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What can child and adolescent counsellors and therapists learn from research? What evidence is there for the effectiveness of different therapies and techniques? How can developmental or neuroscience research inform or inspire therapeutic work with young people? This book provides the answers to these questions, and more. Leading experts in the field take you through the latest research findings in child and adolescent therapy, discussing how each is relevant to the work of practitioners. Today, both therapists and trainees need to be aware of, and engage with, research findings. The book presents, accessibly, the current best knowledge and its implications for practice.

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Endorsement: Evidence and therapeutic process that could be viewed as 'either or' in the past, are masterly integrated into the current state of 'both and'. Contributions by experts in this interface demonstrate the compatibility between humanities and sciences in real life practice and services. The text combines universal counselling and psychotherapy issues with specific therapeutic frameworks for children and young people with mental health problems. 'Tweaked' endorsement: With contributions from a range of experts, the text offers specific therapeutic guidance for working effectively with children and young people with mental health problems, drawing on the latest research evidence. -- Panos Vostanis Essential Research Findings in Child and Adolescent Counselling and Psychotherapy makes an invaluable contribution to research-informed practice with younger clients. Written by some of the leading figures in the field, it provides practitioners with an authoritative and accessible overview of up-to-date scientific knowledge. -- John McLeod Endorsement: There are two strongly held narratives around today about what makes for a good counsellor or psychotherapist: the narrative of 'clinical experience' verses the narrative of 'research evidence'. This book skillfully brings these two narratives together into a coherent and complementary whole. It provides an engaging overview of research in the field of children and young peoples psychological therapies written by some of the world leaders in the field. It is not a book about research but more helpfully, it is a book about how to understand and use research evidence, to blend with clinical experience, to become a better therapist. It is one of the most accessible and comprehensive summaries of the research evidence that I have read - essential for all who are serious about their therapeutic practice. Duncan Law is a Consultant Clinical Associate at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Young People, an Honorary Senior Lecturer at University College London and Director of MindMonkey Associates -- Duncan Law

There are two strongly held narratives around today about what makes for a good counsellor or psychotherapist: the narrative of `clinical experience' verses the narrative of `research evidence'. This book skillfully brings these two narratives together into a coherent and complementary whole. It provides an engaging overview of research in the field of children and young peoples psychological therapies written by some of the world leaders in the field. It is not a book about research but more helpfully, it is a book about how to understand and use research evidence, to blend with clinical experience, to become a better therapist. It is one of the most accessible and comprehensive summaries of the research evidence that I have read - essential for all who are serious about their therapeutic practice. -- Duncan Law With contributions from a range of experts, the text offers specific therapeutic guidance for working effectively with children and young people with mental health problems, drawing on the latest research evidence. -- Panos Vostanis Essential Research Findings in Child and Adolescent Counselling and Psychotherapy makes an invaluable contribution to research-informed practice with younger clients. Written by some of the leading figures in the field, it provides practitioners with an authoritative and accessible overview of up-to-date scientific knowledge. -- John McLeod This is a ground breaking book for counsellors and psychotherapists working with children and young people. The contributors acknowledge the scepticism of many practitioners in relation to adopting an evidence based approach and each chapter is likely to provoke debate and discussion. For me the power of this book lies in the way the authors employ their own self-reflexivity to model an approach to evidence-based practice, and suggest ways their readers might set about finding and examining evidence themselves. Through reading this work, each of us may, indeed, become research-invigorated . -- Professor Miranda Wolpert This book is the 'go-to' resource for all those involved in supporting young people. -- Andrew Reeves

Endorsement: Evidence and therapeutic process that could be viewed as 'either or' in the past, are masterly integrated into the current state of 'both and'. Contributions by experts in this interface demonstrate the compatibility between humanities and sciences in real life practice and services. The text combines universal counselling and psychotherapy issues with specific therapeutic frameworks for children and young people with mental health problems. 'Tweaked' endorsement: With contributions from a range of experts, the text offers specific therapeutic guidance for working effectively with children and young people with mental health problems, drawing on the latest research evidence. -- Panos Vostanis Essential Research Findings in Child and Adolescent Counselling and Psychotherapy makes an invaluable contribution to research-informed practice with younger clients. Written by some of the leading figures in the field, it provides practitioners with an authoritative and accessible overview of up-to-date scientific knowledge. -- John McLeod Endorsement: There are two strongly held narratives around today about what makes for a good counsellor or psychotherapist: the narrative of 'clinical experience' verses the narrative of 'research evidence'. This book skillfully brings these two narratives together into a coherent and complementary whole. It provides an engaging overview of research in the field of children and young peoples psychological therapies written by some of the world leaders in the field. It is not a book about research but more helpfully, it is a book about how to understand and use research evidence, to blend with clinical experience, to become a better therapist. It is one of the most accessible and comprehensive summaries of the research evidence that I have read - essential for all who are serious about their therapeutic practice. Duncan Law is a Consultant Clinical Associate at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Young People, an Honorary Senior Lecturer at University College London and Director of MindMonkey Associates -- Duncan Law Endorsement: This is a ground breaking book for counsellors and psychotherapists. The authors acknowledge the scepticism of many practitioners in relation to adopting an evidence based approach and there is clearly much to debate as to what constitutes evidence, including what some chapters present here as the evidence , which might helpfully provoke debate and discussion. For me the power of this book lies in the way the authors employ their own self-reflexivity to model an approach to evidence-based practice and suggest ways their readers might set about finding and examining evidence themselves so that each can indeed become research - invigorated . Professor Miranda Wolpert Director of the Evidence Based Practice Unit (UCL and the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families) and of Child Outcomes Research Consortium. Edited version of endorsement: This is a ground breaking book for counsellors and psychotherapists working with children and young people. The contributors acknowledge the scepticism of many practitioners in relation to adopting an evidence based approach and each chapter is likely to provoke debate and discussion. For me the power of this book lies in the way the authors employ their own self-reflexivity to model an approach to evidence-based practice and suggest ways their readers might set about finding and examining evidence themselves. Reading this work each of us may indeed become research - invigorated . Professor Miranda Wolpert Director of the Evidence Based Practice Unit (UCL and the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families) and of Child Outcomes Research Consortium. Final edited version (approved by Miranda): This is a ground breaking book for counsellors and psychotherapists working with children and young people. The contributors acknowledge the scepticism of many practitioners in relation to adopting an evidence based approach and each chapter is likely to provoke debate and discussion. For me the power of this book lies in the way the authors employ their own self-reflexivity to model an approach to evidence-based practice, and suggest ways their readers might set about finding and examining evidence themselves. Through reading this work, each of us may, indeed, become research-invigorated . Professor Miranda Wolpert Director of the Evidence Based Practice Unit (UCL and the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families) and of Child Outcomes Research Consortium. -- Miranda Wolpert

