This book is a highly practical and accessible guide to helping and supporting young people experiencing difficulties both at home and at school or college. Covering issues from low self-esteem and sexuality, to substance misuse and aggression, the author draws on a method of brief integrative counseling to illustrate how a time-limited therapy can work effectively in an often pressured and time-limited setting. This fully revised and updated edition: Includes a whole new chapter on self-harm
Discusses the latest research findings
Outlines up-to-date Safeguarding legislation and Child Protection protocols
Explores a teamwork approach to counseling
Examines the contribution of neuroscience to adolescent brain development
Considers the harmful effects of cyber bullying
Provides an accessible format with reflective exercises on ethical issues
Steeped in vivid case examples, therapeutic dialogue and points for reflection, this invaluable book will help develop the theoretical knowledge, understanding and skills base of any youth counsellor, teacher or social worker based in a school or college setting. Contents: Introduction
Brief Counselling
Brief Counselling Approaches
Counselling in School
Legal and Ethical Codes in School Counselling
Adolescence
Low Self-Esteem: Depression, Anxiety and Reaction to Abuse
Self-Harm and Suicide Ideation
School Bullying
Anger, Aggression and Violence
Loss and Bereavement
Parental Separation and Step-Parent Conflict
Smoking, Drugs and Alcohol Misuse
Teenage Sexuality
Appendix I: Counselling Report
Appendix II: Counselling Referrers
Appendix III: Counsellor Responses Mini Survey
Appendix IV: Anger Management Screening
Notes
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