Cognitive Therapy with Children and Adolescents, Second Edition: A Casebook for Clinical Practice

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Summary: Individual reports discuss modular therapy
Review: The collaborative and editorial effort of Mark A. Reinecke (Associate Professor and Chief of the Division of Psychology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine), Frank M. Dattilio (Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard University Medical School), and Arthur Freeman (Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine), and now in a second and fully updated edition, Cognitive Therapy With Children And Adolescents: A Casebook For Clinical Practice is comprised of contributions drawn from a wide selection of experienced and knowledgeable specialists concerning working with young folks who have special emotional and cognitive needs. Individual reports discuss modular therapy for adolescents with major depression; oppositional defiant disorder and its treatments; ways of treating obsessive-compulsive disorder; strategies to build self-esteem; dealing with family problems, and more. An insightful and highly recommended selection of difficult examples and individual cases, Cognitive Therapy With Children And Adolescents is a welcome and impressive addition to academic and professional reference collections and reading lists.