The book you hold in your hands is a synthesis of the findings from the current literature regarding the treatment of children and adolescents into a practical guide for students and clinicians.

It provides a comprehensive overview of the disorders most commonly encountered in clinical practice and details the empirically supported therapeutic approaches, which are largely based on the principles of cognitive-behavioral therapy.

In each chapter addressing a specific disorder, the procedures followed for assessment, diagnosis, case formulation, intervention, progress monitoring, and relapse prevention are described in detail (step by step). These procedures are further illustrated through examples of clinical cases and excerpts from sessions.

The book also addresses essential practical issues, such as how the clinician should organize sessions with children, parents, or all family members, what needs to be covered in each session, and how to address difficult topics when working with children and their parents.

This book is extremely useful for psychology students, clinical psychologists, cognitive-behavioral therapists, child psychiatrists, educators, and parents, and it could be adopted as a comprehensive textbook for courses in clinical psychology, psychopathology, and psychotherapy for children and adolescents.