Main description:

What can child and adolescent counsellors and therapists learn from research? What evidence is there for the effectiveness of different therapies and techniques? How can developmental or neuroscience research inform or inspire therapeutic work with young people?

This book provides the answers to these questions, and more. Leading experts in the field take you through the latest research findings in child and adolescent therapy, discussing how each is relevant to the work of practitioners. Today, both therapists and trainees need to be aware of, and engage with, research findings. The book presents, accessibly, the current best knowledge and its implications for practice.

Contents:

Introduction: What can child therapists learn from research? - Nick Midgley, Jacqueline Hayes and Mick Cooper
Epidemiology: Are mental health problems in children and young people really a big issue? - Ann Hagell and Barbara Maughan
Neurobiology, attachment and trauma: The development of mental health problems in children and young people - Graham Music
Therapy outcomes: Is child therapy effective? - Terry Hanley and Julia Noble
Therapy outcomes: What works for whom? - Peter Fonagy, Liz Allison and Alana Ryan
What leads to change? I. Common factors in child therapy - Jacqueline Hayes
What leads to change? II. Therapeutic techniques and practices with children and young people - Jacqueline Hayes and Clare Brunst
Conclusion - Nick Midgley, Jacqueline Hayes and Mick Cooper