Solution-Focused Techniques with a Child

Solution-Focused Techniques with a Child

with Sam Steen
Young children can get locked into ineffectual ways of solving problems that only escalate conflicts within the family. By teaching them simple, playful solution-focused skills, you can help build their self-confidence and strengthen their relationships.
Child Therapy with the Experts: 11-Video Series

Child Therapy with the Experts: 11-Video Series

with 0
See many of the world's leading experts in child therapy and counseling conduct actual sessions. This one-of-a-kind series allows you to compare the theories and techniques of a wide range of approaches, including CBT, Gestalt, Narrative, Object Relations, and others.
Child Therapy: Tools, Toys and Techniques

Child Therapy: Tools, Toys and Techniques

with Paris Goodyear-Brown, Scott Riviere and Janine Shelby
Simply learning the theories of child development and therapy does not make us better or even more effective child therapists. Watch and learn from a talented trio of child clinicians as they demonstrate 10 playful, creative and interactive techniques for connecting with children and helping them cope with sadness, anger, anxiety and trauma.
Making Child Therapy Work

Making Child Therapy Work

with Robin Walker
Watch master child therapist Robin Walker model therapeutic play with children in a series of vignettes aimed at helping therapists develop authentic, empathic, fun-filled relationships with kids. 
Child Therapy Case Consultation

Child Therapy Case Consultation

with Violet Oaklander
In this live consultation, you will get a tangible sense of how Violet Oaklander works with a variety of children, while gaining practical skills to bring back to your own clients immediately.
Counseling Adolescents: Exploring Intersections of Race and Sexuality

Counseling Adolescents: Exploring Intersections of Race and Sexuality

with Sam Steen
How can you work effectively with a young client who is no longer a child but not yet a teenager, especially when complex issues of sexuality and race arise? Learn how to build effective therapeutic alliances with your adolescent clients that will create a safe space for exploration, insight, and growth.
Guiding Pre-Teens in Career Exploration: A Creative Arts Approach

Guiding Pre-Teens in Career Exploration: A Creative Arts Approach

with Natalya A. Lindo, Peggy Ceballos
Start your pre-teen clients on their journey down the path of career development with CACCI, a creative, play-based group training program designed to help adolescents develop self-knowledge and skill awareness.
Gestalt Therapy with Children

Gestalt Therapy with Children

with Violet Oaklander
Watch Gestalt child therapist Violet Oaklander in an actual counseling session with a 13-year old boy who has difficulty expressing anger.
Solution-Focused Child Therapy

Solution-Focused Child Therapy

with John J. Murphy
Watch Solution-Focused child therapist John J. Murphy in an actual counseling session with two boys and their mother.
John Bowlby on Attachment and Psychotherapy

John Bowlby on Attachment and Psychotherapy

with John Bowlby
In this rare 1984 lecture in London, John Bowlby, founder of Attachment Theory, presents his impactful ideas on the role of the early parent-child relationships in development across the lifespan.
Group Counseling with Children: A Multicultural Approach

Group Counseling with Children: A Multicultural Approach

with Sam Steen, PhD, & Sheri Bauman, PhD
Watch this diverse group of children engage in activities and discussions that increase their awareness of their own cultures and their appreciation for differences. 
Involving Children in Child Protection Casework

Involving Children in Child Protection Casework

with Andrew Turnell
Giving children a voice in safety planning after family violence can be tricky terrain for social workers. Andrew Turnell uses a wizard, a fairy, and three houses and gets astonishing results.
The War Within: Youth Depression

The War Within: Youth Depression

with Educational Video Center
This video presents an honest look into the experiences of black and Latino young people living with depression. Candid interviews of real patients and expert professionals illustrate the struggle these youths face in families and communities often blind to mental health matters.
Thomas Szasz on The Myth of Mental Illness

Thomas Szasz on The Myth of Mental Illness

with Thomas Szasz
Psychiatrist and social critic Thomas Szasz unsettled the psychiatric establishment in the 1960’s, challenging its foundational notions around normalcy, mental illness and treatment. By watching this pair of riveting interviews, Dr. Szasz will challenge you to explore and question your own cherished beliefs around diagnosis, psychotherapy and freedom; deepening your empathy for even the most challenging clients.
Narrative Therapy with Children

