A Counsellor's Companion: Creative Adventures For Child Counsellors, Parents And Teachers
General non-fiction, Self help
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Summary
This inspiring book is about developing therapeutic relationships with parents and children, that allows for a greater understanding of what is needed to nurture wellbeing in young people. Kim demonstrates how to facilitate sensitive, imaginative and playful conversations and creative… interventions in response to serious problems, through visual ideas such as the Tree of Life, Team of Life and Therapeutic Storytelling. Her approach is centred around fun, play and curiosity, using art, creativity and storytelling to help children explore their own inner stories in a safe place. Throughout the book you’ll learn fresh ways to work with young people who are grappling with life challenges such as loss after family separation, bereavement, anger, cutting, anxiety, the reluctant teenager and responding to safety matters. You’ll uncover how to talk to children about tricky problems and difficulties, and gain valuable insights into how you can work through them together and facilitate real and long-term change. After years of practising, researching and developing exciting interventions that children and young people found helpful and fun, Kim started teaching other professionals her proven techniques. The feedback was positive, and her desire to share the approach with a wider audience led her to writing this book.