Essential research findings in child and adolescent counselling and psychotherapy / edited by Nick Midgley, Jacqueline Hayes and Mick Cooper

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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.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• About the editors and contributors (p. viii)
• Acknowledgements (p. xi)
• 1 Introduction: What can child therapists learn from research? (p. 1)
• 2 Epidemiology: Are mental health problems in children and young people really a big issue? (p. 14)
• 3 Neurobiology, attachment and trauma: The development of mental health problems in children and young people (p. 32)
• 4 Therapy outcomes: Is child therapy effective? (p. 59)
• 5 Therapy outcomes: What works for whom? (p. 79)
• 6 What leads to change? I. Common factors in child therapy (p. 119)
• 7 What leads to change? II. Therapeutic techniques and practices with children and young people (p. 148)
• 8 Conclusion (p. 174)
• Glossary (p. 179)
• Index (p. 189)

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