Contents:
- Part I: Understanding the young person
- 1. The nature of adolescence
- 2. The influence of childhood experiences
- 3. Young people’s environments
- 4. The development of mental health problems
- Part II: Counselling Young People and the Proactive Approach
- 5. Making counselling relevant for young people
- 6. Theoretical Foundations for a Proactive Approach
- 7. Promoting change in young people
- Part III: A Proactive Process for Counselling Young People
- 8. The primary counselling functions
- 9. Proactive counselling in action
- 10. Counselling micro-skills
- 11. Symbolic strategies
- 12. Creative strategies
- 13. Behavioural and cognitive behavioural strategies
- 14. Psycho-educational strategies
- 15. Mindfulness Strategies
- 16. The use of technology when counselling young people
- Part IV: Proactive counselling in practice
- 17. Professional and ethical issues
- 18. Case studies