This popular second volume provides additional creative counselling strategies, expanded coverage of developmental applications, and over 80 entirely new interventions.
This book is a companion manual to the author’s best-selling, What Works When with Children and Adolescents.
The book addresses both internalising and externalising disorders, such as anxiety, depression, stress, grief, low frustration tolerance, anger, bullying, and acting out. It also covers self-defeating behaviours such as self-injury, eating disorders, substance abuse, and suicidal behaviour. The interventions teach behavioural and emotional self-control by helping young people understand the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. Activities include games, imagery, art and music activities, bibliotherapy, experiential activities, behavioural rehearsal, and more. Reproducible forms, worksheets, and student handouts are available to download.
The counselling strategies are designed to motivate young clients to participate in their own therapy and learn coping skills that they can use throughout their lifetime for dealing realistically with situational and developmental problems. The counselling approach is based on the principles of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT)—a short-term, problem-solving approach that is particularly useful in school settings. The counselling strategies presented are designed to help young people not just feel better, but to help them get better.
Chapter 1: Considerations in Working with Young Clients
Chapter 2: Basic Principles of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
Chapter 3: Interventions for Internalizing Problems
Chapter 4: Interventions for Externalizing Problems
Chapter 5: Interventions for Typical Developmental Problems
Chapter 6: Applications for Parents and Teachers
Appendix: Game Board