Alan Carr has pulled off, with this textbook, an unusual and extraordinary feat: unusual in managing singlehandedly to produce a guide to clinical theory and practice with such a comprehensive range; extraordinary in formulating multi-system and developmental conceptual frameworks that succeed convincingly in integrating many of the themes and `loose ends' in child and adolescent clinical psychology. The author combines ... Read moreimpressive scholarship and clinical knowledge in a reader-friendly book which should be of inestimable value to post-graduate clinical trainees and, indeed, to experienced practitioners. - Martin Herbert, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Child Psychology, University of Exeter Show Less