Helping children and young adolescents who struggle with anxiety learn strategies they can use for the rest of the their lifetimes is something that I love to do. As a child psychologist, I primarily utilize a Cognitive-Behavioral Therapeutic (CBT) approach, but I am flexible and often include...
Licensed Child Psychologist Dr. Nicolini is a licensed psychologist who provides treatment to children ages birth to 20 and specializes in the assessment and treatment of emotional and behavioral disorders. Dr. Nicolini received her undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Nebraska and ...
The understanding and interpretation of imaginative play in play therapy is illustrated by means of a case vignette of a young physically abused child.Bertha MookSchool of PsychologyThe Humanistic PsychologistMook, B. (1999). Interpreting imaginative play in child psychotherapy: Towards a ...
The study was conducted as an open trial. That is, all children received the investigational play therapy. Luby’s group since has conducted a more rigorous randomized, controlled study that put some parents and preschoolers into play therapy, while other parents met weekly with a psychologist to...
How can play therapy help a child? What are the disadvantages of play therapy? Discuss how caregiver-child communication does or does not have an effect on people today, as well as how it might affect a psychologist working ...
In “Child’s Play: How Play Therapy Works,” Casado-Frankel observes that parents often ask about the effectiveness of playtherapyas a form of treatment and say, “But it’s just play!” Art therapy often attracts the same question and a similar response—“But it’s just arts and craft...
Your therapist may utilize a variety of strategies including psycho-educational, cognitive behavioral, psychodynamic, interpersonal, play, family, EMDR, and group approaches, while integrating developmental and biological influences. It is important to understand an individual from his or her own unique ...
What does humanistic therapy focus on? What is the goal of person-centered therapy? What is brief cognitive behavioral therapy? What is Jungian therapy? What is art psychotherapy? What is a social psychologist? Explore our homework questions and answers library ...
Educational Psychologist, 50(4), 335–348. https://doi.org/10.1080/00461520.2015.1122532 Article Google Scholar Turner, J. R., & Baker, R. M. (2019). Complexity theory: An overview with potential applications for the social sciences. Systems, 7(1), 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/systems...
Your pediatrician may not be trained to spot early childhood depression so seek medical advice of a child psychologist or child psychiatrist who specializes in early childhood depression and anxiety. Depression can be devastating and have a lasting effect on the child’s social, emotional and cogniti...