Narrative Therapy with Children

with Stephen Madigan
Watch expert Narrative therapist Stephen Madigan in an actual counseling session with a perfectionist 10-year old boy and his mother.
Skills in Youth Suicide Prevention

Skills in Youth Suicide Prevention

with Iris Educational Media
This excellent training tool is a must-see for clinicians and non-clinicians alike who deal with students every day, providing step-by-step strategies and clear instructions to address suicidal behavior in teens.
Evidence-Based Treatment Planning for Disruptive Child and Adolescent Behavior

Evidence-Based Treatment Planning for Disruptive Child and Adolescent Behavior

with Timothy Bruce, Arthur Jongsma, Jr.
Working with troubled children can stir up deep emotions and challenge our ability to stay grounded and empathic. Learn evidence-based planning for Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder in this video, complete with live vignettes and commentary.    
ADHD in the Classroom: Assessment and Intervention: 2-Video Series

ADHD in the Classroom: Assessment and Intervention: 2-Video Series

with George J. DuPaul, Gary Stoner
Watch expert ADHD psychologists assess and implement a treatment for a boy struggling with ADHD in school.
Behind Closed Doors: Children Who Witness Violence

Behind Closed Doors: Children Who Witness Violence

with Victoria Women's Transition House Society
This eye-opening video offers strong clinical information on how children are affected by witnessing violence, and outlines useful interventions proven to be effective in the healing process.
Connecting with Our Kids

Connecting with Our Kids

with George Papageorge
George Papageorge offers principles and tools for raising healthy kids without resorting to quick-fix parenting fads or unrealistic expectations. 
PTSD in Children: Move in the Rhythm of the Child

PTSD in Children: Move in the Rhythm of the Child

with Frank Ochberg
Learn about symptoms, circumstances and therapeutic techniques for children with acute post-traumatic stress disorder.
Adlerian Parent Consultation

Adlerian Parent Consultation

with Jon Carlson
Watch Jon Carlson conduct an actual parent consultation session and an actual parenting group with moms who are in power struggles with their teenage children.
Adlerian Play Therapy

Adlerian Play Therapy

with Terry Kottman
Watch Adlerian child therapist Terry Kottman in an actual play therapy session with a 5-year old boy.
Cognitive-Behavioral Child Therapy

Cognitive-Behavioral Child Therapy

with Bruce Masek
Watch Cognitive Behavioral child therapist Bruce Masek in an actual counseling session with a 6-year old girl and her mother.
Object Relations Child Therapy

Object Relations Child Therapy

with David Scharff
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.
Person-Centered Child Therapy

Person-Centered Child Therapy

with Anin Utigaard
Watch Person-Centered child therapist Anin Utigaard in an actual counseling session with a shy eight-year-old girl.
Psychotherapy with Medically Ill Children

Psychotherapy with Medically Ill Children

with Gerald Koocher
Watch medical child therapist Gerald Koocher in an actual counseling session with a 5-year old girl who has a medical condition and a lot of worries. 
Reality Therapy with Children

Reality Therapy with Children

with Robert Wubbolding
Watch reality therapist Robert Wubbolding in an actual counseling session with a 15-year old boy.
Adlerian Family Therapy

Adlerian Family Therapy

with James Bitter
Watch James Bitter masterfully demonstrate Alfred Adler’s values and techniques in an actual therapy session with a family caught in a typical power struggle, followed by a fascinating discussion of the nuances of this influential approach to helping families thrive.
Narrative Family Therapy

Narrative Family Therapy

with Stephen Madigan
Ollie is a 12 year-old African-American boy who has been court-ordered to therapy after hitting his classmate with his belt. Watch Stephen Madigan, expert Narrative therapist, as he compassionately engages Ollie and his mother in a fascinating inquiry into their experience of racism, discovering there’s much more to this incident than meets the eye.

