Treating Depressed Children: A Therapeutic Manual of Cognitive Behavioral Interventions - Hardcover

Book 3 of 16: Best Practices for Therapy

Dudley, Charma

 
9781572240612: Treating Depressed Children: A Therapeutic Manual of Cognitive Behavioral Interventions
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 157224061X ISBN 13: 9781572240612
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications, 1997

Synopsis

This is the first book to show therapists how to break down concepts used to treat depression in adults into terms understandable to children. It describes the use of a cognitive-behavioral approach, which is one of the only two interventions recognized by the APA's Task Force on the Promotion and Dissemination of Psychological Procedures as an empirically validated treatment for depression in adults. Incorporating cartoons, stories, games, and role-playing, the author provides a full twelve-session course of treatment, everything the therapist needs to help children recognize and identify emotions, change the negative or distorted thoughts that lead to depression, identify positive traits and gain confidence in their abilities, learn crucial interpersonal skills, and consolidate skills by creating coping cards to use whenever problems arise.

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About the Author

Charma D. Dudley, PhD, is a licensed psychologist in private practice and clinical director of Allegheny Children's Initiative, a community-based mental-health program in Pittsburgh, PA.

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Publisher
New Harbinger Publications
Publication date
1997
Language
English
ISBN 10 
157224061X
ISBN 13 
9781572240612
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
160