Counseling Troubled Boys : A Guidebook for Professionals

by Kiselica, Mark S.; Englar-Carlson, Matt; Horne, Arthur M.

• ISBN13: 9780415955478
• ISBN10: 0415955475
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781135916107
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-12-18
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

Counseling Troubled Boys provides practitioners with clear, helpful information about the process of understanding and engaging a wide array of boys and adolescent males in counseling. This volume will provide practitioners with case examples and show considerations including race, ethnicity, religion, and other cultural factors of boys. The book creates a bridge between young men and professional helpers by providing school and mental health practitioners with a practical book on understanding and responding to the developmental and special issues of boys and male adolescent males. Key content includes adjustment issues, strategies for establishing rapport, interventions, case studies, and suggestions for future training and research.

Table of Contents

Understanding and Establishing Rapport with Boys

The Psychological and Emotional Development of Boys

A Positive Psychology Perspective on Helping Boys

The Process of Establishing Rapport with Boys during Individual Counseling and Psychotherapy

Family Therapy with Boys

Counseling Special Populations of Boys

Counseling Sexually Abused Boys

Counseling Depressed and Suicidal Boys

Counseling Boys with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Counseling Aggressive Boys

Substance Abuse Counseling with Boys

Counseling Gay Adolescents.Liu

Counseling Gifted Boys

Future Directions in Counseling Boys.Kiselica

Englar-Carlson

Horne

Emerging Theoretical

Service and Professional Issues with Boys in Counseling and Psychotherapy

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