Description

The definitive guide to the skills and techniques used when working with children experiencing emotional problems, this book covers all you need to know about, including:

The goals for counseling children and the child-counselor relationship

Practice frameworks for working effectively with children

Play therapy and the use of different media and activities

Building self-esteem and social skills through the use of worksheets

The new Fifth Edition has been updated to include:

A new chapter on technology (its influence on children and ways that technology can be used during counseling)

New content on issues of diversity and difference in counseling children

The different contexts in which counseling children occur

Discussion of concepts of well-being and resilience

Updated references and research

The book is supported by a new Companion Website that provides training materials and handouts on a range of skills for counseling children including: helping the child to tell their story and tray work, the use of miniature animals, the use of clay, and helping the child to change thoughts and behavior.

This highly practical guide is vital reading for counselors, psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, nurses, and teachers working or training to work with children.

Author: Geldard, Kathryn, Author: Geldard, David, Author: Yin Foo, Rebecca

Topic: Psychology
Media: Book
ISBN: 1473953324
Language: English
Pages: 384