Child-Friendly Therapy:
Biopsychosocial Innovations for Children and Families

Marcia B. Stern

Overview – Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part I      Words Are Not Enough: A Biopsychosocial approach

1. Child-friendly Therapy: An Overview
2. Principles and Practices: General Anchors and Guides
3. Principles and Practices: Strategically Organized Sessions

Part II      Assessment

4. Keeping the Brain in Mind: A Brain Primer
5. Zoom Out: Focusing on the Family and School
6. Zoom In: Focusing on the Child and Individual Factors

Part III      Treatment in Action: Sending Therapy Home

7. Child and Family Work: Attachment, Affect Regulation, and the Family
8. A Group Intervention for Children with Learning Disabilities and Their Families: A Biopsychosocial Approach
9. Partings and Parting Thoughts

About the Author

Marcia Stern, Psy.D., is a psychologist, family therapist, and international workshop leader. She is on the faculties at Ackerman Institute for the Family and New York University Child Study Center, and is a clinical assistant professor at the NYU School of Medicine.Collaborating with the Unique Minds Project, she authored the Unique Minds Program for Children with Learning Disabilities and their Families (manual with videotape available from Norton, ISBN 0-967-33050-5).

ISBN: 0-393-70355-X
February, 2002
Hardcover, 380 pages