ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Since 2005 we have turned to research evidence to inform the treatment Objectives and Interventions in our latest editions of the Psychotherapy Treatment Planner books. While much of the content of our Planners was “best practice” and also from the mainstream of sound psychological procedure, we have benefited significantly from a thorough review that looked through the lens of evidence-based practice. The later editions of the Planners now stand as content not just based on “best practice” but based on reliable research results. Although several of my coauthors have contributed to this recertification of our content, Timothy J. Bruce has been the main guiding force behind this effort. I am very proud of the highly professional content provided by so many coauthors who are leaders in their respective subspecialties in the field of psychology such as addiction, family therapy, couples therapy, personality disorder treatment, group treatment, women's issues, military personnel treatment, older adult treatment, and many others. Added to this expertise over the past 9 years has been the contribution of Dr. Tim Bruce who has used his depth of knowledge regarding evidence-supported treatment to shape and inform the content of the last two editions of Adult, Adolescent, Child, and Addiction Psychotherapy Treatment Planners. I welcome Tim aboard as an author for these books and consider it an honor to have him as a friend, colleague, and coauthor.

I must also add my acknowledgment of the supportive professionalism of the Wiley staff, especially that of my editor, Marquita Flemming. Wiley has been a trusted partner in this series for almost 20 years now and I am blessed to be published by such a highly respected company. Thank you to all my friends at Wiley!

And then there is our manuscript manager, Sue Rhoda, who knows just what to do to make a document presentable, right up to the standards required by a publisher. Thank you, Sue.

Finally, I tip my hat to my coauthors, Mark Peterson and Bill McInnis, who launched this Child Psychotherapy Treatment Planner with their original content contributions many years ago and have supported all the efforts to keep it fresh and evidence-based.

AEJ

I am fortunate to have been invited some 7 years ago by Dr. Art Jongsma to work with him on his well-known and highly regarded Psychotherapy Treatment Planner series and now to be welcomed as one of his coauthors on this Planner along with Mark Peterson and Bill McInnis. As readers know, Art's treatment planners are highly regarded as works of enormous value to practicing clinicians as well as terrific educational tools for “students” of our profession. That Art's brainchild would have this type of value to our field is no surprise when you work with him. He is the consummate psychologist, with enormous breadth and depth of experience, a profound intellect, and a Rogerian capacity for empathy and understanding—all of which he would modestly deny. When you work with Art, you not only get to know him, you get to know his family, colleagues, and friends. In doing so, you get to know his values. If you are like me, you have relationships that you prize because they are with people whom you know to be, simply stated, good. Well, to use an expression I grew up with, Art is good people. And it is my honor to have him as a friend, colleague, and coauthor. Thank you, Art!

I also would like thank Marquita Flemming and the staff at Wiley for their immeasurable support, guidance, and professionalism. It is just my opinion, but I think Marquita should publish her own book on author relations.

I would also like to extend a big thank-you to our manuscript manager, Sue Rhoda, for her exacting work and (needed) patience. In fact, I am sure Sue will take it in stride when we ask to do one more edit of this acknowledgment section after it has been “finalized.”

Lastly, I would like thank my wife, Lori, and our children, Logan and Madeline, for all they do. They're good people, too.

TJB