Children with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: Systemic Practice
Anyone interested in a practical text that highlights the necessary steps to conduct a systemically based treatment that integrates thorough assessment and CBT interventions, will find Children with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: Systemic Practice, a highly useful book. -- Scott Browning, Ph.D., ABPP, Professor, Department of Professional Psychology, Chestnut Hill College
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This concise book is for students and therapists who wish to develop competencies in family therapy and systemic practice with children. Using a fictional clinical case, the book describes the contributions of couple and family psychology (CFP) to the understanding and treatment of emotional and behavioral disorders among children ages 2 to 12. CFP competencies are presented and applied to the case of a nine-year-old girl with school refusal and behavior problems.
The book describes how a systemic perspective affects clinical decisions from intake to treatment termination. Specific competencies discussed include: scientific knowledge, assessment, evidencebased practice, intervention, individual and cultural diversity, ethical and legal standards, and reflective practice. Readers will come away from this book with a clear sense of how to conceptualize and treat common childhood emotional and behavioral disorders from a systemic perspective.
