Must use book fund--recs for Child & Adolescent Psych books?

[fiatslug]

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First, I know at some point in life (as I head onto a child & adolescent fellowship), I will get one of the Big Fat Child & Adolescent Reference Texts, which I will pay an exorbitant amount for and rarely if ever read. But now, as a 4th year, I am so freakin' tired of reading with a highlighter in my hand...

what I'm saying is I'm looking for some good READS about our field. We've got $200 to burn. On the list so far:

Fonagy's Affect regulation, mentalization, and the development of the self

Bleiberg's Treating Personality Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Relational Approach

Greene's The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children

Bruce Perry's The Boy Who Was Raised As a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook--What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing

Any other ideas? Narratives are a plus. Texts that quote thousands of other papers, not so much. I have so many gigantic textbooks (Neuropsychiatry, anyone? 🙄) I've never read. Something about play therapy would be lovely. Thanks!

 

[MBK2003]

I second the Ross Greene, PhD The Explosive Child and his treatment manual for Collaborative Problem Solving.

I also like Bloomquist's Skill Training for Children with Behavior Problems and Minuchin and Fishman's Family Therapy Techniques.

Enjoy the fruits of your wealth!

 

[fiatslug]

Thanks MBK! Yeah, we don't have a book fund at the fellowship, so I've gotta soak my current residency for all it's worth😛.

 

[PsyKardinal]

Try out anything from Virgina Axelin. She has written alot about Play Therapy, and most of it would fall into the lighter reading category you seem to be looking for.


Jeff

 

[fiatslug]

thanks for the rec Jeff--I'm particularly interested in play therapy/theory! I couldn't find her on Amazon--do you have an alternate spelling of her name or a title perhaps?

Oops--found her: Virginia Axline

 

[PsyKardinal]

I also recommend

http://www.amazon.com/Short-Term-Therapy-Children-Gerard-Kaduson/dp/157230720X

I have this on my desk and reference it often. Good luck

Jeff