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by David Pratt (Author)
In this comprehensive toolbox, Dr. David Pratt shares essentials cognitive and behavioral skill building activities created and honed over his 40 year career.Each worksheet and handout is accompanied by straight-forward explanations, highlighted as 'Therapist Tips' to guide the clinician in presenting the material to children and adolescents in an empathic and effective style. The highly practical interventions are structured activities that are reproducible and ready-to-go for sessions.Help your young clients get the most out of therapy, and start improving the challenges in their lives with:
- Tools for mood management
- Mindfulness practices-
Cognitive processing and cognitive restructuring
- Teaching essential social skills
- Game plans to face and fight anxiety
- Managing self-harm and suicidal urges
- Motivation counseling and goal setting
- Strategies to improve parent involvement
Author Biography
David M. Pratt, PhD, MSW, is a New York State licensed psychologist with 40+ years of clinical experience working with children, adolescents and families. Dr. Pratt is in private practice at Western New York Psychotherapy Services, a private group practice in Amherst, NY. Previously, he was the principal psychologist at the Western New York Children's Psychiatric Center, a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at the University at Buffalo, and an adjunct professor/lecturer in the Department of Counseling, School, and Educational Psychology at Buffalo as well. He is presently on the training faculty with the School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo, and a member of the New York State Office of Mental Health Advisory Board on Evidence-Based Treatments for Youth. Dr. Pratt also presents seminars for PESI, Inc. and has conducted numerous trainings and workshops in cognitive-behavioral therapy at local, state, national, and international forums. Dr. Pratt is the author of CBT Toolbox for Depressed, Anxious and Suicidal Children and Adolescents (PESI Publishing & Media, 2019) and Advanced CBT Toolbox for Depressed, Anxious and Traumatized Children and Adolescents (PESI Publishing & Media, 2022)
