Counseling Strategies that Work! Evidenced-based Interventions for School Counselors » (1st Edition)

Counseling Strategies that Worktargets the unique, day-to-day problems encountered by today’s school counselor and provides a new perspective on treatment selection.

This text is an anthology of intervention strategies that are rooted in scientific evidence supporting their effectiveness when applied to the day-to-day “problems” confronting today’s school counselor. It is an excellent source for counseling techniques courses or as a reading assigned as part of their field placement experiences, as well as a useful reference text for all those currently employed as school counselors. Every chapter provides a blending of theory, practice and guided, personalized application. The content is broken down succinctly, beginning with a brief introduction to the nature of the problems being addressed before delving into a detailed presentation with case illustration of the application of an intervention strategy.

Each chapter includes:

• A brief introduction to the nature of the problems being addressed.

• Precis of sample research supporting a specific intervention technique.

• Detailed presentation with case illustration of the application of the intervention strategy.

• A listing of clinical recommendations for direct application.

• A list of web based and literature based resources of additional material.