Counseling Children

by Charles L. Thompson, Linda B. Rudolph, Donna A. Henderson

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 053436327X
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Brooks Cole
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 8.0" x 1.3"

Customer Reviews

Great Book

This book has taught me a lot so far about different theories and techniques on how to help children. This will help me in my goal of becoming a guidance counselor.

Kathy's review

I received the item in very good condition and in a very timely manner. Thank you!! Sincerely, Kathy Hardie-Williams

Excellent Resource

I purchased this book as a required textbook for a counseling class in an educational counseling program, and have found it to be an excellent overview of the various counseling theories and their application to counseling children.

School Psychology Student

We used this book for our individual counseling course and I found it to be very comprehensive and useful

'Counseling Children' is really worth 5 stars !!!!

Written in a friendly and easy to understand format, Thompson & Rudolph "Counseling for Children" - is a detail and an invaluable book to own.It features exclusively on 'Children' ... by first chapter including the introduction to the child's world (developmental and cognitive perspectives in influencing the child's world) ... subsequently including counselling theories specially for children from psychoanalytic, reality therapy, behavioural counselling, person-centred counselling, rational-emotive & cognitive-behavioural counselling etc..,This book is so exclusive in children's counselling that it also includes counseling children in cross-cultural perspectives, types of play therapies, children special concerns w/ ADHD, HIV, Divorce, Homeless, Depression and Suicide, Exceptional children etc., and least not forgetting .... social and legal ethical issues governing counselling for children.At the end of each chapter, the author has included references case studies examples and especially websites specially related to every individual chapters ... websites related to mental health institutions, specialised therapy centres for education, colleges and universities in the U.S.This book is a real-buy and recommended as ideal for readers (counsellors, psychologists, students etc.,)