8220: Short-Term Therapy With Children

About the Course:

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially psychologists, counselors, social workers, and nurses who provide services to or seek knowledge about effective short-term therapy for children. Whether unfamiliar or familiar with some of the concepts involved in this material, you can benefit from information in this course. The author provides a model for effective short-term therapy with children.

Author

Shapiro, Lawrence E., Ph.D.

About the Author:

Dr. Lawrence Shapiro is a leading expert on child psychotherapy. A frequent lecturer, he is the author of numerous articles and 15 books including: “101 Psychological Techniques to Help Children Grow and Change”; “The Building Blocks of Self-Esteem”; etc..

Course Objectives:

1. to be able to know when short-term therapy is contraindicated

2. to be able to know how to engage people in the child’s life as effective co-therapists

3. integrate divergent techniques into an effective plan

4. choose choose techniques based on eight critical therapeutic variables