Victoria E. Kress - Counseling Children and Adolescents

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Kress, Victoria E., author. | Paylo, Matthew J., author. | Stargell, Nicole A., author.

Title: Counseling children and adolescents / Victoria E. Kress, Youngstown State University, Matthew J. Paylo, Youngstown State University, Nicole A. Stargell, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke.

Description: First edition. | Boston : Pearson, [2019] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017042454| ISBN 9780134745138 | ISBN 0134745132

Subjects: LCSH: ChildrenCounseling of. | TeenagersCounseling of. | Counseling psychology.

Classification: LCC BF636.6 .K74 2019 | DDC 158.3083dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017042454

ISBN 10:0-13-474513-2

ISBN 13: 978-0-13-474513-8

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To my children, Isaac and Ava. Daily, you inspire in me unconditional love and gratitude. Im so glad that of all the people in this world I got you two!

And to the kiddos who were the backdrop of this text: Rachel, Gracie, Becky, Hayden, Hope, and Max. Thank you for enriching my life.

And finally, to all of my young clients who have taught me more about counseling than any book ever could. Thank you!

~VEK

To my five wonderful children, without whom this book would have been done sooner; yet, I would have lacked a real understanding of childhood development that only experience teaches!

~MJP

To the strong women in my lifemy role models, my teachers, my advocates. Mom, you tirelessly love me, and I love you! Margaret and Lori, I cherish your friendship and mentorship. Victoria Kress, there is no way to measure the effect you have had on my life. You are my friend, my mentor, my open door, and my inspiration. Thank you for this opportunity.

To my husband, Keith. You make me a better person.

To all the people who have dedicated their lifes work to helping others. This is a tough, rewarding job, and I thank you for your compassion and desire to make the future brighter.

~NAS

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When we were students in graduate school, we did not learn much about counseling youth and their families per se. Our education focused primarily on counseling adults; it was assumed that most of our clients would, in fact, be adults. Many counseling textbook writers gear their books content toward work with adults. As such, we were excited to construct a textbookthe textbook we wish we had in graduate schoolto place a spotlight on counseling young people.

In graduate school, we were presented with and absorbed a great deal of foundational counseling information, such as various counseling theories and basic techniques for use with clients. However, when faced with our first counseling sessions, we struggled with how to proceed. When most counselors start out, they feel flooded with information that they need to digest and determine how to apply. New counselors are challenged to apply academic information, to conceptualize their clients, and to determine how to proceed in helping them to make the changes they desire; however, applying this information and moving forward as a counselor is no easy task. Our aim in writing this text was to develop a practical resource that would help counselors to feel empowered to thoughtfully and deliberately assist their clients in tackling their complex issues and difficulties.

Counselors have a strength-based, humanistic orientation; they believe in the power of their clients strengths, and they aim to empower their clients. Of fundamental importance to us in developing this text was our desire to create a book that highlighted our value of such an approach. Our conceptual framework (i.e., the I CAN START model) involves a way of thinking about clients concerns that is strength-based and contextually sensitive. This conceptual model is detailed in and is applied to each case study in subsequent chapters.

Our clients deserve the most effective treatments available. We have seen too many circumstances where well-meaning counselors have neglected and sometimes even harmed their young clients. This text provides readers with information on evidence-based approaches that can be used to address numerous issues young people navigate. There is a paucity of research on addressing some problems in living described in this text. In these situations, we have made every attempt to provide the reader with the most comprehensive, rigorous assimilation of the current literature, along with a summary of any important emerging approaches or counseling considerations.

There are multiple interventions that are associated with the counseling theories and approaches discussed in this text. There are also hundreds of ways these interventions can be applied, illustrated, and woven into the fabric of counseling. We frequently hear our students and supervisees comment that they want to better understand what it looks like to apply various theories and/or interventions. Students often say to us, But how do you

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