Synopses & Reviews
This practical, compelling, and clinically authentic text will help counselors in training work more effectively with children and adolescents from diverse backgrounds. The purpose of this training casebook is to provide students with a comprehensive and in-depth presentation of the treatment process and how change occurs. The book emphasizes the child's experience so that the reader can feel with and understand this young person and the counseling relationship that unfolds.
Review
"McClure and Teyber have written an excellent casebook that analyzes mental health problems that children and adolescents may experience. Importantly, the analysis is embedded within a cultural context. The casebook reviews symptoms and causes of disorders and then presents cases that illustrate key points in the discussion. The cases are explored with depth, and the rationale for using certain treatment strategies are thoughtfully discussed within a cultural context. This book is a valuable contribution and should be read by mental health professionals as well as advanced undergraduates or graduate students in the helping professions."
Review
"This book speaks to real-life problems experienced by children and adolescents today, problems that are serious, complex, and challenging to talented, seasoned counselors. It provides an in-depth discussion of intervention techniques, including scripts of important exchanges between the counselor and client. Each chapter contains detailed background information about the crisis category of interest and the pertinent multicultural issues that apply, thus providing the context in which the interventions can be better understood."
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-292) and index.
About the Author
Faith Holmes McClure is a psychology professor at California State University, San Bernardino and is an adjunct professor at Loma Linda University. Dr. McClure is also the co-author for the Student Workbook, Instructor¿s Manual and CHALLENGING THERAPEUTIC INTERACTIONS clinical training video with Edward Teyber. Her research interests include multicultural and relational issues in mental health; violence, child abuse and chemical dependence; and developmental psychopathology. Dr. McClure grew up in South Africa during apartheid and hopes she can contribute to psychology in post-apartheid South Africa as a mixed-race person. Edward Teyber is a psychology professor and director of the psychology clinic at California State University, San Bernardino. Dr. Teyber received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Michigan State University. He is also the author of the popular-press book HELPING CHILDREN COPE WITH DIVORCE and a textbook published by Brooks/Cole, CASEBOOK IN CHILD AND ADOLESCENT TREATMENT:CULTURAL AND FAMILIAL CONTEXTS 2ND EDITION. Dr. Teyber maintains a part-time private practice and he also enjoys supervision and clinical training.
Table of Contents
1. Helping Our Children and Adolescents. 2. Allie: Resolving Her Bulimia and Finding a Positive Biracial Identity. 3. Sheila: An African American Adolescent Coming to Terms with Sexual Abuse and Depression. 4. Mary: A Native American Child Finding Her Parents in the Aftermath of Divorce. 5. Jonathan: Finding a Sense of Self as He Comes to Terms with His Gay Identity and Borderline Personality Disorder. 6. Timmy: A Biracial Child Developing Friendships and Competence as He Learns to Cope with ADHD. 7. Henry: A Latino Child with Separation Anxiety Finding Security in a Threatening Inner-City Environment. 8. Elizabeth: An Asian American Adolescent Resolving Rape Trauma. 9. Sam: Developing Resilience in Group Therapy as He Copes with Abandonment by Drug Abusing Parents. 10. Brian: Recovering from the Foster Parent System with Conduct Disorder. 11. Linda: A Depressed Third-Culture Kid Clarifying Spiritual Values.