client background information Archives - Mad In America

Childhood Adversity/Trauma

When Does it Help to Have Background Information in Child-Centered Play...

Hannah Emerson - March 28, 2019 2

Knowing the client’s history can help foster genuine empathic responding, a key component to child-centered play therapy.

In the News

From Blame to Understanding: The Importance of Social Factors in Mental...

October 11, 2024

Balancing Spontaneity and Focus: The Role of Treatment Goals in Effective...

October 10, 2024

Reframing Borderline Personality Disorder: A Call for Intersectional Understanding and Destigmatization

October 9, 2024

Study Finds Over 25% of Antidepressant Prescriptions Given to High-Risk, Long-Term...

October 8, 2024

Blogs

A hand holding pills from a pill bottle. Legs in military camo are visible

Risks of Prescribing Psychiatric Drugs to Veterans

October 12, 2024

Brain Stew: An Interview with Myself

October 11, 2024

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Gigantic Hoax on Danish National TV: “Patients with an ADHD Diagnosis...

October 10, 2024

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Preventing Suicide Among Older Adults

October 8, 2024