Author Description

This comprehensive resource provides a conceptual framework for developing therapeutic interventions with children, adolescents, and their families from the first contact with parents to termination of therapeutic sessions with the child. In this important new book, the author develops a model in which every therapist creates a conceptual approach for treatment and utilizes techniques from differing therapeutic arenas when working with clients. Chapters cover techniques for interviewing the child, diagnosis and case formulation, family variables, stages of the therapeutic process, therapy with children having exceptional educational needs, group therapy, and professional consultation techniques. Tips on developing rapport with parents and teachers help clinicians get interventions off to a good start, and report examples help them integrate the history, observations, and information from the case into a coherent case formulation. Clinical Psychologists, School Psychologists, and Family Therapists. A Longwood Professional Book.