Child psychotherapy: integrating developmental theory into clinical practice

Child Psychotherapy: Integrating Developmental Theory Into Clinical Practice; Half Title; About the Author; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: The Need for Developmentally Grounded Child Psychotherapy; Chapter 1: In Search of Mental Health and Resiliency: The Need to Integrate Developmental Theory Into Clinical Practice; Developmental Psychology and Theories of Human Development; Origins of Child Psychotherapy; Current Practice of Psychotherapy With Children; A Need for the Integration of Developmental Psychology Into Child Psychotherapy.

Chapter 2: Integrating Theories of Developmental Psychology to Form a Comprehensive Approach to TreatmentTheorists and Theories of Human Development and Developmental Psychology; Buford Jeanette Johnson on Child Psychology; Anna Freud's Theory of Developmental Lines; Jean Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development; Lev Vygotsky's Social Contextualism; Urie Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory; Erik Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development; Basic Trust Versus Basic Mistrust; Autonomy Versus Shame and Doubt; Initiative Versus Guilt; Industry Versus Inferiority; Identity Versus Confusion.

Intimacy Versus IsolationGenerativity Versus Stagnation; Integrity Versus Despair; Conceptualizing Clinical Interventions Through the Phases of Psychosocial Development; Alexander Thomas, Stella Chess, Jerome Kagan, and Temperament; The Impact of Temperament on Clinical Treatment; John B. Watson, B.F. Skinner, and Behaviorism; Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory; Lawrence Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development; Jerome Bruner's Cognitive (Constructivist) Learning Theory/Narrative Construction of Reality; Havighurst's Contributions to Educational Theory.

Emily Werner, Resilience, Risk, and Protective Factors in Human DevelopmentWilliam Huitt and Information Processing and Memory; Mentalizing and Psychotherapy; Summary of Theories of Development; Chapter 3: From Bonding and Attachment to Self-Regulation Theory: How Relationships Impact Human Development and Psychotherapy; The Impact of Attachment on the Overall Health and Development of The Individual; Defining Attachment and Bonding; The Contributions of The Early Attachment Theorists; Sigmund Freud; Anna Freud; Melanie Klein; John Bowlby; Mary Salter Ainsworth; Harry Harlow.

Current Theories of AttachmentT. Berry Brazelton; Attachment, Mentalizing, Intentionality, and Self-Regulation; The Impact of Attachment and Bonding on Child Psychotherapy; Attachment Diagnoses; Therapeutic Relationships in Child Psychotherapy; Summary and Conclusions; Chapter 4: How Advances in Neuroscience Impact Child Psychotherapy; Neuroplasticity and Considerations for Child Psychotherapy; Theories of Neurobiology and The Developing Brain; Neurosequential Development; Neurodevelopment, Neurobiology, and Psychotherapy with Children.