Child-Focused Practice

Jim Wilson is a UKCP registered systemic psychotherapist with over thirty years experience in working in mental health and social care fields in the UK. He provides provides training, consultation, and practice projects in the UK, Europe, and the Far East. He is also a regular presenter at national and international conferences in mental health services and is known for his creative approaches to therapy and social practices with families. His articles and books are popular and prescribed texts texts in many training courses in family therapy, and related disciplines in the UK and elsewhere.

Editors’ Foreword , Foreword , Introduction , A framework for child-focused practice , The child in the therapeutic context: convening and consulting with the significant people , Making a connection: the first encounter , Child-focused questioning , Playful dramas for serious problems , Forms of writing in therapy with children , Preoccupying questions , Children’s views , End notes , Appendix