When a student is in dire need of emotional support, caring adults in the school can make a difference. This essential resource helps practitioners prepare all school personnel to respond sensitively and effectively to children and adolescents in crisis. Packed with user-friendly features--including over 50 reproducible tools--the book provides…

Acknowledging the increasing need for professionals trained to provide health counseling, describes number of interventions mental health counselors can incorporate and thereby extend their practice options. Presents three-phase strategy along with interventions for assessment, treatment, follow-up, and relapse prevention. Uses extensive case…

Presents training format that encourages mental health counselors to address their own comfort with sexuality and then offers specific concepts for working with sexually active clients. Presents five areas: counselor comfort with sexuality, sexuality assessment tools, societal values about sexuality, treatment approaches to clients' sexual issues,…