COUNSELING CHILDREN presents a practical and evidence-based approach for working with children in a helping relationship. The authors focus on building a solid theoretical base as well as on translating classical and updated theories into practice. This easy-to-read guide includes useful strategies and case studies to provide students with a realistic look at the counseling field. It also presents a development approach to counseling that considers age and stage differences in counseling children, adolescents, and adults. To further prepare students for their careers, the ninth edition includes 2014 ACA ethical standards, best practice guidelines for typical and atypical children’s problems, and fresh ideas that facilitate understanding of the world of the child. Expanded coverage of children who have special concerns and of family interventions provides readers with effective ways to deliver interventions across multiple settings.

Preface
Author Biographies

Part 1. INTRODUCTION TO COUNSELING CHILDREN.
1. Introduction to a Child’s World.
2. Developmental and Cultural Considerations.
3. The Counseling Process.
4. Legal and Ethical Considerations for Counselor.

Part 2. COUNSELING THEORIES AND TECHNIQUES.
5. Psychoanalytic Counseling.
6. Person-Centered Counseling.
7. Gestalt Therapy.
8. Behavioral Counseling.
9. Reality Therapy: Counseling with Choice Theory.
10. Brief Counseling.
11. Individual Psychology.
12. Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy.
13. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy.
14. Transactional Analysis.
15. Family Counseling.
16. Consultation and Collaboration.

Part 3. COUNSELING WITH CHILDREN: SPECIAL TOPICS.
17. Play Therapy.
18. Group Counseling with Children.
19. Counseling Children with Special Concerns.
20. Counseling with Children with Disabilities.

Name Index
Subject Index

AUTHORS
Donna A. Henderson
(Wake Forest University)

Charles L. Thompson
(The University of Tennessee, Knoxville)

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