Engaging Boys in Treatment

Craig Haen, MA, RDT, CGP, LCAT is Assistant Clinical Director for Andrus Children’s Center, in Yonkers, NY, and has a private practice working with children, adolescents, adults and families in White Plains. He serves as Adjunct Faculty at Manhattanville College where he oversees the Concentration in Drama Therapy and is co-chair of the American Group Psychotherapy Association’s Child and Adolescent Special Interest Group.

Part I: Laying the Ground. Haen, Boys and Therapy: The Need for Creative Reformulation. Crenshaw, Barker, Depathologizing Masculine Strivings in Individual Psychotherapy with Boys. Malekoff, Principles and Practice for Strengths-based Group Work with Boys. Part II: Creative Approaches. Harvey, Physical Play with Boys of All Ages. Fine, Incorporating Animal-assisted Interventions in Therapy with Boys at Risk. Austin, Engaging At-risk Adolescent Boys Using Computers as a Therapeutic Medium. Haen, The Therapeutic Use of the Superhero in the Treatment of Boys. Cruz, Breaking Through with Art: Creative Art Therapy Approaches for Working with At-risk Boys. Part III: Special Populations. Currie, Doing Anger Differently: Working Creatively with Angry and Aggressive Boys. Grönlund, Renck, Body-based Treatment Approaches for Young Boys Diagnosed with ADHD. Creeden, Bergman, Attunement is an Experiential Verb: Treating Issues of Attachment and Self-regulation in Young Males with Sexual Behavior Difficulties. Caldwell, Mincy, Klempin, Rafferty, De Loney, Strengthening Bonds Between Non-resident African American Fathers and Sons as a Way to Reduce or Prevent Youth Risky Behaviors. Moore, Beauregard, Creative Approaches to Working with Gender Variant and Sexual Minority Boys.