Brain-Based Therapy with Children and Adolescents

Written in an accessible way, Brain-Based Therapy shows clinicians how they can become more effective therapists by understanding and applying recent findings about the brain in their work with children and adolescents. The result is a new kind of therapy, one that takes into account both the uniqueness of each child or adolescent, as well as the requirements of standardized care as recommend by evidence based practice-offering mental health professionals advice they can put into practice immediately.

Relying on research in development neurobiology, brain imaging, and evidence-based psycho-therapeutic practices, the authors, experts in both neuroscience and evidence-based practice, cover: