Mindful Therapeutic Care for Children ─ A Guide to Reflective Practice

North, a psychologist, psychotherapist, and expert witness in the UK who specializes in assessing children and developing their therapeutic care plans, shows psychologists, therapists, social workers, and other professionals, as well as foster carers and adoptive parents, how to use mindfulness skills in reflective practice when providing therapeutic care to vulnerable children. She describes how to examine one's values, attitudes, and beliefs, as well as notice behavior in children, to achieve a more attuned state of awareness in practice. She draws on psychology, psychotherapeutic and psychoanalytic theory, and neuroscience to detail how the mind works and provide a model for responding to children's needs. She also describes the underlying values of reflective practice, how to be mindful, and thinking tools for reflective practice. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Dr Joanna North is a chartered psychologist, psychotherapist and expert witness who works in a private practice specialising in assessing children and developing their therapeutic care plans. She has over 20 years of experience working with young people with behavioural difficulties and children in care. She lives and works in the United Kingdom.