Psychotherapy with infants and young children; repairing the effects of stress and trauma on early attachment.9781593856755 Psychotherapy psychotherapy, treatment of mental and emotional disorders using psychological methods. Psychotherapy, thus, does not include physiological interventions, such as drug therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, although it may be used in combination with such methods. with infants and young children; repairing the effects of stress and trauma on early attachment. Lieberman, Alicia F. and Patricia Van Horn. Guilford Pr. 2008 366 pages $40.00 Hardcover RJ505 Lieberman (infant mental health, University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). ) and Van Horn (psychiatry, University of California) describe methods of child-parent psychotherapy, an empirically supported treatment that engages parents as the most powerful agents of their children's healthy development. Filled with detailed case examples, the book offers both a theoretical framework and practical therapeutic guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. , walking readers step by step through assessing clients and combining play, developmental guidance, trauma-focused interventions, and practical assistance with problems of living. Suggestions are given for overcoming common treatment obstacles, and the emotional impact of this work on the therapist is examined. Also addressed are ways to collaborate with the broader systems of care, such as medical, child care, and child protective services child protective services Sociology A state or county agency that addresses issues of child abuse and neglect . The audience for the book includes clinical psychologists This list includes notable Clinical Psychologists and contributors to Clinical psychology, some of whom may not have thought of themselves primarily as Clinical psychologists but are included here because of their important contributions to the discipline. , psychiatrists, social workers, counselors, and students. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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