Nocturnal Enuresis: Augmenting the Bell-and-Pad
By Michael A. Tompkins, Ph.D. Co-Director of the San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy While most pediatricians favor pharmacologic treatments for nocturnal enuresis, there is growing...
View ArticleSeparation, Panic and School Refusal
By Michael A. Tompkins, Ph.D. Co-Director of the San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy Separation anxiety disorder (SAD) is a relatively common disorder in children and adolescents and...
View ArticleFrom Kazoos to Spider Rings: Prolonged Exposure with Kids
By Michael A. Tompkins, Ph.D. Co-Director of the San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy Exposure appears to be the key change-producing procedure in the cognitive-behavioral treatment of...
View ArticleThe Many Faces of Bullying Part 1: Face-to-face exclusion
By Daniela Owen, Ph.D. Partner, San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy In an age of parents sticking up for their children regardless of how wrong their children’s behavior is, Leslie...
View ArticleBehavioral Treatment for Tourette Disorder and Motor Tics
By Michael A. Tompkins, Ph.D. Co-Director of the San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy Tourette disorder is a chronic neurological condition characterized by brief, rapid movements (motor...
View ArticleWhen the Winnie-the-Pooh Cup is Half-Empty: Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for...
By Michael A. Tompkins, Ph.D. Co-Director of the San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy A clinician recently told me that cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) wasn’t appropriate for children...
View ArticleDoing it Backwards: Why Addressing Misbehavior Starts with Positive...
Part 1 in a series on effectively managing challenging behavior in children By Emily Berner, LMFT Partner, San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy Most children have their fair share of...
View ArticleShy Kids, Silent Kids
By Michael A. Tompkins, Ph.D. Co-Director of the San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy I met Margaret when she was 5-years old. She wore faded overalls inherited from her older brother...
View ArticleHarnessing Your Attention: A Powerful Tool in Your Parenting Toolkit
By Emily Berner, MFT Partner, San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy When listening to parents describe their child’s challenging behaviors, one of the first questions I ask is, “how do...
View ArticleLittle Worriers
By Michael A. Tompkins, PhD, ABPP Co-Director of the San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy Worries and fears are a typical part of early childhood. Most children outgrow their fears with...
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Role of Play in Cognitive-Behavior Therapy
The involvement of the child in treatment is an important predictor of treatment outcome (Chu & Kendall, 2004; Braswell et al., 1985). Most clinicians who treat youth believe that some level of...
View ArticleKeeping Kids Active During Holiday Break…Without Electronics
(Kids are) home for the holidays Despite the joys of holiday time, over the past few years parents have expressed increasing concern about how to keep their children entertained over a school break....
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