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This practice-oriented text provides practical strategies for counselling children and their families. The author focuses on ways to involve parents in the counselling process whenever they can be a positive influence. The book emphasizes how counsellors can draw parents into the counselling process and how parents can also participate by joining support groups. The author's approach to counselling children involves: focusing on their strengths, giving equal weight to thoughts, feelings, and actions; addressing developmental as well as remedial concerns; emphasizing prevention; and building more cooperative relationships.

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9780534232801

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PART I: UNDERSTANDING TODAY'S CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. 1. Growing Up in the 21st Century. 2. The Developing Child. 3. The Vulnerable Child. PART II: COUNSELING AND THERAPY WITH CHILDREN. 4. Assessment and Treatment Plan. 5. Individual and Group Counseling with Children. 6. Play Therapy. 7. Art Therapy. 8. Bibliotherapy. 9. Behavioral Approaches with Children. 10. Safeguarding Children's Rights. PART III: COUNSELING PARENTS AND FAMILIES TO BRING ABOUT BEHAVIORAL CHANGES IN CHILDREN. 11. Parents as Partners in Child Counseling. 12. Child-Focused Parent Groups.

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Ph.D., State University of New York, Buffalo

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