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Case Studies in Child and Adolescent Counseling, 3/E
Larry Golden, University of Texas at San Antonio-Downtown Campus

ISBN-10: 0130868183
ISBN-13: 9780130868183

Publisher: Merrill
Copyright: 2002
Format: Paper; 156 pp
Published: 06/13/2001

Suggested retail price: $36.00
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For graduate courses in Child & Adolescent Counseling.

This award-winning supplement presents a realistic picture of therapy's rewards and challenges through 16 actual cases involving children and adolescents. Readers are exposed to a variety of counseling theories and the real, live counselors who use them. Since the cases deal with major problem areas such as sexual abuse, dual diagnoses, seriously dysfunctional families, and addictions, students will not only find this text useful in coursework, but they will also reference it again and again as they begin their journey as therapists.

  • NEW - Cases that reflect today's practice.

    • Adds new cases in school settings to illustrate the types of issues that are present in today's educational environments. Ex.___

  • NEW - Encourages interaction.

    • Includes all of the authors' e-mail addresses so students can contact them directly and discuss the cases. Ex.___

  • NEW - A focus on tough issues.

    • Adds three new cases that deal with sexual abuse, addictions, dual diagnoses, seriously dysfunctional families, and foster care, which reflect the types of cases today's counselors are handling. Ex.___

  • An organizational summary chart.

    • Enables at-a-glance comparisons of the 16 cases so readers can see the type of therapy used by the counselor to treat a specific client. Ex.___

  • Five-part organization of each case— Introduction discusses the presenting problem and background information about the client; conceptualization discusses therapeutic goals and strategies; process describes actual client contacts (it explains what happened in sessions and how the therapist's relationship with the client changed over time); outcome describes the result of the work done between therapist and client; discussion explains what the author/therapist might have done differently. In addition, the author describes his or her personal and professional growth that resulted from this encounter with a troubled youngster.

    • Makes it relatively easy for students to compare cases, apples to apples. Ex.___

  • Authors contribute their most interesting cases—Not necessarily their most successful cases.

    • Provides the reader with a true sense of the field. Ex.___

  • Each counseling session is presented in the first person and includes actual dialogue between counselor and child.

    • Provides students with an enjoyable book with a personal style and rich dialogue. Ex.___

  • Cases that reflect today's practice.

    • Adds new cases in school settings to illustrate the types of issues that are present in today's educational environments. Ex.___

  • Encourages interaction.

    • Includes all of the authors' e-mail addresses so students can contact them directly and discuss the cases. Ex.___

  • A focus on tough issues.

    • Adds three new cases that deal with sexual abuse, addictions, dual diagnoses, seriously dysfunctional families, and foster care, which reflect the types of cases today's counselors are handling. Ex.___



 1. The Flight of the Lego Plane, Susan M. Hobson.


 2. Billy, the Teddy Bear Boy, Terry Kottman.


 3. Too Afraid to Talk, Bruce St. Thomas.


 4. Oh No—Not Again!, Jules Spotts and Jane Brooks.


 5. Family Secrets, Laura A. Granato.


 6. The Defense Never Rests, Arthur J. Clark.


 7. Mandy: Out in the World, Barbara Herlihy.


 8. The Boy Who Trashed His Final, Larry B. Golden.


 9. Will He Choose Life?, J. Jeffries McWhirter.


10. The Girl with Painful Steps, Barbara Peeks Dunn and Ray L. Levy.


11. Ringo: Scars of Violence, Vimala Pillari.


12. A Peaceful Solution, Kirk Zinck and John M. Littrell.


13. Weathering an Adolescent Storm, Dorothy Breen.


14. Where Do I Fit?, Marijane Fall.


15. Oh, Give Me a Home, Scottie Sue Landess and Nola Christenberry.


16. Raising Martin, Patrick O'Malley.

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