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

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. | Principle-Guided Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents The FIRST Program for Behavioral and Emotional Problems