Full Description
This practical, compelling, and clinically authentic text will help counselors in training work more effectively with children and adolescents from diverse backgrounds. The purpose of this training casebook is to provide students with a comprehensive and in-depth presentation of the treatment process and how change occurs. The book emphasizes the child's experience so that the reader can feel with and understand this young person and the counseling relationship that unfolds.
Contents
1. Helping Our Children and Adolescents.2. Allie: Resolving Her Bulimia and Finding a Positive Biracial Identity.3. Sheila: An African American Adolescent Coming to Terms with Sexual Abuse and Depression.4. Mary: A Native American Child Finding Her Parents in the Aftermath of Divorce.5. Jonathan: Finding a Sense of Self as He Comes to Terms with His Gay Identity and Borderline Personality Disorder.6. Timmy: A Biracial Child Developing Friendships and Competence as He Learns to Cope with ADHD.7. Henry: A Latino Child with Separation Anxiety Finding Security in a Threatening Inner-City Environment.8. Elizabeth: An Asian American Adolescent Resolving Rape Trauma.9. Sam: Developing Resilience in Group Therapy as He Copes with Abandonment by Drug Abusing Parents.10. Brian: Recovering from the Foster Parent System with Conduct Disorder.11. Linda: A Depressed Third-Culture Kid Clarifying Spiritual Values.
