Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches to Child and Adolescent Mental Health: Theory, Practice, Research, Applications.

ISBN-13: 9783030539030 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 564 str.

Michael Bernard; Mark D. Terjesen

Spis treści

Part I: Foundations of Theory, Research and Practice.- Rational-Emotive Behavioral Approaches to Childhood Disorders: History, Theory.- Research and Measurement.- Becoming an Effective RE-CBT Therapist in Working with Children and Adolescents: Development of Your Skillset.- Group Therapy with Children and Adolescents.- Counselling Parents.- Family Therapy.- Promoting Self-Acceptance among Children and Adolescents.- Building Resilience in Youth.- Part II. Disorders and Problems of Childhood.- Anxiety, Fears and Phobia.- Trauma.- Depression.- Suicidal and Non-Suicidal Self-Injurious Behavior.- Anger and Conduct Disorders.- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.- Eating Disorders.- Autism Spectrum Disorders.- Parental Loss.- Bullying.- Sleep.- Educational Underachievement.-  LGBTQI.- Part III. Applications.- Rational-Emotive Education as Social-Emotional Learning.- Parent Education.- Teacher Stress Management.- Technologies in RE, CBT.

O autorze

Michael E. Bernard, Ph.D. is an international consultant to universities, organizations, educational authorities and governments.  He is a Professor at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne Graduate School of Education and is an Emeritus Professor, California State University, Long Beach. He is the Founder of You Can Do It!  Education  a program for promoting student social-emotional well-being and achievement that is being used in over 6,000 schools in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, England, Romania and North America. He is an author/editor of 14 books on REBT.

·         Served for eight years as Editor-in-Charge, Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy

·         Professor Bernard was a co-founder of the Australian Institute for Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy

·         Trained over 1,000 mental health practitioners in REBT

·         He is the author of over 50+ books, 30+ book chapters, and 30+ journal articles in areas associated with student wellbeing and achievement, peak performance, resilience and positive parenting.

Mark D. Terjesen received his Ph.D. in clinical and school psychology from Hofstra University and completed his pre-doctoral internship at the Albert Ellis Institute.  He currently is an associate professor and faculty member in the doctoral program in school psychology at St. John’s University. Dr. Terjesen is a licensed psychologist and a certified school psychologist. Dr. Terjesen is a fellow of the Albert Ellis Institute and does research in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) and Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). Dr. Terjesen has worked at developing educational training programs built around an REBT/CBT model in Australia and Vietnam. A fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 52: International), Dr. Terjesen has received grant support for a number of REBT-related international research projects. He is the past-President of the New York State Psychological Association School Division, past-President of the Trainers of School Psychologists, and has served as the Treasurer of Division 16 (school) of the APA and President of Division 52 (International). He has over 30 publications with many relating to REBT and cognitive behavior therapy.

Blurb

This book is a newly revised version of the highly influential text, Rational Emotive Behavioral Approaches to Childhood Disorders: Theory, Practice and Research, based on an earlier volume by Bernard and Ellis. The revised edition incorporates recent significant advances in applying this approach to younger populations, updates best practice guidelines, and discusses the burgeoning use of technology to deliver mental health services.Featuring content from experts across a variety of areas, the book provides clinical guidance to a range of professionals working with children, including counselors, social workers, clinical and school psychologists. It also offers extensive illustrated material, self-test questions, and other useful resources to aid with use as a graduate level text or training reference.

Among the topics addressed:

• Developing therapeutic skillsets for working with children and adolescents
• Promoting self-acceptance in youth
• Building resilience in youth
• Parent counselling and education
• Teacher stress management

Cognitive-Behavioral, Rational Emotive Treatment of Childhood Problems highlights the potential for evidence-based services to reach and positively influence child and adolescent populations that remain underserved by today’s clinical and educational systems.