In The Therapist's Notebook for Children and Adolescents, 2nd ed, you'll find the most powerful tools available for aiding children with their feelings, incorporating play techniques into therapy, providing group therapy to children, and encouraging appropriate parental involvement.

Foreword Gil Preface Therapist's Attitudes about Play Sori I. The Role and Use of Play in Child and Family Therapy 1. Explainign the Use of Play to Parents Wark 2. Tell Me All about it: Using Objects as Metaphors Franklin 3. Individual and Family Play Genogram Gil 4. Using hte Family Puppet Interview in Assessment and Goal Setting Sori 5. Using Puppet Play to Open Communication with Children and Families Sori and Nickell 6. The Family Video Game Lucas, Darragh, Foster, and Brozovic 7. Family Card Game Lowenstein II. Working with Children's Emotions 8. Soaring above Stress: Using Relaxation, Visualization, and Music with Anxious and ADHD Children Sori and Biank 9. Anger Collage Hertlein and Huene 10. Deflating Fear Sori and Biank 11. Feeling Faces Prevent Scary Places Biank and Sori 12.Pie Scapes: Exploring Children's Thoughts and Feelings Sori and Biank III. Strengthening Attachment Bonds 13. Stengthening Parent-Child Attachment with Play: Filial Therapy VanFleet 14. Family Sandplay: Strengthening the Parent-Child Relationship Pettigrew, Raimondi, and McWey 15. Linked-In: Strengthening Parent-Child Relationships Ciesla, Popp, and Bunn IV. Specific Childhood Problems 16. Overcoming Bullying: Finding Inner Resources through the Circle of Strength Beebe and Robey 17. One Thing Leads to Another: The Domino Effect with Impulsive, ADHD, or ODD Teens Foraker-Koons and Sori 18. Getting to Know Families and Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders Brockman 19. Using Children's Books in Family Therapy Wark, Szekely, and Abrahamson V. Trauma and Suicidal Ideation 20. Animal-Assisted Therapy for Sexually Abused Children Reichert, Bermel, and Sori 21. Children Experiencing Trauma, PTSD, or Anxiety: Using Worry Rocks Lorelle 22. Creating a Safe Space for Children Who Have Experienced Trauma Maier and Thomas 23. Suicidal Ideation: Rediscovering Our Treasures Randick VI. Adolescents, Culture, and Special Topics 24. KidsRap: Using Hip-Hop to Promote and Punctuate Change Sori 25. Biracial Storyboards Hubbard 26. Fatherloss: Three Interventions for Working with African American Adolescent Males Morris and Sori 27. Transgenerational "Tableros:" an Activity for Working with Latino American Adolescents and Their Families Sanchez 28. Family Timelines Mural Drawing with Asian American Familes Miyakuni and Sori 29. The Use of the Culture Play Genorgram Gil 30. Talking about Sex with Adolescents and Parents Bachenberg and Dermer 31. RIVVS: Talking about Sex through Images Boender and Thraen 32. Amplifying the Voice of Youth: The Partners for Change Outcome Management Systems Duncan and Sparks 33. The Goat Story: The Royal Road from the Waiting Room to the Counseling Couch Rosenthal VII. Illness and Bereavement 34. Tips for Parents When There Is Illness in the Family Biank and Sori 35. "Grieving in the Sand:" Integrating Sandtray with Reality Therapy to Help Children through the Grieving Process Robey and Sori 36. A Child's Impossible and Scariest Task Biank and Sori 37. Talking to Children about Death Sori and Biank VIII. Specific Approaches and Interventions 38. Playful Pooches: Using Canine Interactions to Enhance Therapeutic Outcomes for Children and Adolescents VanFleet 39. Solution Circles: A Solution-Focused, Expressive Technique Gil 40. Writing Therapeutic Notes to Young Persons Pare 41. The Use of Consultants in Play Therapy: Narractive Practices with Young Children Scholtes and Sori 42. Sculpting Narratives: Experiencing Positive Narratives in Therapy Watson IX. Counseling in Schools, Groups, and Clinical Settings 43. Spin-Me-A-Yarn: Breaking the Ice and Warming the Heart Sori and Biank 44. Creating Connections: Using Art in School Counseling Randick and Gardner 45. The "Art" of Art Therapy with Adolescents Randick 46. Crisis Recover in the Schools Michel 47. Learning and School-Related Problems in Childhood Sholtes and Boender X. Tools for Parents and Clincians 48. A Guide to Making Pupperts without Breaking the Bank Foraker-Koons and Sori 49. Movies and Emotion Coaching Parenting Dermer, Dunham, and Sori 50. Helping Parents Use the Time Out Procedure Hecker and Sori 51. The Parents' Guide to Good Divorce Behavior Hecker and Sori 52. Ten Commandments for Step Families Sori and Hecker

Catherine Ford Sori, PhD, LMFT, is professor in the division of psychology and counseling at Governors State University, where she is also leader of the marriage and family track. She has won numerous faculty excellence awards, and is the mental health consultant for the Early Head Start Program at the Family Development Center. Dr. Sori is also associate faculty at the Chicago Center for Family Health, an affiliate of the University of Chicago. She is a clinical fellow and AAMFT-approved supervisor, and is a member of APT and ACA.

Lorna L. Hecker, PhD, is faculty in the marriage and family therapy program in the department of behavioral sciences at Purdue University-Calumet in Hammond, Indiana. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, certified in healthcare privacy and security (CHPS) and a clinical fellow and AAMFT-approved supervisor. She is also the director of the Purdue University Calumet Couple and Family Therapy Center.

Molli E. Bachenberg, MA, NCC, is assistant professor at Florida Gulf Coast University. Her areas of research and specialty include addressing sexual issues in training and counseling, and using playful techniques when working with adolescents and children, especially in sex-related topics.