Counselling Young People

Rebecca Kirkbride is a BACP senior accredited psychotherapeutic counsellor, clinical supervisor, author and trainer. She has been practising as a therapist for 20 years and since 2018 has been convener of a new MA in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy for Children, Adolescents and Families at The University of Roehampton. Rebecca is author of books, chapters and articles on the subject of counselling for children and adolescents and has facilitated CPD trainings for BACP, among others. Rebecca lives in Brighton with her family and two noisy rescue cockatiels, Stitch and Pearl.

Introduction Part 1: The Development of the Young Person 1. Understanding Young People and their Development Part 2: Counselling Young People: Theory and Practice 2. Therapeutic Models for Counselling Young People 3. Assessment with Young People 4. The Therapeutic Relationship 5. Working with Emotions 6. Using Creative and Symbolic Interventions 7. Working with Groups Part 3: Counselling Young People: Professional and Practice Issues 8. Engaging Young People and their Families 9. Evaluation and use of Measures in Counselling Young People 10. Ethical and Legal Issues 11. Risk and Safeguarding 12. Working with Other Agencies 13. Supervision 14. Developing Culturally Competent Practice Part 4: Counselling Young People: Contexts and Settings 15. Educational Settings 16. Voluntary/Third-sector Settings

Students and lecturers have been waiting for a text like this which is thorough and thoughtfully put together. It synthesises theory and practice in way that is readable and applicable to CYP counselling work in the real world. -- Edith Bell I welcome this important new guide for practitioners, which builds on the BACP's Competences for humanistic counselling with young people (11-18 years) (BACP, 2014) to support counsellors to develop effective, ethical and evidence-based practice with children and young people. -- Dr Naomi Moller A comprehensive, accessible and contemporary guide to counselling practice with young people. The book addresses a range of issues that have become essential to the field, including cultural competence, the use of measures, and working across contexts and agencies. -- Professor Mick Cooper Rebecca's book is a 'must have' for all therapists working with young people. It is comprehensive and contains the answers to everything that you might wonder about when working in this field - development; theory and practice; professional and practice issues; context and settings. -- Dr Margaret Robson If you work therapeutically with children and young people, you need to read this book. -- Peter Jenkins