Routledge Stories from Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy: A Curious Space

In Stories from Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy author Henry Kronengold explores the unpredictable world of child and adolescent psychotherapy through a series of engaging and innovative clinical vignettes. The ups, downs, and dilemmas of therapeutic work are considered in each realistic narrative as readers are offered a unique view of what happens between the therapist and child, as well as the therapist’s own process during the therapy. This captivating new resource is intended to spark a conversation within the reader, regardless of professional experience, regarding which therapeutic factors are ultimately most helpful to children and adolescents. Review “Stories from Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy is a must have read for all psychotherapists. Kronengold uses his stories to propose an exciting new way of working psychotherapeutically. His stories gently, but powerfully portray psychotherapy in its most creative form.”―Peter Blake, Child Psychotherapist; Founder and current chair of the Institute of Child and Adolescent, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Sydney, Australia “Kronengold invites us to stop and wonder, to pause and reflect, and to ponder upon the complex weave of the therapeutic process. This is a book about questions, not answers – just as it should be – and in this sense is an invaluable resource not just for child therapists but all those interested in the creative and playful  process of child psychotherapy.” ―David Le Vay: Play Therapist/Dramatherapist. Senior Lecturer  MA Play Therapy (University of Roehampton, London) and Clinical Partner with The Bridge Therapy Centre.  “This welcome and much needed book is unusual in that it presents stories from inside the therapy room in a prose that is limpid and moving yet in a clinically sophisticated style. As a reader you really get the feeling of how the therapeutic space is co-created by two subjects.”―Gunnar Carlberg, PhD, Professor, former Director of the Erica Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden. “With a fresh voice unencumbered with theoretical jargon, Kronengold privileges curiosity through a descriptive unfolding of six detailed cases that transport us into the animated worlds of his patients. This book will become a primer for clinicians of all stripes.”―Christopher Bonovitz PsyD, Supervising & Training Analyst, William Alanson White Institute, Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology, New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis. “Henry Kronengold is one of the most creative and interesting writers in the field of child psychotherapy. He uniquely appreciates the rich therapy process and describes it so beautifully.”―David A. Crenshaw, PhD, ABPP, Clinical Director, Children's Home of Poughkeepsie “Henry Kronengold is a humorous, gifted psychotherapist and he provides us with a great gift in his invitation to view his personal work through our own lens.”― Eileen Prendiville, psychotherapist, play therapist; Course Director for the MA in Creative Psychotherapy and Play Therapy at Ireland’s Children’s Therapy Centre. "It is fruitful reading for anyone...The book is inspirational in the truest meaning of the word. It inspires me to continue to believe that therapy is an art" - Eleanor Patrick, MBACP (Accred), reviewing for BACP Children & Young People "The book reads like a thoughtful conversation that valued colleagues would have with each other, spoken in a direct and honest manner, respectful of the children seen and the work done in session, with references to theory, research, and best practices." -John W. Seymour, PhD, reviewing for The Society for the Advancment of Psychotherapy "'What are we doing?' A simple enough question, except when asked by a child within a therapy session as he wondered how tossing a ball between himself and the therapist might help him. Henry Kronengold, an experienced child and adolescent psychotherapist, sets out to explore this question as he allows himself to b