Counselling Adolescents: The Pro-Active Approach - Hardcover

Geldard, Kathryn; Geldard, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761957782 ISBN 13: 9780761957782

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

This practical book has been specifically designed for students and professionals working with emotionally disturbed adolescents. It introduces the specific issues associated with counselling adolescents, and describes how traditional counselling skills can be enhanced by the use of pro-active processes for more effective use with this client group.

Kathryn and David Geldard: describe the nature of adolescence; explore adolescents′ counselling needs, giving an account of the pro-active approach to counselling they developed for use with this client group; and describe the use of widely accepted counselling skills which enable the adolescent to arrive at strategies for addressing specific issues. The final part contains case

About this title

About the Author:

KATHRYN GELDARD, PhD, is a lecturer and counsellor supervisor in the School of Psychology and Counselling at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia. Her research interests include adolescent peer counselling and counselling effectiveness as perceived by the adolescent client in the QUT Psychology and Counselling Clinic.

Kathryn is currently conducting research with Australian Aboriginal adolescents with regard to developing a culturally sensitive peer support program in a regional community. She is the author of a number of textbooks on counselling and has several years experience in supervising and training counsellors.

Review:

`This book would be a valuable resource for trainee counsellors. It would also serve to enhance the work of experienced practitioners, particularly if they are more familiar with counselling adults or children and would like to build on this by developing their skills with adolescents′ - BACP North London Magazine

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0761957782
• ISBN 13: 9780761957782
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256