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Book Review of "The Connected Child"

The Connected Child by Karyn B Purvis, PhD, David R. Cross, PhD, and Wendy Lyons Sunshine This book is a resource for parents who have adopted children or are raising children from a background of early abuse and/or neglect. It uses behavioral modification and the parent-child relationship to heal the child and improve the attachment [...]

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Men in Therapy

Silver and gold will not make men better. It is the opinions of wise men that enrich with virtue those who share them. Plato Why don’t many men seek out counseling as much as women? 1. Men often perceive counseling as an unfriendly, even unsafe environment. They believe that they are being told they are [...]

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Parenting a Bipolar Child

I want to recommend Parenting a Bipolar Child, What to do and Why, by Gianna L. Faedda MD and Nancy B. Austin Psy D, published by New Harbinger Press in 2006. The table of contents include chapters on: diagnosis, assessment, bipolar in children, bipolar in adolescents, diagnostic overlap and multiple diagnoses, as well as treatment [...]

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