The roles that pets play in the lives of college students have received little attention in the college counseling literature. This article will review four topics related to college students and pets that have implications for counselors: (a) the separation anxiety that students experience from not having their pets at college, (b) the…

Parent-toddler groups constitute a primary intervention programme whose target is to support and encourage the parent-toddler relationship. Toddlerhood is a developmental period when major, crucial changes take place regarding how children function, as well as their relationship to their parents (especially to their mother). The present paper…

It is important to acknowledge from the outset that the work of a therapist is very intimate between therapist and client at any time. When children are the recipients of therapy, the intimacy of this relationship is intensified and extends directly to and impacts the child's parents or guardians. This is crucial with children who do not…