| Child Anxiety Disorders: A Family-Based Treatment Manual for Practitioners Contributor(s): McLeod, Bryce D. (Author), Wood, Jeffrey J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393705404 ISBN-13: 9780393705409 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $30.40 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2008 Annotation: A hands-on toolkit for clinicians to effectively resolve childhood anxiety. Presenting a clinically proven treatment protocol based on a collaborative, family-based approach, this book incorporates family therapy strategies and CBT techniques in a session-by-session format to help clinicians and caregivers treat one of the most common psychiatric problems experienced by school-age kids. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychotherapy - Child & Adolescent - Medical | Pediatrics |
| Dewey: 618.928 |
| LCCN: 2007029908 |
| Series: Norton Professional Books (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.09" H x 6.22" W x 9.87" (1.27 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ranging from mild and transient to severe and intractable, high levels of anxiety in children can lead to avoiding school, not participating in class, shying away from peer groups, worrying persistently, or even experiencing phobias and acute separation anxiety from parents. Despite the prevalence, effective, evidence-based therapeutic strategies for helping children overcome anxiety have been lacking, leaving psychologists, school counselors, and other child mental health professionals to rely on more generalized CBT and individual therapy approaches that don't necessarily target the problems at issue. In Child Anxiety Disorders, Wood and McLeod present a clinically-proven treatment protocol based on a collaborative, family-based intervention approach--one that has seen remission rates of 80% in children. Incorporating family therapy strategies and targeted CBT techniques, the authors lay out session-by-session guidelines for implementing the protocol, offering all those who work with and counsel children a hands-on toolkit to effectively resolve childhood anxiety, whether generalized or severe in nature. Preliminary chapters cover anxiety typologies, screening and assessment techniques, family and genetic influences, the nature of evidence-based practices, and other clinical considerations, such as pharmacotherapy. The second part of the book, the treatment manual, presents the 15-session protocol, including optional family therapy modules to strengthen family interactions, and worksheets and handouts to be used in and out of the therapy room. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wood, Jeffrey J.: - Jeffrey J. Wood, Ph.D., is a licensed child psychologist and Assistant Professor at UCLA's Division of Psychological Studies in Education. His research on childhood anxiety has been recognized through numerous awards, including the Early Career Award of the American Educational Research Association's Counseling and Human Development Division.McLeod, Bryce D.: - Bryce D. McLeod, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University. |