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Now in its fifth edition, this definitive guide to counselling
adolescents has introduced thousands of trainees and practitioners
to the theory, principles, skills and techniques of proactively
counselling this client group. With over 4 hours of online
resources, this multi-disciplinary book uses case studies and
examples to demonstrate how a diversity of needs requires a
diversity of approaches and skills through a variety of settings.
It is essential reading for trainees and practitioners in
counselling, social work, the allied health professions and
education.
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: The goals for counselling children and the
child-counsellor 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. This fifth edition has been updated to
include: A new chapter on technology; its influence on children and
ways that technology can be used during counselling New content on
issues of diversity and difference in counselling children The
different contexts in which counselling children occur Discussion
of concepts of wellbeing 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
counselling children including: helping the child to tell their
story sand tray work, the use of miniature animals, the use of
clay, and helping the child to change thoughts and behaviour. This
highly practical guide is vital reading for counsellors,
psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, nurses and
teachers working or training to work with children.
"If you need one book that's crammed with clinically excellent,
genuinely well informed and useful ideas for working with family
relationships in all their permutations, this is undoubtedly it" -
Professor Colin Feltham, Sheffield Hallam University "This is easy
to read and has a clear layout. Counselling MSc students may find
it an interesting introduction to the topic" - Times Higher
Education Magazine, May 2009 This book is a practical skills-based
introduction to relationship counselling. It covers couple
counselling for parents, whole-family counselling and counselling
for children and young people with regard to their relationships
with siblings, peers and parents. The text also includes: o an
introduction to relationship counselling theory and concepts o
discussion of the importance of relying on a clearly defined theory
of change o ways to address parenting issues o an exploration of
confidentiality, disclosing inappropriate behaviour and personal
safety. Kathryn Geldard and David Geldard present an integrative
model of relationship counselling which combines skills and
strategies from a number of approaches. Their practical guide
integrates individual and subgroup counselling with whole-family
counselling, providing much-needed material on methods and
approaches for communicating with children and young people. The
book will be invaluable to new relationship counsellors learning
the skills required in order to bring about change, and will be a
useful reference book for experienced counsellors.
Most of us find ourselves listening to other people's problems at
some time or another - either our friends' or, in the course of our
work, patients, pupils, clients, colleagues. This book, written
clearly in user friendly language, takes the reader step by step
through a range of skills to help them become a better listener,
communicator and helper in their everyday lives, progressing from
inviting the person to talk to ending a helping conversation. Using
plenty of examples, tips, exercises and sample conversations, the
authors show how the skills described can be easily learned and can
fit comfortably into everyday life. This book is essential reading
for everyone interested in improving their communication and
helping skills as well as those students taking introductory
courses in counselling and counselling skills. KATHERYN GELDARD is
a Child and Family Therapist and a visiting lecturer at the
Queensland University of Technology, Australia. DAVID GELDARD is a
Counselling Psychologist. Together they are the authors of several
books on counselling. They jointly manage a counselling practice
where they specialise in working with children, adolescents, and
their families. They also run training programmes for helping
professionals who wish to enhance their counselling skills.
Now in its fifth edition, this definitive guide to counselling
adolescents has introduced thousands of trainees and practitioners
to the theory, principles, skills and techniques of proactively
counselling this client group. With over 4 hours of online
resources, this multi-disciplinary book uses case studies and
examples to demonstrate how a diversity of needs requires a
diversity of approaches and skills through a variety of settings.
It is essential reading for trainees and practitioners in
counselling, social work, the allied health professions and
education.
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: The goals for counselling children and the
child-counsellor 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. This fifth edition has been updated to
include: A new chapter on technology; its influence on children and
ways that technology can be used during counselling New content on
issues of diversity and difference in counselling children The
different contexts in which counselling children occur Discussion
of concepts of wellbeing 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
counselling children including: helping the child to tell their
story sand tray work, the use of miniature animals, the use of
clay, and helping the child to change thoughts and behaviour. This
highly practical guide is vital reading for counsellors,
psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, nurses and
teachers working or training to work with children.
"If you need one book that's crammed with clinically excellent,
genuinely well informed and useful ideas for working with family
relationships in all their permutations, this is undoubtedly it" -
Professor Colin Feltham, Sheffield Hallam University "This is easy
to read and has a clear layout. Counselling MSc students may find
it an interesting introduction to the topic" - Times Higher
Education Magazine, May 2009 This book is a practical skills-based
introduction to relationship counselling. It covers couple
counselling for parents, whole-family counselling and counselling
for children and young people with regard to their relationships
with siblings, peers and parents. The text also includes: o an
introduction to relationship counselling theory and concepts o
discussion of the importance of relying on a clearly defined theory
of change o ways to address parenting issues o an exploration of
confidentiality, disclosing inappropriate behaviour and personal
safety. Kathryn Geldard and David Geldard present an integrative
model of relationship counselling which combines skills and
strategies from a number of approaches. Their practical guide
integrates individual and subgroup counselling with whole-family
counselling, providing much-needed material on methods and
approaches for communicating with children and young people. The
book will be invaluable to new relationship counsellors learning
the skills required in order to bring about change, and will be a
useful reference book for experienced counsellors.
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