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Thompson (counselor education and educational psychology, University of Tennessee) presents 12 established counseling theories and associated techniques and their specific application to children with developmental, social, educational, personal, or behavioral problems, in this text for counselors, psychologist, social workers, and students. This sixth edition contains new material on personality types, managed care, and counseling children from different cultures.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Description
Unparalleled in its translation of theory into practice, COUNSELING CHILDREN covers the most practical and up-to-date methods for developing effective approaches to counseling children. The authors provide a comprehensive yet easy-to-read text that includes useful strategies and case studies from actual counseling sessions to present a realistic look at the field.

About the Author
Charles L. Thompson is a professor of counselor education and counseling psychology in the Department of Counseling, Deafness, and Human Services in the College of Education at The University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in science education and educational psychology from The University of Tennessee and his Ph.D. degree in counselor education and developmental and counseling psychology at The Ohio State University, where he held NDEA and Delta Theta Tau fellowships. Charles is a former teacher and counselor in grades 7 to 12. He holds memberships in the American Counseling Association and the American Psychological Association. He is a licensed psychologist and licensed school counselor. His research interests are in counselor education and individual counseling. Charles received the American Mental Health Counselors Association's Counselor Educator of the Year Award for 1995-96.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

This detailed explanation of the counseling process and examination of the major theoretical approaches for helping children with developmental, social, or behavioral problems will help you develop the skills you'll need as a considerate, effective counselor of children. Real case examples and transcripts of actual sessions show how to apply the techniques you've read about. Plus, you'll find a new chapter on play therapy that describes the play therapy process and offers a case illustration; practical, up-to-date methods for helping children overcome problem behaviors such as fighting, stealing, lying, cheating, shyness, withdrawal, and destructiveness; coverage of counseling concerns associated with children in homeless families, suicidal children, children in satanic cults, children living in a violent world, and children living with AIDS; specific suggestions for counseling children who are exceptional, who are part of a non-mainstream culture, or who are affected by such factors as divorce, death, abuse, homelessness, or alcoholism; an annotated bibliography of children's literature, updated to include a variety of special concerns; a revised chapter on psychoanalytic counseling with applications to counseling children; a reworked chapter on counseling families that details the differences among various approaches; coverage of brief counseling in the reality therapy chapter; a study guide and an expanded instructor's manual new to this edition.

SYNOPSIS

Thompson (counselor education and educational psychology, University of Tennessee) presents 12 established counseling theories and associated techniques and their specific application to children with developmental, social, educational, personal, or behavioral problems, in this text for counselors, psychologist, social workers, and students. This sixth edition contains new material on personality types, managed care, and counseling children from different cultures. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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