Crisis Counseling with Children and Adolescents: A Guide for Nonprofessional Counselors - Softcover

Van Ornum, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1579109268 ISBN 13: 9781579109264

Publisher: Wipf and Stock, 2002

Synopsis

Essential reading for everyone who cares for troubled children. Here is an indispensable book for parents, teachers, concerned relatives, clergy, guidance counselors, medical personnel - anyone who cares for children but does no have extensive psychological training. It covers such traumatic experiences as a death in the family, divorce, sickness, hospitalization, handicaps, aggression and defiance in home and school, and how, if necessary, to make a referral to a professional helper. Based on the latest professional findings and the experiences of the psychologist authors, this popular handbook provides helpful case histories, approaches that work, essential references for each topic, and a useful bibliography for children and adolescents. It will be greatly appreciated by anyone who must respond to a young person in need.

About this title

About the Author:

Mordock is a psychologist by training. He learned to fly-fish at the age of 12. He also has an interest in history.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1579109268
• ISBN 13: 9781579109264
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256