Group Counseling with Adolescents: A Multicultural Approach

Group Counseling with Adolescents: A Multicultural Approach

with Sam Steen, PhD, & Sheri Bauman, PhD
Over the course of eight sessions with a multicultural group of eighth graders, Drs. Sam Steen and Sheri Bauman offer child therapists a thorough picture of the issues adolescents face and ways to deepen connection with them.
Blended Family with a Troubled Boy

Blended Family with a Troubled Boy

with Virginia Satir
Watch one of family therapy’s most esteemed pioneers in action! In this engaging video, Virginia Satir helps a blended family of four untangle longstanding parenting and communication issues.
Experiential Family Therapy

Experiential Family Therapy

with Carl Whitaker
Learn from groundbreaking family therapist Carl Whitaker as he conducts two riveting and instructive initial interviews with a family seeking treatment for their son’s ADHD. You can’t help but be awed and inspired as you watch this true master in action.
Assessing ADHD in the Schools

Assessing ADHD in the Schools

with George J. DuPaul, Gary Stoner
Watch expert ADHD clinicians bring a multi-method approach to assessing ADHD in a school setting.
Classroom Interventions for ADHD

Classroom Interventions for ADHD

with George J. DuPaul, Gary Stoner
Watch psychologist and ADHD expert Russel Barkley implement a treatment plan in a school setting for a boy struggling with ADHD.
Child Abuse and Neglect: 2-Video Series

Child Abuse and Neglect: 2-Video Series

with Learning Seed
Learn the signs of child abuse and neglect, as well as how to assess and treat families where it occurs, in this important 2-video set.
Recognizing and Preventing Child Neglect

Recognizing and Preventing Child Neglect

with Learning Seed
Many social workers have a difficult time recognizing neglect. The effects are just not as visible as abuse. This video clearly moves students through various signs that indicate neglect and empowers them to be more confident in their work of keeping children safe.


Recognizing and Preventing Physical Child Abuse

Recognizing and Preventing Physical Child Abuse

with Learning Seed
Working with physically abusive parents can be difficult for the new social worker, challenging their feelings of empathy and often eliciting anger. This video offers insight into why parents use physical discipline and provides strategies for keeping children safe.


Chelsea: Surrendered to the State

Chelsea: Surrendered to the State

with Calamari Productions
After countless failed efforts, a mother makes the difficult decision to turn over custody of her volatile nine-year-old daughter to the state in an effort to get her the help she needs.
Joshua: When Anger Turns to Violence

Joshua: When Anger Turns to Violence

with Calamari Productions
Get an unprecedented look inside the juvenile justice system as you watch a thirteen-year-old boy's real juvenile hearing after assaulting his mother.
Children in Crisis: 3-Video Series

Children in Crisis: 3-Video Series

with Calamari Productions
Witness three different families as they journey through the juvenile justice and foster care system with their social work and mental health care teams.
Jessica Stone on Play Therapy in the Digital Age

Jessica Stone on Play Therapy in the Digital Age

Crossing the digital divide with young clients can lead to great therapeutic strides.
Violet Oaklander on Gestalt Therapy with Children

Violet Oaklander on Gestalt Therapy with Children

The founder of Gestalt therapy with children and adolescents discusses therapeutic relationship building with kids and teens, the unique rewards of introducing expressive arts therapy techniques, and the challenges of being sufficiently directive in working with children.  
Addressing Common (and Reasonable) Myths About Exposure-Based Therapy for Child Anxiety

Addressing Common (and Reasonable) Myths About Exposure-Based Therapy for Child Anxiety

with Deepika Bose
Doctoral student and former non-believer Deepika Bose explores and dispels the myths around using exposure therapy with children, confronting her own anxiety about the process.
Family Therapy and Resistant Parents: The Child Cannot Wait

Family Therapy and Resistant Parents: The Child Cannot Wait

with Leon Rosenberg
When do we shift from trying to work within the parent-child relationship to seeing the child as a separate entity needing to cope with a destructive parent?
Psychotherapy for Oppositional-Defiant Kids with Low Frustration Tolerance—and How to Help Their Parents, Too

Psychotherapy for Oppositional-Defiant Kids with Low Frustration Tolerance—and How to Help Their Parents, Too

with David Rice
Dr. Rice offers a new perspective on oppositional-defiant children based on temperament, and suggests effective therapeutic interventions for both parent and child.
The Murder of Hope

