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Pills Are Not for Preschoolers: A Drug-Free Approach for Troubled Kids
Marilyn Wedge
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Description for Pills Are Not for Preschoolers: A Drug-Free Approach for Troubled Kids
Paperback. "[Wedge's] encouragement to look anew at the 'problems' our children have .. ?is valuable and expert advice."-Booklist Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: MJW; MMJT; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 216.
Where can parents turn when their child exhibits disturbing behavior and they want to avoid psychiatric labels and drugs? Pills Are Not for Preschoolers presents a much-needed alternative: child-focused family therapy—a brief, effective approach that involves family members in the child’s therapy. A family therapist for more than twenty years, Marilyn Wedge treats children’s problems not as biologically determined “disorders” but as responses to relationships in their lives that can be altered with the help of a therapist. Parents can now respond to symptoms of ADHD, depression, and anxiety with respectful family prescriptives, not prescriptions—and Wedge brilliantly shows us how ... Read more
Where can parents turn when their child exhibits disturbing behavior and they want to avoid psychiatric labels and drugs? Pills Are Not for Preschoolers presents a much-needed alternative: child-focused family therapy—a brief, effective approach that involves family members in the child’s therapy. A family therapist for more than twenty years, Marilyn Wedge treats children’s problems not as biologically determined “disorders” but as responses to relationships in their lives that can be altered with the help of a therapist. Parents can now respond to symptoms of ADHD, depression, and anxiety with respectful family prescriptives, not prescriptions—and Wedge brilliantly shows us how ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393343168
SKU
V9780393343168
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About Marilyn Wedge
Marilyn Wedge is a family therapist in private practice for thirty years. She has a PhD from the University of Chicago and writes blogs for the Huffington Post and Psychology Today. She lives in Oak Park, California.
Reviews for Pills Are Not for Preschoolers: A Drug-Free Approach for Troubled Kids
"Like a clever detective, [Wedge] allows the child to guide her to the heart of a family’s problems."
Publishers Weekly "I highly recommend this book to doctors, mental health professionals, educators, and parents."
Mary Pipher, author of Reviving Ophelia
Publishers Weekly "I highly recommend this book to doctors, mental health professionals, educators, and parents."
Mary Pipher, author of Reviving Ophelia