Main description:

This updated edition of The Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy reflects the many changes in the profession. It includes:

additional chapters on neuroscience, work with 'looked after children' and with foster parents, working in schools
enlarged chapters on research, attachment theory, work with parents, and developments in child and adolescent psychotherapy around the world
chapters on areas of specialist interest including violence, sexual abuse and abusing, trauma, parent-infant psychotherapy, autism, victims of political violence, delinquency and gender dysphoria.

The Handbook remains accessible and jargon-free. It will be a valuable resource for all who work in allied professions where the emotional well-being of children is of concern - health, education, social services - as well as trainee psychotherapists and experienced practitioners.

Contents:

Introduction. Part 1: Theoretical Foundations. The Roots of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy in Psychoanalysis. Normal Emotional Development. Contributions from Attachment Theory and Research. The Contribution from Neuroscience. Research in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy: An Overview. Part 2: Context. The Child Psychotherapist in the Multi-disciplinary Team. Race and Cultural Issues. The International Scene. Part 3: Diversity of Treatments and Settings. The Therapeutic Setting and Process. Individual Psychotherapy: Assessment, Intensive and Non-intensive Work. Brief Psychotherapy and Therapeutic Consultations. How Much Therapy is 'Good-Enough'? Work with Parents. Parent-infant Psychotherapy. Group Psychotherapy. Working within Schools and Educational Settings. The Challenges of In-patient Work in a Therapeutic Community. Consultation within Residential Care. Part 4: Areas of Specialist Interest. Child Psychotherapy for Children on the Autistic Spectrum. Psychotherapy with Severely Traumatised Children and Adolescents: 'Far Beyond Words.' Psychotherapy for Children Looked After by Local Authorities. Working with Foster Carers. Sexual Abuse and Sexual Abusing in Childhood and Adolescence. The Roots of Violence: Theory and Implications for Technique with Children and Adolescents. Work with Children and Adolescents Exposed to Political Violence. Delinquency. Working with People with Eating Disorders: 'What If I Die Without Knowing Why?' Gender Identity Dysphoria