Evocative Strategies in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy

Reading David Crenshaw's new book is an evocative experience that elicits feelings of sadness, anger, despair, surprise, excitement, hope and pure joy. David demonstrates the integrative approach in his book that he advocates in his work: A true anchoring of technique in theory. He more than meets the challenge of contemporary clinicians of substantiating their approaches with a thorough understanding of the available science. The end result is a masterful blend of a solid foundation that serves as a springboard for lovely, spirited, and purposeful leaps of creativity. I highly recommend this informative, moving, and immediately useful book. -- Eliana Gil, Ph.D., Multicultural Clinical Center, Springfield, VA; author of Healing Power of Play and Family Play Therapy Though it is intended for practicing clinicians, this book is clearly and simply written, relatively free of jargon, and full of useful suggestions. Accordingly, it will serve a broad audience. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers; all levels. * CHOICE * David Crenshaw, an experienced child therapist, presents twenty Evocative Strategies as aids to treating young patients who are reluctant to delve into an exploration of their problems by means of direct verbalizations. ...the techniques Crenshaw advocates have proven to be helpful.... * Psychoanalytic Review * Evocative Strategies in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy clearly deserves to be in every library of all clinicians working with children and adolescents. David Crenshaw's clinical use of metaphor, storytelling, art, poetry, role playing, drama and rituals is nothing short of masterful. This book is a ground-breaking contribution to the field and will continue to nourish those who read it and be gifted by the inherent teachings for years to come. -- Joyce C. Mills, Ph.D., LMFT, RPT-S, IBECPT, author of Reconnecting to the Magic of Life David Crenshaw, an experienced child therapist, presents twenty Evocative Strategies as aids to treating young patients who are reluctant to delve into an exploration of their problems by means of direct verbalizations. ...the techniques Crenshaw advocates have proven to be helpful. * Psychoanalytic Review *

David A. Crenshaw, Ph.D., ABPP is the founding director of Rhinebeck and Child Family Center, LLC, in Rhinebeck, New York. He is Board Certified in Clinical Psychology and a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor. He is the author of Bereavement (now in its third printing), A Guidebook for Engaging Resistant Children in Therapy: A Projective Drawing and Storytelling Series and a forthcoming book, Healing Paths to a Child's Soul. Additionally, he is co-author with John Mordock, Ph.D. of A Handbook of Play Therapy with Aggressive Children and Understanding and Treating the Aggression of Children: Fawns in Gorilla Suits, both published by Jason Aronson.