Counseling Children,
9th Edition

Donna A. Henderson, Charles L. Thompson

ISBN-13: 9781285464541
Copyright 2016 | Published
768 pages | List Price: USD $250.95

COUNSELING CHILDREN covers the most practical and up-to-date methods for developing effective approaches to counseling children. To help prepare you for your career, the authors translate theory into practice by focusing on the application of ideas and current knowledge. This easy-to-read guide includes useful strategies and case studies to provide you with a realistic look at the counseling field. It also presents a development approach to counseling that considers age and stage differences in counseling children, adolescents, and adults. The ninth edition includes 2014 ACA ethical standards, best practice guidelines, and fresh ideas that facilitate your understanding of the world of the child. Expanded coverage of children who have special concerns and of family interventions provides you with effective ways to deliver interventions across multiple settings.

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Part I: INTRODUCTION TO COUNSELING CHILDREN.
1. Counseling.
2. Introduction to a Child's World.
3. The Counseling Process.
4. Legal and Ethical Considerations.
Part II: COUNSELING THEORIES AND TECHNIQUES.
5. Psychoanalytic Counseling.
6. Person-Centered Counseling.
7. Gestalt Therapy.
8. Behavioral Counseling.
9. Reality Therapy: Counseling with Choice Theory.
10. Brief Counseling: Solution Focused.
11. Individual Psychology.
12. Rational-Emotive-Behavioral Therapy.
13. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
14. Transactional Analysis.
15. Family Counseling.
16. Consultation and Collaboration.
17. Play Therapy.
18. Group Counseling with Children.
19. Counseling Children with Special Concerns.
20. Counseling Children with Special Needs.

  • Donna A. Henderson

    Donna A. Henderson is a professor and department chair of counseling at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She received her bachelor's degree in English from Meredith College, her master's degree from James Madison University, and her Ph.D. degree in counselor education from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is Past President of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision and Chi Sigma Iota, the counseling honor society. She is a former teacher and counselor in grades 7 to 12, a licensed school counselor, and a licensed professional counselor. She holds memberships in the American Counseling Association and has been active in national, regional, and state counseling associations. Her research interests include counseling children, particularly in the school setting and counselor education concerns. She has co-authored books on school counseling and counselor preparation as well as written chapters on legal and ethical issues, developmental issues, creative arts and counseling, and other topics. Her articles have been published in The Journal of Counseling and Development, Counselor Education and Supervision, The Journal for Specialists in Group Work, Arts in Psychotherapy, Journal of Family Therapy, and Elementary School Guidance and Counseling.

  • Charles L. Thompson

    Charles L. Thompson was a professor of counselor education in the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling in the College of Education, Health, and Human Science at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in science education and educational psychology from the University of Tennessee and did his Ph.D. degree concentration in counselor education, developmental psychology, and counseling psychology at The Ohio State University where he held NDEA and Delta Theta Tau fellowships. Dr. Thompson was a teacher and counselor in grades 7 to 12. His research interests included reality therapy and solution-focused brief counseling. He received the American Mental Health Counselors Association's Counselor Educator of the Year Award and the American School Counselor Association's Writer of the Year Award. He co-authored or authored seven books and over 100 articles in journals, including the Journal of Counseling and Development, Professional School Counseling, Journal of Mental Health Counseling, Counselor Education and Supervision, Journal of Counseling Psychology, International Journal of Reality Therapy, and the International Journal for the Advancement of Counseling. He was editor of The Idea Exchange Section of the Elementary School Guidance and Counseling Journal from 1979 to 1997.

  • COUNSELING CHILDREN incorporates the 2014 American Counseling Association ethical code, ensuring that readers have an up-to-date review of the standards of counseling practices.

  • Counselors are encountering an increased prevalence in their practices of working with children with disabilities and special concerns. To prepare readers for dealing appropriately and effectively with these children, the ninth edition includes descriptions of diagnoses as well as best practice guidelines for children with emotional disturbances and challenging life situations such as homelessness, abuse, and deployed parents.

  • COUNSELING CHILDREN incorporates the 2014 American Counseling Association ethical code, ensuring that you have an up-to-date review of the standards of counseling practices.

  • Counselors encounter an increased prevalence in their practices of working with children with disabilities and special concerns. To prepare you for dealing appropriately and effectively with these children, the ninth edition includes descriptions of diagnoses as well as best practice guidelines for children with emotional disturbances and challenging life situations such as homelessness, abuse, and deployed parents.

  • Equipping students with a broad foundation of knowledge, COUNSELING CHILDREN presents twelve established counseling theories used when working with children and their families, as well as techniques and interventions based on those theories.

  • CACREP-aligned learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter help to focus students' attention on important information as they read.

  • The updated text features in-depth practice information on issues and techniques in counseling children, such as play therapy and ethical and legal issues.

  • Each theory chapter includes information on how to use that theory, as well as website listings that provide students with further resources for the information discussed in the text. Most chapters include the play therapy techniques associated with the theory. Case studies and step-by-step guides help seasoned and beginning counselors develop their skills.

  • Equipping you with a broad foundation of knowledge, COUNSELING CHILDREN presents twelve established counseling theories used when working with children and their families, as well as techniques and interventions based on those theories.

  • The updated text features in-depth practice information on issues and techniques in counseling children, such as play therapy, and ethical and legal issues.

  • CACREP-aligned learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter help to focus your attention on important information as you read.

  • Each theory chapter in COUNSELING CHILDREN includes information on how to use that theory, as well as website listings that provide students with further resources for the information discussed in the text. Most chapters include the play therapy techniques associated with the theory. Case studies and step-by-step guides help seasoned and beginning counselors develop their skills.

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