Case Studies in Child and Adolescent Counseling (3rd Edition)

Case Studies in Child and Adolescent Counseling (3rd Edition)

<P> <B> </B> This award-winning book presents a realistic picture of therapy's rewards and challenges through sixteen actual cases involving children and adolescents. Readers are exposed to a variety of counseling theories and the real, live counselors who use them. <B> </B> The cases deal with major problem areas such as sexual abuse, dual diagnoses, seriously dysfunctional families, and addictions. A five-part organization of each case covers: an <I>introduction</I> that discusses the presenting problem and background information about the client; <I>conceptualization</I> of therapeutic goals and strategies; <I>process</I> descriptions of actual client contacts (it explains what happened in sessions and how the therapist's relationship with the client changed over time); <I>outcome</I> sections describing the result of the work done between therapist and client; and <I>discussion</I> explanations of what the author/therapist might have done differently. In addition, the author describes his or her personal and professional growth that resulted from this encounter with a troubled youngster. <B> </B> For child and adolescent counselors beginning their journey as therapists. </P>