Counselling Children: A Practical Introduction

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SAGE Publications, Jul 9, 1997 - Psychology - 240 pages
`I like the interactive style in which the book is written, whereby the reader is invited to consider how they might deal with a situation... following which the authors explain how they approach it.... The book is for counsellors in training and a resource for practising counsellors. The methods described can be adapted to different settings, for example school and home.... I would recommend this comprehensive and stimulating book to anyone who is interested or involved in working in a therapeutic way with children' - Counselling, The Journal of the British Association for Counselling

This introductory guide to the practice of counselling children, and to the practical issues of communicating with children in

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Contents

Theoretical Perspectives
18
Part 3
53
Play Therapy Use of Media and Activities
85
Copyright

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Counselling Children: A Practical Introduction
Kathryn Geldard,David Geldard
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About the author (1997)

KATHRYN GELDARD, PhD, is a lecturer and counsellor supervisor in the School of Psychology and Counselling at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia. Her research interests include adolescent peer counselling and counselling effectiveness as perceived by the adolescent client in the QUT Psychology and Counselling Clinic. Kathryn is currently conducting research with Australian Aboriginal adolescents with regard to developing a culturally sensitive peer support program in a regional community. She is the author of a number of textbooks on counselling and has several years experience in supervising and training counsellors.

David Geldard has an international reputation as a counselling psychologist and for his work in counselling children and their families.

Bibliographic information

TitleCounselling Children: A Practical Introduction
AuthorsKathryn Geldard, David Geldard
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherSAGE Publications, 1997
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized28 Aug 2007
ISBN0761955518, 9780761955511
Length240 pages
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Psychology / Psychotherapy / Child & Adolescent
  
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