Description

This Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to the practice and principles of child and adolescent psychotherapy around the world.
Contents include:
* a brief introduction to the child psychotherapy profession, its history and development
* a review of the theory underlying therapeutic practice
* an overview of the varied settings in which child psychotherapists work
* analysis of the growth of the profession internationally
* an examination of areas of expertise around the world
* a summary of current research
Contributors are experienced practitioners from within a diverse range of schools and approaches and so provide a well-rounded picture of child and adolescent psychotherapy today. The Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy will be an essential resource for professional psychotherapists, students of psychotherapy, social workers and all professionals working with disturbed children.

Editor: Lanyado, Monica, Editor: Horne, Ann

Topic: Psychology
Media: Book
ISBN: 415172586
Language: English
Pages: 496