Counselling Children
eBook - PDF

Counselling Children

A Practical Introduction

  1. 384 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Counselling Children

A Practical Introduction

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. COUNSELLING CHILDREN- FRONT COVER
  2. COUNSELLING CHILDREN
  3. COPYRIGHT
  4. ABOUT THE AUTHORS
  5. INTRODUCTION TO THE FIFTH EDITION
  6. PART 1- COUNSELLING CHILDREN
  7. CHAPTER 1- GOALS FOR COUNSELLING CHILDREN
  8. CHAPTER 2- THE CHILD–COUNSELLOR RELATIONSHIP
  9. CHAPTER 3- ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS WHEN COUNSELLING CHILDREN
  10. CHAPTER 4- ATTRIBUTES OF A COUNSELLOR FOR CHILDREN
  11. PART 2- PRACTICE FRAMEWORKS
  12. CHAPTER 5- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND CONTEMPORARY IDEAS ABOUT COUNSELLING CHILDREN
  13. CHAPTER 6- THE PROCESS OF CHILD THERAPY
  14. CHAPTER 7- THE CHILD’S INTERNAL PROCESSES OF THERAPEUTIC CHANGE
  15. CHAPTER 8- SEQUENTIALLY PLANNED INTEGRATIVE COUNSELLING FOR CHILDREN (THE SPICC MODEL)
  16. CHAPTER 9- COUNSELLING CHILDREN IN THE CONTEXT OF FAMILY THERAPY
  17. CHAPTER 10- COUNSELLING CHILDREN IN GROUPS
  18. PART 3- CHILD COUNSELLING SKILLS
  19. CHAPTER 11- OBSERVATION
  20. CHAPTER 12- ACTIVE LISTENING
  21. CHAPTER 13- HELPING THE CHILD TO TELL THEIR STORY AND GET IN TOUCH WITH STRONG EMOTIONS
  22. CHAPTER 14- DEALING WITH RESISTANCE AND TRANSFERENCE
  23. CHAPTER 15- DEALING WITH SELF-CONCEPT AND SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BELIEFS
  24. CHAPTER 16- ACTIVELY FACILITATING CHANGE
  25. CHAPTER 17- TERMINATION OF COUNSELLING
  26. CHAPTER 18- SKILLS FOR COUNSELLING CHILDREN IN GROUPS
  27. PART 4- PLAY THERAPY – USE OF MEDIA AND ACTIVITIES
  28. CHAPTER 19- THE PLAY THERAPY ROOM
  29. CHAPTER 20- THE EVIDENCE-BASE FOR PLAY THERAPY AND COUNSELLING CHILDREN
  30. CHAPTER 21- SELECTING THE APPROPRIATE MEDIA OR ACTIVITY
  31. CHAPTER 22- THE USE OF MINIATURE ANIMALS
  32. CHAPTER 23- SAND-TRAY WORK
  33. CHAPTER 24- WORKING WITH CLAY
  34. CHAPTER 25- DRAWING, PAINTING, COLLAGE AND CONSTRUCTION
  35. CHAPTER 26- THE IMAGINARY JOURNEY
  36. CHAPTER 27- BOOKS AND STORIES
  37. CHAPTER 28- PUPPETS AND SOFT TOYS
  38. CHAPTER 29- IMAGINATIVE PRETEND PLAY
  39. CHAPTER 30- GAMES
  40. CHAPTER 31- TECHNOLOGY
  41. PART 5- THE USE OF WORKSHEETS
  42. CHAPTER 32- BUILDING SELF-ESTEEM
  43. CHAPTER 33- SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING
  44. CHAPTER 34- EDUCATION IN PROTECTIVE BEHAVIOURS
  45. PART 6- IN CONCLUSION
  46. WORKSHEETS
  47. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  48. INDEX