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Counselling Young People
A Practitioner Manual



November 2017 | 256 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

This groundbreaking book takes a humanistic approach to counselling young people, establishing humanistic counselling as an evidence-based psychological intervention.

Chapters cover:

  • Therapeutic models for counselling young people
  • Assessment and the therapeutic relationship
  • Practical skills and strategies for counselling young people
  • Ethical and legal issues
  • Research and measuring and evaluating outcomes
  • Counselling young people in a range of contexts and settings.

Grounded in the BACP’s competencies for working with young people, this text is vital reading for those taking a counselling young people course or broader counselling and psychotherapy course, for qualified counsellors working with this client group, and for trainers.

 
Introduction
 
Part 1: The Development of the Young Person
 
1. Understanding Young People and their Development
 
Part 2: Counselling Young People: Theory and Practice
 
2. Therapeutic Models for Counselling Young People
 
3. Assessment with Young People
 
4. The Therapeutic Relationship
 
5. Working with Emotions
 
6. Using Creative and Symbolic Interventions
 
7. Working with Groups
 
Part 3: Counselling Young People: Professional and Practice Issues
 
8. Engaging Young People and their Families
 
9. Evaluation and use of Measures in Counselling Young People
 
10. Ethical and Legal Issues
 
11. Risk and Safeguarding
 
12. Working with Other Agencies
 
13. Supervision
 
14. Developing Culturally Competent Practice
 
Part 4: Counselling Young People: Contexts and Settings
 
15. Educational Settings
 
16. Voluntary/Third-sector Settings

This is a really accessible read for learners and covers a range of important considerations in counselling young people. This includes development, linking theory with practice, a range of counselling contexts and considerations within the field such as safeguarding.
Really applicable to some of the modules covered on our course.

Mrs Louise Allen
Counselling Department, Riverside College Halton
July 10, 2020

Interesting and informative publication for counsellors' new to working with young people. The chapters offer in-depth information and flow in a logical and sensible way.
The important features of counselling young people are included with additional, supplementary information.

Mr Richard Carroll
Department of Counselling, Guildford College
November 22, 2017