Group counseling and psychotherapy with children and adolescents
Subtitle: theory, research, and practice
By: Zipora Shechtman.
Publisher: L. Erlbaum Associates
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Mahwah, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780805856859; 9780805856866
Subjects: Child psychotherapy -- Case studies.; Adolescent psychology -- Case studies.; Group counseling for children -- Case studies.; Teenagers -- Counseling of -- Case studies.; Counseling -- methods -- Case Reports.; Psychotherapy, Group -- methods -- Case Reports.; Adolescent.; Child.; Group Processes -- Case Reports.; Mental Disorders -- therapy -- Case Reports.
Genres: Case studies.; Case Reports.
Description: Many children and adolescents face developmental or situational difficulties in areas where they live most of their meaningful experiences--at home, at school, and in the community. While adults who struggle with life events and stressors may look to professional help, young individuals are quite alone in coping with these situations. Perhaps unsurprisingly, most children and adolescents typically do not seek such help, and often resist it when offered. Author Zipora Shechtman has written this detailed text advocating group counseling and psychotherapy as a viable means of addressing these issues if we are to ensure the psychological wellness of children in society.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-276) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Who needs group counseling and psychotherapy?; title: The theory of group counseling with children; title: Therapeutic factors in children's groups; title: Leadership in counseling groups with children; title: Activities in the group: methods and techniques; title: Pre-group planning and forming a group; title: The initial stage; title: The transition stage; title: The working stage: how to enhance emotional experiencing and group support; title: Termination; title: Group counseling for lonely children and adolescents; title: Group counseling for students with LD; title: Group counseling for children of divorce; title: Group counseling for aggressive children and adolescents; title: Group counseling for adolescents of a different culture: the case of Arabs; title: What does the data tell us about group counseling with children? Future directions.