The Elements of Counseling Children and Adolescents, Second Edition

This user-friendly, evidence-based text provides essential guidelines for counseling children and adolescents. Organized in a logical, step-by-step format, it guides students and practitioners through the counseling process, from initial engagement to active counseling strategies. The second edition emphasizes a holistic approach, centering the client’s narrative, fostering goal-setting as a partnership, and promoting sensitivity to diversity, including LGBTQIA clients, trauma survivors, and those with substance use concerns. Case examples, dialogue excerpts, and reflective questions support skill-building and critical thinking, while practical tools help counselors facilitate growth, self-inquiry, stress tolerance, social conflict negotiation, and progress monitoring.

Key Features

• Step-by-step, evidence-based guidance for child and adolescent counseling
• Holistic approach emphasizing the client’s narrative and collaborative goal-setting
• Promotes cultural and diversity sensitivity, including LGBTQIA considerations
• Includes strategies for crisis intervention, referral skills, and counselor self-care
• Offers tools for stress tolerance, social conflict resolution, and technology management
• Case examples, chapter summaries, and reflective questions enhance practical learning
• Instructor manual included for teaching and classroom integration