Doing Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy

Richard Bromfield is a faculty member of Harvard Medical School’s Massachusetts Mental Health Center. He has written extensively about children, psychotherapy, and family life, and maintains a private practice with children and adult clients.

• What’s New to the Second Edition ixPreface to the First Edition xiiiAcknowledgments xvTo the Reader xviiPart I The Essentials1 Easy Does It: Beginning Therapy 32 Can I Help You? Evaluating the Child and Offering Treatment 153 The Not-So-Magic of Therapy: How Therapy Works 294 Do Fence Me In: The Bounds and Limits 475 Tell Me Where It Hurts: On Talking and Querying 63Part II Techniques and Tools6 The Lowdown on High Drama: Playing with Puppets and Action Figures 777 Shoot, Topple, and Roll: Using Games, Building Toys, and Guns 898 Drawing Out the Child: Artwork in Therapy 1059 All Together Now: Balancing Play and Talk 12510 Pushing the Envelope: On Giving, Telling, and Other Exceptions 141Part III The Rest11 Handle with Care: Working with Parents 16112 Handle with Care, Part II: More Work with Parents 17713 On Brotherly Love and Musical Chairs: Family Work 18714 Talking Heads: Working with Schools and Other Agencies 19915 Hard Times: Unwilling Patients and Therapeutic Crises 20916 Getting to Know You, Getting to Know Me: aRace, Religion, and Culture 22717 When Therapy Is Not Enough: Medication 23918 I Can Name That Tune in Six Sessions: Managed Care and Evidence-Based Treatment 24919 All’s Well That Ends Well: Closing Therapy 261References 277Index 283About the Author 293

"In this updated text, psychologist Richard Bromfield, Ph.D. opens a window into child therapy at its best. Highly recommended, this lively volume will be of great interest to professionals working in clinic or office practice, as well as to experienced clinicians who teach or supervise child psychotherapy." (New England Psychologist, July 2009) "…is a comprehensive yet coherent guide to counseling youth. He gives the social work student and current practitioner a realistic view of working with children." (Socialworker.com, 7/2008)"Through an accessible and contemporary overview of psychodynamic work with adolescents, this book draws from the author's years of experience as a practitioner with children, adolescents, and families. This second volume is colorfully written, and full of rich clinical insights written in plain language." (Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, June 2008)"'Doing Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy' is excellent--engaging, fun, educational, and thought provoking. It would be a great addition to the library of both the novice and the experienced therapist."—Abigail L. Donovan, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital (JAACAP, June 2008)