Counselling Adolescents: The Proactive Approach for Young People - Hardcover

Geldard, Kathryn; Geldard, David; Yin Foo, Rebecca

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1526463520 ISBN 13: 9781526463524

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2019

Synopsis

Now in its fifth edition, this definitive guide to counselling adolescents has introduced thousands of trainees and practitioners to the theory, principles, skills and techniques of proactively counselling this client group.

With over 4 hours of online resources, this multi-disciplinary book uses case studies and examples to demonstrate how a diversity of needs requires a diversity of approaches and skills through a variety of settings. It is essential reading for trainees and practitioners in counselling, social work, the allied health professions and education.

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.

David Geldard has an international reputation as a counselling psychologist and for his work in counselling children and their families.

Rebecca Yin Foo is an educational and developmental psychologist who specialises in working with children and families.

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1526463520
• ISBN 13: 9781526463524
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 344