Assessment and Treatment Activities for Children, Adolescents, and Families: Volume Two: Practitioners Share Their Most Effective Techniques

This book includes many different therapeutic techniques provided by practitioners from around the world! It is great to get such a variety of knowledge and experience all in one book. It’s clearly a book that is needed on every child and family therapist’s book shelf! –Molly Gratton, MSW, LCSW, RPT-S; President, Idaho Association for Play Therapy, Boise, ID

Anyone working with children, adolescents and families will find many great activities that will encourage engagement in the therapeutic process. Like volume 1, this book is arranged in chapters that cover engagement and assessment, feelings expression, social skills, coping and problem solving, self-esteem, and termination. The guidelines for selecting each activity are clear and helpful. I recommend this book to clinicians who work therapeutically with children, adolescents and families. –Ann Edwards, BACP Senior Accredited Counsellor, Bedfordshire, England

This book is a welcome companion to the first volume of Assessment and Treatment Activities. Liana Lowenstein has again collected techniques from over 50 practitioners to share with us. And once more, I find myself eager to use many of these innovative activities to enhance my work with children, teens, and families. Following the same format as the first book, these creative techniques are organized into sections covering areas such as assessment, feelings, problem-solving, and termination. The activities are fun and engaging, are described clearly and concisely, and are followed by thoughtful discussion of their purpose, possible variations, and factors to consider. This book is a wonderful resource! –Rivka Beer, M.Ed., Private Practice, Toronto, ON

 Liana Lowenstein is a Clinical Social Worker, Certified Play Therapist-Supervisor, and Certified TF-CBT Therapist who is known internationally for her best-selling books including: Creative Interventions for Troubled Children & Youth (1999); Creative Interventions for Children of Divorce (2006a); Creative Interventions for Bereaved Children (2006b); Cory Helps Kids Cope with Sexual Abuse (2014); and Creative CBT Interventions for Children with Anxiety (2016). She has also edited three volumes of the book, Assessment and Treatment Activities for Children, Adolescents, and Families: Practitioners Share Their Most Effective Techniques. She presents trainings across North America and abroad and provides consultation to therapists worldwide. She has been working with children and families since 1988 and continues to maintain a private practice in Toronto. Liana is winner of the Monica Herbert award for outstanding contribution to play therapy in Canada.