The Murder of Hope

with Kayla Rees
Relatively new to her career as a psychotherapist, Kayla Rees mourns the loss of a young client to suicide.
Angels in Crisis: How Mobile Crisis Intervention Changes Lives

Angels in Crisis: How Mobile Crisis Intervention Changes Lives

with Bill Martin
A psychologist's poignant account of a challenging case referred by Child Protective Services while working on a mobile mental health crisis team.
Anita Barrows on Love, Poetry and Autism

Anita Barrows on Love, Poetry and Autism

Psychologist, poet, translator and autism specialist, Anita Barrows, PhD, shares about the pain that first led her to psychotherapy, the importance of bringing love into our work, her identity as a poet, and entering the world of autistic children.
Philip Kendall on Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

Philip Kendall on Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

CBT scholar and expert Dr. Philip Kendall discusses the evolution of CBT theory over the years, his work with Albert Ellis and Aaron Beck and his empirically validated treatment program for kids and adolescents with anxiety.
Joyce Mills on StoryPlay®, Metaphor and the Enduring Legacy of Milton Erickson

Joyce Mills on StoryPlay®, Metaphor and the Enduring Legacy of Milton Erickson

Nationally and internationally renowned clinician, consultant, trauma specialist, program developer and creator of StoryPlay®,  Joyce Mills shares playful and serious insights on how to help children grow and heal.
Stefani Goerlich on Becoming a Kink-Affirming Therapist

Stefani Goerlich on Becoming a Kink-Affirming Therapist

Becoming a kink-affirming therapist is critical to practicing in a diverse clinical arena.
Family Therapy in the Age of Zoom: What a Long Strange Trip It Has Been

Family Therapy in the Age of Zoom: What a Long Strange Trip It Has Been

with Jay Lappin
An old-school family therapist attempts to reconcile the distancing forced upon us by the pandemic.
Counseling Gifted Clients: Journeys through the Rainforest Mind

Counseling Gifted Clients: Journeys through the Rainforest Mind

with Paula Prober
Working with gifted clients is a challenging and fascinating opportunity to appreciate those with a “rainforest mind”.
Therapeutic Reflections of a Former Gang Member

Therapeutic Reflections of a Former Gang Member

with Steve Alexander, Jr.
Learn from a former gang member, now therapist, how to capitalize on hard-learned life lessons.
Unlocked: Online Therapy Stories

Unlocked: Online Therapy Stories

with Anastasia Piatakhina Giré
In an excerpt from “Unlocked: Online Therapy Stories,” Anastasia Piatakhina Giré shares intimate reflections on her work with Laila, whose harrowing escape to freedom is a tale of personal empowerment and the power of connection.
  
Russell Ramsay on Attending to ADHD in Adulthood

Russell Ramsay on Attending to ADHD in Adulthood

 Improve your transdiagnostic outcomes by paying attention to ADHD during the assessment and treatment of adult clients. 
Confessions of a Student Counsellor

Confessions of a Student Counsellor

with Andrew Dib
Counselors can most definitely benefit from the age-old adage “Healer, heal thyself!”
In the Shadow of COVID, It’s Play Therapy to the Rescue

In the Shadow of COVID, It’s Play Therapy to the Rescue

with Jennifer Baggerly
Researcher, educator, and child clinician Jennifer Baggerly leads a child from the shadow of COVID’s isolation to connection and security through play. 
Building on Family Strengths to Solve the Puzzle of Child Protection Work

Building on Family Strengths to Solve the Puzzle of Child Protection Work

with Jay Lappin, MSW, LCSW and Lauren McCarthy
Explore the systemic nature of child protection casework with troubled families and learn a useful clinical exercise that therapists, counselors, and social workers can use to connect with family strengths.
Mary Jo Barrett on the Collaborative Treatment of Incest and Complex Developmental Trauma

Mary Jo Barrett on the Collaborative Treatment of Incest and Complex Developmental Trauma

Join internationally renowned expert Mary Jo Barrett in a riveting conversation with our editor, Lawrence Rubin, on the collaborative treatment of incest and complex developmental trauma.