Counseling: New Books

Provides a broad introduction to prevention in psychology and the tools, resources, and knowledge to develop and implement evidence-based prevention programs. Includes culturally-informed examples from across the lifespan.

Drawing from personal experiences, journal articles, textbooks, and excerpts by numerous professional school counselors, this practical guide is a valuable toolkit for professional development.

Guide to supporting young people in treating decision making as an essential and learnable skill. Includes practical tips on when and how to talk to teenagers to show how decisions can transform problems into opportunities.

Looks at the psychology behind student anxiety and includes strategies and techniques (including formative assessment) to reduce the anxiety of the children they work with and to support the wellbeing of the wider educational community.

Packed with imaginative ideas and practical suggestions, this essential book combines theory with tried and tested practice to inspire teachers to use the pedagogy of play and enhance children's learning experience.

Offers a comprehensive guide to the importance of integrating cultural understanding and sensitivity into every aspect of substance use treatment,

A notable expert with over 30years' of experience in the areas of addictive disorders and group psychotherapy provides an effective integration the 12-step approach to addiction treatment.

International experts explore the complex and continuing needs of people in long-term recovery and put forward clear recommendations for improving research, policy and practice.

Takes a comprehensive approach, from neurophysiology to epidemiology to clinical practice, and explains the processes driving maintenance of chronic pain, persistent depression, and long-term prescription opioid use, as well as taper and buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder

Explores research addressing post-migration mental health symptoms, family disharmony because of different rates of acculturation between parents and children, and academic success. Includes affirmative counseling approaches and how to practice in culturally responsive ways.

Theoretical foundation for communication and language impairments specific to autism and differences among individuals. Includes assessment and intervention recommendations.

This edited collection aims to help therapists understand and apply concepts of systemic resilience in clinical practice, supporting them in conceptualizing cases, treatment planning, and developing supportive therapeutic relationships.

Includes practical tips, exercises, case studies and self-assessment checklists on how to acknowledge trauma, cultural and spiritual aspects of transition, and specific advise on supporting older trans people.

Draws on a three-year research project examining effects of digital technologies on under six-year-olds' experiences in the UK and Australia. Includes family interviews and ethnographic data from observation and exchanges with the children.

Examines eighteen contemporary issues and their impact on the biological, psychological, and social domains in adolescents.

Provides a broad survey of counseling concepts and techniques for different marginalized ethnic and cultural groups, it is at once practical and easily understood.

Provides a research-informed, practical strategy for how schools can develop and implement a systemic and realistic school-wide approach.

Written by speech and language therapists and designed exclusively for Early Years practitioners, this book provides a complete overview of how children acquire language and what language impairments look like at this age.

Tells the story of Frances "Geri" Roossie, who was born into an Odawa family in Michigan and developed tribally centered programs for addiction and family health, including the first Native American Recovery Group.

Reviews evidence-based treatments for PTSD and other trauma-related problems, and substance misuse, and presents an integrative, culturally responsive framework for assessment and treatment planning.

This therapist manual provides an overview of the general strategies used in the treatment of anxiety in children. The treatment manual is coordinated with the revised Coping Cat Workbook. There is a chapter devoted to each of the sixteen therapy sessions that appear in the Coping Cat Workbook;, with explanations of and a rationale for the activities.

Empirically-supported CBT to reduce anxious distress in youth. This newest edition is a revision of the original Coping Cat Workbook by Philip Kendall that has been in use since 1992. Sixteen therapy sessions promote coping skills for dealing with anxiety. The program can be adapted for use with individual youth or with groups. Appendices include "situation cards" with three levels of difficulty, a "feelings barometer," as well as other cut-outs and a certificate of achievement

The treatment manual is coordinated with the Brief Coping Cat: The 8-Session Coping Cat Workbook. There is a chapter devoted to each of the sessions that appear in the accompanying workbook, and each chapter provides stated goals and explains the rationale for the treatment activities.

CBT is an empirically-supported approach to reduce anxious distress in youth. This newest version of CBT reduces the Coping Cat program to 8 sessions. Sessions teach about anxiety and its management promote coping skills for dealing with anxiety and introduce exposure tasks..