A collection of supervision stories from an experienced counselling supervisor, this book explores issues specific to counselling young people. From stories of counsellors at the start of their career facing their first hurdles to accounts of the author's own work after 40 years, this engaging book will improve practice and communication.
A collection of supervision stories from an experienced counselling supervisor, this book explores issues specific to counselling young people. From stories of counsellors at the start of their career facing their first hurdles to accounts of the author's own work after 40 years, this engaging book will improve practice and communication.
Nick Luxmoore was a school counsellor, trainer, teacher, youth worker and UKCP registered Psychodrama psychotherapist. He had over 35 years' experience of work with young people and with the professionals who support them. He worked as the Counsellor at King Alfred's Academy, Wantage, UK.
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1. Introduction. 2. First ever clients. 3. Learning to be supervised. 4. Parallel processes. 5. Internal worlds. 6. Counselling in schools. 7. Institutional anxieties. 8. Projective identification. 9. Asking difficult questions. 10. Dependence and independence. 11. Developing autobiographies. 12. The myth of anger management. 13. Working with anger. 14. The waiting list. 15. Boundaries. 16 Self-disclosure. 17. Making Judgements. 18. Playfulness. 19. Sexuality in the room. 20. The durability test. 21. Self-harming. 22. Making sense of fathers. 23. Failure. 24. Existential answers. 25. Endings. 26. References.