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Notes from a Child Psychologist features ten composite case studies based on the author's work over three decades as a psychologist for children and adolescents. Dr. Propp takes readers through a patient's treatment intervention in session-by-session sequence so you can experience what it's like to sit-in on child, adolescent, and family therapy sessions. Readers can see the progression of how a child struggles with a problem and then returns to treatment as an adolescent dealing with the same issue in a different way. Each chapter focuses on a different case, and the child and adolescent concerns include attention deficit disorder, autism, gender identity, violence, anger, substance abuse, childhood trauma, the effects of divorce on children, adoption, parenting, and poverty. All of the childhood difficulties are examined within the context of family patterns of behavior. Engaging and jargon-free, this resource is beneficial for practicing child psychologists, as well as upper undergraduate and graduate students as a supplementary text.

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At long last, a book that brings the reader into the play therapy office. With warmth and humor, Dr. Propp shares his deep understanding of children and families through stories of psychotherapy. The reader joins the therapeutic journeys of 10 different youth with all the nuances, twists and turns, from the first meeting to the closing session. As a teacher of graduate students, a supervisor of therapists-in-training, and a practicing child psychologist, I applaud Dr. Propp for writing a book that fills a gap in the available literature. Notes from a Child Psychologist should be read by all therapists who work with or aspire to work with children. --Geri Fuhrmann, PsyD, professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, UMass Chan Medical School; adjunct faculty, William James College

A worthwhile read for anyone drawn to the power of play therapy and beyond, as revealed through the experience of a remarkably compassionate child psychologist. --Denise Main, executive director, Sunrise Family Resource Center At long last, a book that brings the reader into the play therapy office. With warmth and humor, Dr. Propp shares his deep understanding of children and families through stories of psychotherapy. The reader joins the therapeutic journeys of 10 different youth with all the nuances, twists and turns, from the first meeting to the closing session. As a teacher of graduate students, a supervisor of therapists-in-training, and a practicing child psychologist, I applaud Dr. Propp for writing a book that fills a gap in the available literature. Notes from a Child Psychologist should be read by all therapists who work with or aspire to work with children. --Geri Fuhrmann, PsyD, professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, UMass Chan Medical School; adjunct faculty, William James College In Notes from a Child Psychologist, Dr. Propp has opened his heart, and his office door, to the children and families who need him. You'll root for their success and marvel at his mastery of the transformational power of play. This book is an eye-opener for mental health professionals of every stripe. --Helene Presskreischer, PsyD

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Louis Propp, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist who has been in private practice for over 36 years. He conducts weekly online supervision for home-based workers and maintains a small teletherapy practice in Maine. He has also consulted for almost 35 years for a family resource center in Vermont. He has previously taught different graduate-level psychology courses in child psychology at Antioch University New England. He is a member of the Maine, Vermont, and American Psychological Associations, as well as the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards. His first position was in upstate New York, doing play therapy in a school for emotionally disturbed children. In 1984, he became director of a satellite community mental health clinic in Vermont. After three years, he left the clinic and joined a small private practice group. In the 1990s, he helped transition the group into a large, multi-specialty practice to deal with the restrictions of managed care. In 2010, with his wife, Kristin, he formed a private practice focused on children, adolescents, and families. They relocated the practice to the state of Maine in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Propp continues to see patients remotely in Vermont and Maine.

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