Therapy with Children and Young People: Integrative Counselling in Schools and Other Settings

Counselling with Children and Young People provides a distinctive focus on child therapy in school settings, addressing in a unique level of detail. The authors adopt a broad ecosystematic, integrative approach that takes into account the factors of family, school and wider community, placing emphasis on significant development and attachment issues. As well as providing your students with a solid ground in developmental theory, the authors explore the contextual and professional issues of working in a school setting.

A wide range of activities and exercises (including using the creative arts to engage with young people through play, story, metaphor and imagery) allow students to apply theory to practice in a new way. Challenging ethical dilemmas, such as sharing sensitive information and communicating with parents and teachers, are explored with the support of lively case studies. Covering working with children from infancy to secondary school, this book is an essential resource for both trainees and practising therapists who wish to work in schools.