Counselling Adolescents: The Proactive Approach for Young People / Edition 4

by Kathryn Geldard, David Geldard, Rebecca Yin Foo

Overview

Trainee and practising counsellors working with children and adolescents; also professionals who work with emotionally disturbed young people, for example social workers, educational psychologists, mental-health nurses and teachers

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781446276044
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	11/04/2015
Edition description:	Fourth Edition
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

KATHRYN GELDARD, Ph D, is a lecturer and counsellor supervisor in the School of Psychology and Counselling at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia. Her research interests include adolescent peer counselling and counselling effectiveness as perceived by the adolescent client in the QUT Psychology and Counselling Clinic.

Kathryn is currently conducting research with Australian Aboriginal adolescents with regard to developing a culturally sensitive peer support program in a regional community. She is the author of a number of textbooks on counselling and has several years experience in supervising and training counsellors.

Table of Contents

Preface to the fourth edition
Understanding the young person
The nature of adolescence
The influence of childhood experiences
Young people’s environments
Challenges for young people
The contemporary context of adolescence
The development of mental health problems
Proactive counselling for young people
Making counselling relevant for young people
Foundations of the proactive approach
The proactive process for counselling young people
Making use of adolescent communication processes
Useful counselling micro-skills
Promoting change in young people
Maintaining a collaborative relationship
Counselling strategies
Symbolic strategies
Creative strategies
Behavioural and cognitive behavioural strategies
Psycho-educational strategies
The use of technology when counselling young people
Proactive counselling in practice
Professional and ethical issues
Case studies

Editorial Reviews

The authors are thorough in their treatment of all aspects of the nature and challenges of adolescence, the fundamentals of the proactive approach to counselling, descriptions of a wide range of skills and strategies, and of how these are to be applied ethically and professionally. The layout is clear and attractive, making it easy to use as a textbook and also for quick reference. Practitioners, student, trainers and lecturers would find this book up to date, interesting and accessible.

Nina Rye

A highly recommended publication to read not only for counselling experts but also for everyone interested in expanding their theoretical knowledge as well as their practical skills in working with young people in a fascinating span of life.

Dr. Sonia Lippke

I am thrilled that this book has been updated as it is a stalwart in my teaching of counselling to both school counsellors and psychologists. The book is a fantastic, easy to read resource which refreshes experienced practitioners as well as informing students new to the profession. Professor Marilyn Campbell, School of Cultural and Professional Learning, Queensland University of Technology.

Marilyn Campbell