'This book is the 'go-to' resource for all those involved in supporting young people.' Dr Andrew Reeves, Chair, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy -- Andrew Reeves This is a ground breaking book for counsellors and psychotherapists working with children and young people. The contributors acknowledge the scepticism of many practitioners in relation to adopting an evidence based approach and each chapter is likely to provoke debate and discussion. For me the power of this book lies in the way the authors employ their own self-reflexivity to model an approach to evidence-based practice, and suggest ways their readers might set about finding and examining evidence themselves. Through reading this work, each of us may, indeed, become research-invigorated . Professor Miranda Wolpert Director of the Evidence Based Practice Unit (UCL and the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families) and of Child Outcomes Research Consortium. -- Miranda Wolpert Essential Research Findings in Child and Adolescent Counselling and Psychotherapy makes an invaluable contribution to research-informed practice with younger clients. Written by some of the leading figures in the field, it provides practitioners with an authoritative and accessible overview of up-to-date scientific knowledge. -- John McLeod With contributions from a range of experts, the text offers specific therapeutic guidance for working effectively with children and young people with mental health problems, drawing on the latest research evidence. -- Panos Vostanis There are two strongly held narratives around today about what makes for a good counsellor or psychotherapist: the narrative of 'clinical experience' verses the narrative of 'research evidence'. This book skillfully brings these two narratives together into a coherent and complementary whole. It provides an engaging overview of research in the field of children and young peoples psychological therapies written by some of the world leaders in the field. It is not a book about research but more helpfully, it is a book about how to understand and use research evidence, to blend with clinical experience, to become a better therapist. It is one of the most accessible and comprehensive summaries of the research evidence that I have read - essential for all who are serious about their therapeutic practice. -- Duncan Law

'This book is the 'go-to' resource for all those involved in supporting young people.' Dr Andrew Reeves, Chair, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy -- Andrew Reeves This is a ground breaking book for counsellors and psychotherapists working with children and young people. The contributors acknowledge the scepticism of many practitioners in relation to adopting an evidence based approach and each chapter is likely to provoke debate and discussion. For me the power of this book lies in the way the authors employ their own self-reflexivity to model an approach to evidence-based practice, and suggest ways their readers might set about finding and examining evidence themselves. Through reading this work, each of us may, indeed, become research-invigorated . -- Professor Miranda Wolpert Essential Research Findings in Child and Adolescent Counselling and Psychotherapy makes an invaluable contribution to research-informed practice with younger clients. Written by some of the leading figures in the field, it provides practitioners with an authoritative and accessible overview of up-to-date scientific knowledge. -- John McLeod With contributions from a range of experts, the text offers specific therapeutic guidance for working effectively with children and young people with mental health problems, drawing on the latest research evidence. -- Panos Vostanis There are two strongly held narratives around today about what makes for a good counsellor or psychotherapist: the narrative of 'clinical experience' verses the narrative of 'research evidence'. This book skillfully brings these two narratives together into a coherent and complementary whole. It provides an engaging overview of research in the field of children and young peoples psychological therapies written by some of the world leaders in the field. It is not a book about research but more helpfully, it is a book about how to understand and use research evidence, to blend with clinical experience, to become a better therapist. It is one of the most accessible and comprehensive summaries of the research evidence that I have read - essential for all who are serious about their therapeutic practice. -- Duncan Law

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Mick Cooper is Professor of Counselling Psychology at the University of Roehampton, where he is Director of the Centre for Research in Social and Psychological Transformation (CREST). Mick is a chartered psychologist, a UKCP registered psychotherapist, and a Fellow of the BACP. Mick is author and editor of a range of texts on person-centred, existential and relational approaches to therapy; including Working at Relational Depth in Counselling and Psychotherapy (2005, SAGE, with Dave Mearns), Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy 2011, SAGE, with John McLeod) and Existential Therapies (2nd edn, 2017, SAGE). Mick has led a series of research studies exploring the processes and outcomes of humanistic counsel­ling with young people. Mick is the father of four children and lives in Brighton on the south coast of England.

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