Lorraine Sherman is a humanistic psychologist, supervisor, therapist, relationship counsellor and youth worker. She is clinical supervisor of school-based counsellors across West Wales. She has extensive experience in counselling and psychotherapeutic practice with young clients and adults. Lorraine designs and teaches courses to train counsellors and therapists to counsel children and young people. She lectures on counselling courses at Trinity St Davids University, Wales and has had many years of experience lecturing on the BACP accredited counselling courses based at Coleg Sir Gar, Ammanford. Lorraine includes mindfulness in her therapeutic work, she offers compassion-based approaches that include self-awareness, poetry and play and enjoys learning from her practice.

This is a useful and supportive read for those interested in working with children and young people. It provides a considered view of the significant features of this form of counselling along with easily accessible case material and self-support exercises.

• IntroductionPreparing for the JourneyAssessing a Young ClientDeepening Developing Counselling SkillsExtending Modalities to Counsel Children and Young PeopleSkills in Managing Professional Issues: Confidentiality, Disclosure, Agreements and ContractsSkills for Resolving Ethical DilemmasSkilful Play for CounsellorsUsing supervision skilfully

Lorraine Sherman is a humanistic psychologist, supervisor, therapist, relationship counsellor and youth worker. She is clinical supervisor of school-based counsellors across West Wales. She has extensive experience in counselling and psychotherapeutic practice with young clients and adults. Lorraine designs and teaches courses to train counsellors and therapists to counsel children and young people. She lectures on counselling courses at Trinity St Davids University, Wales and has had many years of experience lecturing on the BACP accredited counselling courses based at Coleg Sir Gar, Ammanford. Lorraine includes mindfulness in her therapeutic work, she offers compassion-based approaches that include self-awareness, poetry and play and enjoys learning from her practice.

This is a useful and supportive read for those interested in working with children and young people. It provides a considered view of the significant features of this form of counselling along with easily accessible case material and self-support exercises.

• IntroductionPreparing for the JourneyAssessing a Young ClientDeepening Developing Counselling SkillsExtending Modalities to Counsel Children and Young PeopleSkills in Managing Professional Issues: Confidentiality, Disclosure, Agreements and ContractsSkills for Resolving Ethical DilemmasSkilful Play for CounsellorsUsing supervision skilfully

Lorraine Sherman is a humanistic psychologist, supervisor, therapist, relationship counsellor and youth worker. She is clinical supervisor of school-based counsellors across West Wales. She has extensive experience in counselling and psychotherapeutic practice with young clients and adults. Lorraine designs and teaches courses to train counsellors and therapists to counsel children and young people. She lectures on counselling courses at Trinity St Davids University, Wales and has had many years of experience lecturing on the BACP accredited counselling courses based at Coleg Sir Gar, Ammanford. Lorraine includes mindfulness in her therapeutic work, she offers compassion-based approaches that include self-awareness, poetry and play and enjoys learning from her practice.

This is a useful and supportive read for those interested in working with children and young people. It provides a considered view of the significant features of this form of counselling along with easily accessible case material and self-support exercises.

• IntroductionPreparing for the JourneyAssessing a Young ClientDeepening Developing Counselling SkillsExtending Modalities to Counsel Children and Young PeopleSkills in Managing Professional Issues: Confidentiality, Disclosure, Agreements and ContractsSkills for Resolving Ethical DilemmasSkilful Play for CounsellorsUsing supervision skilfully