Casebook in Child and Adolescent Treatment: Cultural and Familial Contexts (Children & Adolescents) - Softcover

McClure, Faith Holmes; Teyber, Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534529402 ISBN 13: 9780534529406

Publisher: Brooks Cole, 2002

Synopsis

This practical, compelling, and clinically authentic text will help counselors in training work more effectively with children and adolescents from diverse backgrounds. The purpose of this training casebook is to provide students with a comprehensive and in-depth presentation of the treatment process and how change occurs. The book emphasizes the child's experience so that the reader can feel with and understand this young person and the counseling relationship that unfolds.

About this title

About the Author:

Faith Holmes McClure is a psychology professor at California State University, San Bernardino and is an adjunct professor at Loma Linda University. Dr. McClure is also the co-author for the Student Workbook, Instructor¿s Manual and CHALLENGING THERAPEUTIC INTERACTIONS clinical training video with Edward Teyber. Her research interests include multicultural & relational issues in mental health; violence, child abuse & chemical dependence; and developmental psychopathology. Dr. McClure grew up in South Africa during apartheid and hopes she can contribute to psychology in post-apartheid South Africa as a mixed-race person.

Review:

"McClure and Teyber have written an excellent casebook that analyzes mental health problems that children and adolescents may experience. Importantly, the analysis is embedded within a cultural context. The casebook reviews symptoms and causes of disorders and then presents cases that illustrate key points in the discussion. The cases are explored with depth, and the rationale for using certain treatment strategies are thoughtfully discussed within a cultural context. This book is a valuable contribution and should be read by mental health professionals as well as advanced undergraduates or graduate students in the helping professions."

"This book speaks to real-life problems experienced by children and adolescents today, problems that are serious, complex, and challenging to talented, seasoned counselors. It provides an in-depth discussion of intervention techniques, including scripts of important exchanges between the counselor and client. Each chapter contains detailed background information about the crisis category of interest and the pertinent multicultural issues that apply, thus providing the context in which the interventions can be better understood."

About this edition

• Publisher: Brooks Cole
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0534529402
• ISBN 13: 9780534529406
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320