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Dr Robbie Adler-Tapia is a licensed psychologist who specializes in working with clients who have experienced trauma. Even though she works with clients of all ages Dr Robbie specializes in working with young children. Dr Robbie provides therapy for clients with attachment and adoptions issues, child abuse histories, and for law enforcement. She is an EMDR Institute Facilitator and EMDR/HAP Trainer. With the EMDR HAPKIDS Program, Dr. Adler-Tapia volunteers to assist with coordinating research, consultation, and training for therapists working with children internationally. She has also provided specialty trainings on treating attachment and the dissociative sequelae, working with young children in the child welfare system and on EMDR with children. Along with her co-author, Carolyn Settle, Dr. Adler-Tapia is co-author of the book, EMDR and the Art of Psychotherapy With Children and accompanying treatment manual, and a chapter on EMDR with Children in the soon to be released book edited by Allen Rubin and David Springer, The Clinician's Guide to Evidence-Based Practice Series, Volume 2, Treatment of Traumatized Adults and Children.

Saturday, February 11, 2012

New Book on Child Psychotherapy


I am very excited to announce the publication of my new book! This book will be published by Springer Publishing, New York in May of 2012. http://www.springerpub.com/product/9780826106735
CHILD PSYCHOTHERAPY:
INTEGRATING DEVELOPMENTAL THEORY INTO CLINICAL PRACTICE
Robbie Adler-Tapia
All too often children are diagnosed and medicated without the consideration that their symptoms may actually be a healthy response to stressful life events. This integrative guide for mental health practitioners who work with children underscores the importance of considering the etiology of a child's symptoms within a developmental framework before making a diagnosis. Providing advanced training and skills for working with children, the book guides the therapist, step-by-step, through assessment, treatment planning case conceptualization, and treatment with a focus on the tenets of child development and a consideration of the impact of distressing life events. The book first addresses child development and the evolution of child psychotherapy from the perspectives of numerous disciplines, including recent findings in neurodevelopmental trauma and neurobiology. It discusses assessment measures, the impact of divorce and the forensic/legal environment on clinical practice, recommendations for HIPAA compliance, evidence-based best practices for treating children, and the requirements for an integrated treatment approach. Woven throughout are indications for case conceptualization including consideration of a child's complete environment.
Key Features:
Provides an integrative approach to child psychotherapy from the perspective of healthy development
Offers an alternative to the medical model
Discusses key theories of child development and psychotherapy
Integrates a multimodal approach that considers a child's daily environment
Includes a template for organizing and implementing a successful practice
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  1. Andrea B. Goldberg, LCSWFebruary 19, 2012 at 2:38 PM

    Congratulations on your new book, Robbie!

    I am particularly looking forward to reading the sections on neurodevelopmental trauma and multimodal approaches to treatment. There is a lot of exciting research in those areas and am eager to learn more about how to apply recent findings to my work with children.

    Namaste,
    Andrea

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