Principle-Guided Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents: The First Program for Behavioral and Emotional Problems

By John R. Weisz and Sarah Kate Bearman

Book Overview

Presenting a fresh approach to child and adolescent therapy, this book identifies five principles at the heart of the most potent evidence-based treatments--and shows how to apply them. Clinicians learn efficient, engaging ways to teach the skills of Feeling Calm, Increasing Motivation, Repairing Thoughts, Solving Problems, and Trying the Opposite (FIRST) to 5- to 15-year-olds and their parents. FIRST principles can be used flexibly and strategically in treatment of problems including anxiety, posttraumatic stress, depression, and misconduct. In a convenient large-size format, the book features 37 reproducible parent handouts, decision trees, and other clinical tools. Purchasers get access to a companion website where they can download and print these materials, plus Spanish-language versions of selected parent handouts.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1462542247
• ISBN13: 9781462542246
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.0" x 10.4"