Therapy To Go : Gourmet Fast Food Handouts for Working with Child, Adolescent and Family Clients

This convenient collection of handouts provides a wide range of ready-made activities for all kinds of therapists working on a professional level with child and adolescent clients and their families. There are activities in this book suitable for any therapist, whether trained as a counsellor, psychologist, social worker, family or child therapist, psychiatrist or psychotherapist. The handouts provide creative approaches to a variety of presenting problems, including anxiety, anger, depression and family issues, and the age-range appropriate to each activity is indicated on the handouts. Fully photocopiable, the tools can be used to complement or expand upon a young client's treatment plan by selecting the activities that will help them best to meet their therapeutic goals. This practical set of therapy tools will be invaluable in saving time for the busy therapist. There is also a companion volume, ''Therapy To Go: Gourmet Fast Food Handouts for Working with Adult Clients''. FRONT COVER......Page 1 Therapy To Go; Gourmet Fast Food Handouts for Working with Child, Adolescent and Family Clients......Page 5 Menu......Page 7 How to use this book......Page 9 Why worksheets?......Page 10 Clinical issues......Page 11 Acknowledgments......Page 12 Starters......Page 13 1.1 Rapport building......Page 15 1.2 Boundaries and goals for therapy......Page 22 1.3 Unfolding the Story......Page 31 2.1 Exploring and expressing emotions......Page 39 2.2 Monitoring......Page 48 2.3 Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)......Page 54 2.4 Emotional regulation......Page 66 2.5 Goal-setting......Page 72 2.6 Problem-solving......Page 79 Main Course......Page 85 3.1 Psycho-education and increasing awareness......Page 87 3.2 Anxiety reduction strategies......Page 95 3.3 Cognitive behavioural strategies foranxiety......Page 103 4.1 Psycho-education......Page 109 4.2 Behavioural strategies for depression......Page 115 4.3 Cognitive strategies for depression......Page 121 5.1 Psycho-education......Page 124 5.2 Motivation for managing anger......Page 131 5.3 Anger Management......Page 137 6.1 Friendships......Page 142 6.2 Assertiveness......Page 162 6.3 Safety and empowerment......Page 174 Dessert......Page 189 7.1 Family story......Page 191 7.2 Connectedness......Page 199 7.4 Problem-solving......Page 221 7.3 Parenting......Page 206 8.1 Building self-esteem......Page 229 8.2 Body image......Page 235 8.3 Staying on track......Page 245 FRONT COVER 1 Therapy To Go; Gourmet Fast Food Handouts for Working with Child, Adolescent and Family Clients 5 Menu 7 APPETISERS 9 How to use this book 9 Why worksheets? 10 Clinical issues 11 About the author 12 Acknowledgments 12 Starters 13 SECTION 1 – GETTING STARTED 15 1.1 Rapport building 15 1.2 Boundaries and goals for therapy 22 1.3 Unfolding the Story 31 SECTION 2 – THERAPY BASIC 39 2.1 Exploring and expressing emotions 39 2.2 Monitoring 48 2.3 Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) 54 2.4 Emotional regulation 66 2.5 Goal-setting 72 2.6 Problem-solving 79 Main Course 85 SECTION 3 – ANXIETY ISSUES 87 3.1 Psycho-education and increasing awareness 87 3.2 Anxiety reduction strategies 95 3.3 Cognitive behavioural strategies foranxiety 103 SECTION 4 – DEPRESSIVE ISSUES 109 4.1 Psycho-education 109 4.2 Behavioural strategies for depression 115 4.3 Cognitive strategies for depression 121 SECTION 5 – ANGER ISSUES 124 5.1 Psycho-education 124 5.2 Motivation for managing anger 131 5.3 Anger Management 137 SECTION 6 – COMMUNICATION SKILLS 142 6.1 Friendships 142 6.2 Assertiveness 162 6.3 Safety and empowerment 174 Dessert 189 SECTION 7 – FAMILY ISSUES 191 7.1 Family story 191 7.2 Connectedness 199 7.4 Problem-solving 221 7.3 Parenting 206 SECTION 8 – RESILIENCE 229 8.1 Building self-esteem 229 8.2 Body image 235 8.3 Staying on track 245 "This convenient collection of handouts provides a wide range of ready-made activities for all kinds of therapists working on a professional level with child and adolescent clients and their families." "There are activities in this book suitable for any therapist, whether trained as a counsellor, psychologist, social worker, family or child therapist, psychiatrist or psychotherapist. The handouts provide creative approaches to a variety of presenting problems, including anxiety, anger, depression and family issues, and the age-range appropriate to each activity is indicated on the handouts. Fully photocopiable, the tools can be used to complement or expand upon a young client's treatment plan by selecting the activities that will help them best to meet their therapeutic goals."--Jacket This convenient collection of handouts provides a range of activities for all kinds of therapists working on a professional level with child and adolescent clients and their families. The fully-photocopiable handouts provide creative approaches to a variety of problems, and can be used to complement or expand upon a young client's treatment plan.