Full Description
Brief Counselling in Schools is a practical guide to providing help and support to young people experiencing a range of difficulties in their home and school lives. Written by an experienced practitioner, the book provides a method of brief integrative counselling which can be adapted to the range of problems with which pupils often come to counselling. Based around case material the chapters look at issues of: self-esteem; depression and suicidal thoughts; bullying; parental separation and step-parent conflict; loss and bereavement; spiritual concerns; smoking, drug and alcohol use; sexuality.
Contents
School Counselling / Professional and Ethical Boundaries in School Counselling / The Developmental Process from 11 to 18 Years / Brief Counselling in School / Low Self-Esteem, Depression and Suicidal Thoughts / Bullying in School / Parental Separation and Step-Parent Conflict / Loss and Bereavement / Sexual Inclination and Conduct / Smoking, Drugs and Alcohol Misuse / Life Meaning and Spiritual Emptiness