ACT for Treating Children: The Essential Guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Kids [Standard Large Print 16 Pt Edition]

Black, Tamar D.

ISBN 10: 1038758785 / ISBN 13: 9781038758781

Published by ReadHowYouWant, 2022

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: ACT for Treating Children: The Essential Guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Kids [Standard Large Print 16 Pt Edition]
• Publisher: ReadHowYouWant
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1038758785
• ISBN 13: 9781038758781
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

More than ever, clinicians need customizable approaches for treating children with mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression. Written by an experienced educational psychologist, ACT for Treating Children offers clear, practical, brief, and developmentally appropriate strategies grounded in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help children ages 5 to 12 learn effective coping skills, manage emotions, and bounce back from life's difficulties.

About the Author

Tamar D. Black, PhD, is an educational and developmental psychologist in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She is a school psychologist, and runs a private practice working with children, adolescents, young adults, and parents. She has extensive experience providing clinical supervision to early-career and highly experienced psychologists. She also provides training in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to clinicians and teachers in using ACT with children and adolescents, and using ACT in schools.Russ Harris is an internationally acclaimed acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) trainer, and author of the best-selling ACT-based self-help book, The Happiness Trap, which has sold more than one million copies and been published in thirty languages. He is widely renowned for his ability to teach ACT in a way that is simple, clear, and fun-yet extremely practical.