particular methods are used which is helpful in getting parents to participate.

Lots of uses for those working with children. Activities and great things for parents to do at home as well.
Assessment and Treatment Activities for Children, Adolescents, and Families: Practitioners Share Their Most Effective TechniquesCreative Interventions for Troubled Children & YouthMore Creative Interventions for Troubled Children and YouthCreative Interventions for Children of DivorceCreative Interventions for Bereaved Children