The Therapist's Notebook for Children and Adolescents: Homework, Handouts, and Activities for Use in Psychotherapy

by Sori; Catherine Ford

• ISBN13: 9780789010964
• ISBN10: 0789010968
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-03-07
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Giving professionals the edge in aiding children and adolescents with their feelings, this work explains how to incorporate play techniques into therapy, provide group therapy to children, and encourage appropriate parental involvement. Includes handouts and activities.

Table of Contents

About the Editors	xiii
Contributors	xv
Foreword	xxi
Eliana Gil
Preface	xxiii
Therapist Attitudes About Play	xxvii
Catherine Ford Sori
Acknowledgments	xxxi
SECTION I: DEALING WITH CHILDREN'S FEELINGS
Feeling Faces Prevent Scary Places	3	(6)
Nancee Biank
Catherine Ford Sori
Deflating Fear	9	(9)
Catherine Ford
Sori Nancee Biank
A Child's Impossible and Scariest Tasks	18	(7)
Nancee Biank
Catherine Ford Sori
Soaring Above Stress: Using Relaxation and Visualization with Anxious Children	25	(15)
Catherine Ford Sori
Nancee Biank
Getting to Know the Characters Inside Me: Children Coping with Thoughts and Feelings	40	(9)
Megan L. Dolbin
SECTION II: THE USE OF PLAY IN THERAPY
Play Genograms	49	(8)
Eliana Gil
Strengthening Parent-Child Attachment with Play: Filial Play Therapy	57	(7)
Rise VanFleet
Using Play to Help Parents Share Difficult Information with Young Children	64	(7)
Catherine Ford Sori
Nancy Nickell
Explaining to Parents the Use of Play in Family Therapy	71	(8)
Linda Wark
Family Sandplay: Strengthening the Parent-Child Bond	79	(4)
Lenore McWey
Nikki Ruble
Spin Me a Yarn: Breaking the Ice and Warming the Heart	83	(9)
Catherine Ford Sori
Nancee Biank
Co-Art: A Joining Activity for Therapists and Younger Clients	92	(4)
Liddy B. Hope
Using LIFE to Explore Children's Worlds	96	(7)
Stephanie Malench
Lorna L. Hecker
SECTION III: SPECIFIC CHILDHOOD PROBLEMS
Learning and School-Related Problems in Childhood	103	(9)
Robert Sholtes
Superman versus the Monster: Assisting a Young Child with Nightmares	112	(4)
Lorna L. Hecker
``Mommy Is a Restless Sleeper''	116	(9)
Lorna L. Hecker
Secret Signals Soothe Separation Stress	125	(7)
Linda L. Richardson
A Brief Assessment of Social Competency Skills in Preschool and Early Elementary School Children	132	(11)
Diane E. Karther
Jeanne Thibo Karns
SECTION IV: DEALING WITH ILLNESS, TRAUMA, AND BEREAVEMENT
Children's Understanding of Death	143	(7)
Jeanne Thibo Karns
Tips for Parents When There Is Illness in the Family	150	(7)
Nancee Biank
Catherine Ford Sori
Scrapbooking During Traumatic and Transitional Events	157	(6)
Jeanne Thibo Karns
Animal-Assisted Therapy for Sexually Abused Children	163	(8)
Elisabeth Reichert
SECTION V: YOUTHS/ADOLESCENTS
Using Adolescents As Consultants in Therapy	171	(9)
C. Everett Bailey
Creating a Participating Role for Adolescents in Group and Family Therapy	180	(5)
Daniel J. Wiener
Silent Scream: Opening Adolescent Communication	185	(7)
Catherine Ford Sori
The Places You'll Go: Developing Hope and Self-Efficacy	192	(7)
James Patrick Ward
Therapeutic Letters to Young Persons	199	(5)
David Pare
Mary Ann Majchrzak Rombach
Parental Involvement in an Adolescent's Career Decision Process	204	(7)
Hemla D. Singaravelu
Tammy B. Bringaze
Improving Behavior and Identities of Youths: Exploring and Creating Culturally Relevant Masks	211	(7)
Dominicus W. So
Maia C. Coleman
Philippa S. Stuart
Judge and Jury: A Creative Approach to Discussing Sex with Teens	218	(7)
Liddy B. Hope
SECTION VI: SPECIFIC APPROACHES OR INTERVENTIONS
The Use of Consultants in Play Therapy: Narrative Practices with Young Children	225	(5)
Susan K. Sholtes
Integrating Externalization and Scaling Questions: Using Visual Scaling to Amplify Children's Voices	230	(7)
Lee Shilts
Barry L. Duncan
Becoming the Author of Your Life: Writing Stories of Change	237	(5)
Megan L. Dolbin
Jumanji	242	(5)
Katherine A. Milewski-Hertlein
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Getting to Know a Child's World Through Photographs	247	(5)
Anna L. Bower
Lorna L. Hecker
Champion Pack	252	(9)
Katherine A. Milewski-Hertlein
SECTION VII: FAMILY ISSUES
The Family Play Planner: Playing Together, Staying Together	261	(9)
Toni Schindler Zimmerman
Kidsculpt: Children's Role in Marital and Family Therapy	270	(9)
Catherine Ford Sori
Special Time Activities	279	(12)
Jody R. Kussin
Ann-Marie Martinez
Anger Collage	291	(5)
Katherine A. Milewski-Hertlein
Director's Chair	296	(6)
Katherine A. Milewski-Hertlein
Using Children's Books in Family Therapy	302	(21)
Linda Wark
Julie Johnson
Lisa Abrahamson
SECTION VIII: PARENT EDUCATION AND INTERVENTION
The Parent's Guide to Good Divorce Behavior	323	(7)
Lorna L. Hecker
Catherine Ford Sori
Ten Commandments for Stepfamilies	330	(6)
Catherine Ford Sori
Lorna L. Hecker
Helping Parents Understand and Use Natural and Logical Consequences	336	(6)
Dana Edwards
Helping Parents Use the Time-Out Procedure	342	(7)
Lorna L. Hecker
Catherine Ford Sori
Index	349