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Treating Troubled Children and Their Families

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by Ellen F. Wachtel. J.D., Ph.D.

CE Credits: 18 hours

Book and Test: $155

Test Only: $125

Presents an integrative approach, drawing on family systems, psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral perspectives. Provides the clinician with valuable assessment and intervention strategies. Incorporates clinical detail throughout the text. (312 pp.)

Ellen F. Wachtel, JD, PhD, has taught and supervised individual and family therapy in the doctoral programs at New York University and the City University of New York, as well as at Roosevelt Hospital and Ackerman Institute for the Family. She is in private practice in New York City.

Contents Include:

The Child as an Individual: An Introduction to Child-in-Family Therapy
Meeting the Parents Alone: Understanding Their Concerns
Getting the Most Out of Family Meetings
Knowing the Child In Depth: A Clinical Guide to Effective Individual Sessions
Anxiety, Adaptational Styles, and Defense Mechanisms
Essential Psychodynamic Concepts
Interventions Based on Psychodynamic Formulations
Interventions Based on Behavioral Formulations
Pulling It All Together: Five Illustrative Case Studies

Number of Test Questions:

90 objective, 1 discussion question

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this course, the participant will be able to:

describe innovative ways to interact with young children in the therapy session in order to encourage the expression of feelings.
organize and evaluate information from different sessions, using the child-in-family model.
address parental concerns.
identify anxiety, adaptational styles and defense mechanisms.
describe key psychodynamic concepts.
develop active interventions in working with families/children, based upon psychodynamic formulations.
implement family systems interventions in work with families/children.
apply behavioral interventions in work with families/children.
identify key issues in the case studies presented by the author.

Level:

This course is appropriate for all levels of experience, including beginning, intermediate and advanced practitioners.

Target Audience:

Psychologists, Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists who work with children and families, as well as those who have limited experience with children.