Child Counselling: A Psychosocial Approach

This book is intended to service an information resource pack for child counsellors and counselling trainers to whom it is dedicated. It can also be used as reference material. The six chapters contained in this book are not exhaustive, but they are elaborate enough to address areas of common interest in the theory and practice of child counselling. The first chapter provides an introduction to child counselling; the second chapter discusses child development focusing on the five stages of a child¿s life, attachment theory and moral theory; and the third chapter explains generic abuses of children in the context of family environment, myths and misconceptions, types of abuse, and consequences of child abuse. The fourth chapter explores psychosocial issues in some selected disease conditions that affect children under five years of age; the fifth chapter contextualizes child counselling practice with particular focus on communicating with children, problem situations for children, and counselling interventions; and the sixth chapter discusses the social context of counselling focusing on the self-concept, social attitudes and social prejudice.