|
|
Child Counseling/Play Therapy Videos
DVDs for Teaching, Training, Self Study and Continuing Education
|
 |
|
 |
 |
Gary Stoner, PhD, George J. DuPaul, PhD
Comprehensive, informative and easy to follow, these videos demonstrate a practical approach to assessing and treating ADHD within the schools - a valuable resource for teachers, school counselors, and all mental health practitioners. You'll follow Todd, a 3rd grade student, and a treatment team from his school, as they screen him for ADHD and follow through on a multi-method treatment approach.
|
 |
Jon Carlson, PsyD, EdD
Therapists often find themselves in over their heads when parents seek their advice about a misbehaving child or teen. Watch Jon Carlson conduct an actual parent consultation session and a parenting group with moms who are in power struggles with their teenage children, and see how he masturfully brings the focus away from the child’s behavior and back to the parent’s actions.
|
 |
Karin Heller, MSW
For gay and lesbian teens, coming out can be a complicated and difficult process. In this video, watch real interviews with gay and lesbian teenagers and their parents as they share their experiences of coming out, as well as expert commentary on the special issues these teenagers face at home and at school. Thought provoking and accessible, this video is invaluable for all parents, teachers, and professionals working with teenagers.
|
 |
Constance Ahrons, PhD
In this compelling video, renowned therapist Constance Ahrons demonstrates her groundbreaking approach to working with divorced families. This video depicts a series of productive and poignant therapy sessions with an entire binuclear family. Dr. Ahrons aptly demonstrates how, over time, she brings the reluctant family members together to begin forging a more agreeable, cooperative approach to parenting.
|
 |
Ron Scott, PhD (Series Producer) and 27 Leading Mental Health Professionals
Finally, a comprehensive series dealing with the multitude and complexity of factors that arise in the psychotherapy with gay, lesbian and bisexual individuals, couples and families! This groundbreaking series reflects the contributions of 27 of the most influential and respected scholars and practitioners in the field as well as over 30 gay, lesbian and bisexual individuals who share their stories and perspectives.
|
 |
Robert Wubbolding, EdD
World-renowned reality therapist Robert Wubbolding demonstrates how his sensible, straightforward approach is equally effective with children as it is with adults, in an actual counseling session with a 15-year old boy. Through the use of a series of strategic questions, Dr. Wubbolding guides his young client through a process of self-evaluation and priority clarification.
|
 |
John J. Murphy, PhD
We know that children need lots of positive strokes, but all too often therapists focus on problems. In this video, Solution-Focused child therapist John J. Murphy presents a refreshing approach in an actual counseling session with two boys and their mother. In a compelling demonstration, see Dr. Murphy encourage a family to recognize successes and focus on small changes for the future.
|
 |
Terry Kottman, PhD
Expert child therapist Terry Kottman illustrates that children communicate through play and that all play has a purpose. In this video, watch her in an actual play therapy session with a 5-year old boy who is split between two homes and lacking a sense of control in his life. By reflecting his actions, and using encouragement and suggestions through play, Dr. Kottman soon discovers that this young client needs to show her who's boss.
|
 |
Bruce Masek, PhD
Watch Cognitive Behavioral child therapist Bruce Masek in an actual counseling session with a 6-year old girl and her mother. Dr. Masek builds on behavioral therapy techniques while working to modify a child’s thoughts and feelings. In this video, Dr. Masek adapts his therapy model to a mother-child dyad, helping Mom learn strategies for managing her young daughter’s back talk and tantrums.
|
 |
Violet Oaklander, PhD
Gestalt child therapist Violet Oaklander has a knack for getting her clients to speak honestly and reveal their difficult feelings. In this video, we watch Dr. Oaklander in an actual counseling session with a 13-year old boy who has difficulty expressing anger. Pay attention as she masterfully provides openings for him to reveal hidden parts of himself.
|
 |
Anin Utigaard, MFT
Anin Utigaard masterfully teaches us to pay attention to all of the ways we communicate with children in therapy. Watch her in an actual counseling session with a shy eight-year-old girl, as she enters the child’s world through her speech, body language and play, and carefully attends to the child’s need to please.
|
 |
David Scharff, MD
Watch renowned Object Relations psychotherapist David Scharff in an actual counseling session with an 11-year old boy who is grieving the death of his grandmother. In Dr. Scharff’s approach, the parent-child relationship is the central concern, with particular attention paid to the representation of that relationship in the child’s mind. Using talk and art therapy techniques, Scharff demonstrates in this video how to reach the internal world of a child.
|
 |
Stephen Madigan, PhD
Expert Narrative therapist Stephen Madigan presents a refreshing approach that allows family members to separate themselves from their problems and retell their stories. In this video, watch him in an actual counseling session with a perfectionist 10-year old boy and his mother. Madigan helps this pair uncover skills, strengths and solutions to take home in order to break a family pattern of competitive taunting.
|
 |
Janet Sasson Edgette, PsyD
Parents and therapists often fall into the same traps with teenagers: getting into power struggles, coming across as phony, and not setting limits. Janet Sasson Edgette shows us how to be candid and real with adolescents rather than fighting for control or approval. In this video, watch Dr. Edgette in an actual counseling session with a single mother and her 15-year old daughter.
|
 |
Gerald Koocher, PhD
Many therapists feel overwhelmed with the prospect of helping children cope with physical illness. Watch expert in the field Dr. Gerald Koocher in an actual counseling session with a 5-year old girl who has a medical condition and a lot of worries. You'll see how his warm relational stance and play therapy techniques allows his client to share her experiences regarding her illness.
|
 |
Evan Imber-Black, PhD
Secrets have far-reaching implications for families, setting the stage for a tense emotional climate of guardedness, anger, and reactivity.
In this video, Evan Imber-Black leads a moving series of reenacted family therapy sessions to illustrate the important stages of helping families to uncover their shrouded pasts.
|
 |
Monica McGoldrick, LCSW, PhD
Monica McGoldrick, helps us see how one family member’s loss has ramifications for others—through an extended family network, and even across several generations. In this realistic simulation of an 18-week course of family therapy, McGoldrick demonstrates remarkable fluidity and mastery as she changes her stances based on the family’s needs of the given moment, while her commentary provides the viewer with insight about her interventions.
|
|
|
|
|