Just released: ",,Windows to Our Children — A Gestalt Therapy Approach to Children and Adolescents'' by Violet Oaklander.
With methods, materials, techniques for working with children and adolescents, transcribed interviews, sample therapy cases and discussion across more than 400 pages, this book fills a gap in the literature on child psychotherapy. "Windows to Our Children" has been read and used widely for decades by counselors and psychologists, and is written in a way that's easy for everyone to follow. It includes examples of therapy sessions with children and adolescents and offers many examples of using therapeutic techniques such as expression through art, clay, poetry, storytelling, sand trays, music and puppets within the foundational framework of the theory, practice and technique of Gestalt therapy — the bestselling book on the topic worldwide.
The main section, "Specific problem behaviors," addresses aggression, anger, the hyperactive child, the withdrawn child, fears, specific stresses, conditions, traumatic experiences, somatic symptoms, autism, guilt and self-esteem.
"Windows to Our Children" crosses cultural boundaries. It has been translated into more than fifteen languages, and the original English version is widely used in South Africa, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. This book can be a window to the child within you, as well as to the children you work with.