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Counselling Children

Counselling Children

A Practical Introduction

by Rebecca Yin FooDavid Geldard and Kathryn Geldard
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Publication Date: 12/01/2017

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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. 
ISBN:
9781473953338
9781473953338
Category:
Teenagers: advice for parents
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
12-01-2017
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications, Limited
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Edition:
5th Edition
Dimensions (mm):
241.3x171.45x20.57mm
Weight:
0.66kg
Rebecca Yin Foo

Rebecca Yin Foo is an Educational and Developmental Psychologist who is experienced in providing psychological support for children with developmental disabilities and their families at the Cerebral Palsy League.

Her work has led her to take a high level of practical and academic interest in ways of working with children to promote optimal positive outcomes. She currently works in private practice in Brisbane, Australia. Prior to obtaining her honours degree in Psychology and Masters degree in Educational and Developmental Psychology she completed a Bachelor of Medical Engineering.

She has published a number of journal articles and presented conference papers nationally and internationally in relation to her studies in both Engineering and Psychology. She is the third author of the book, Counselling Children: A Practical Introduction.

David Geldard

David Geldard worked for many years as a counselling psychologist in private practice, mental health and community health in Queensland. He specialised in counselling children, young people and their families.

Kathryn Geldard

Dr. Kathryn Geldard retired from teaching in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, at the University of the Sunshine Coast at the end of 2013. Kathryn was responsible for establishing the Master of Counselling and the Master of Counselling Practice programs, and prior to her retirement had extensive experience in mental health settings and private practice, initially working at the Phipps Clinic at Johns Hopkins University Hospital.

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