Counselling Children: A Practical Introduction
Kathryn Geldard; David Geldard; Rebecca Yin Foo
Language: English
Published by SAGE Publications Ltd, 2013
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- Title
- Counselling Children: A Practical Introduction
- Author
- Kathryn Geldard; David Geldard; Rebecca Yin Foo
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Publication year
- 2013
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1446256545
- ISBN 13
- 9781446256541
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Item weight
- 1.4 pounds
Dr Samantha Bursnall, Clinical Psychologist, Department of Child and Family, Tavistock Centre, London
This fourth edition of bestselling Counselling Children is a highly practical guide to the skills and strategies which can be used in working with children who are experiencing emotional problems.
The authors cover:
-The goals for counselling children and the counsellor-child relationship
-Practice frameworks for working effectively with children
-Play therapy and using different media and activities
-Building self esteem and social skills using worksheets.
This fully revised fourth edition includes a new chapter on Ethical Considerations; a new chapter covering Historical Background and Contemporary Ideas, helping you understand and demonstrate the evidence base for your practice; and lots more case studies to help you develop appropriate techniques across different settings and at different stages of your practice.
The book is invaluable in the practical skills training of counsellors, psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, nurses, teachers, and other professionals who work with children.
Dr Kathryn Geldard is adjunct senior lecturer at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia.
David Geldard has an international reputation as a psychologist and trainer of counsellors. He is noted for his work in counselling children and their families.
Rebecca Yin Foo is an educational and developmental psychologist who specializes in working with children and families in her private practice.
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About the Author
Dr Kathryn Geldard is now retired from clinical practice. She continues to conduct training workshops for counsellors and organisations and facilitate professional development supervision groups. Her academic career as senior lecturer in counselling at Queensland University of Technology and in the faculty of Arts and Business at the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC), Australia includes programme leadership of the Counselling programme as well as development of the postgraduate Master of Counselling degrees. She is the author of a several textbooks founded on her extensive clinical counselling background with children, young people and their families.
David Geldard had extensive experience in working as a counselling psychologist with troubled children and their families. He worked in mental health and community health settings, and in private practice.
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 Master’s 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.
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