Counseling and Life-Span Development [Paperback]

Does a client's age affect the counselling process? What special challenges do older clients present for the counsellor? This book links life-span concepts directly to the daily concerns of counsellors. With the focus on major types of problems that bring clients to counselling, Thomas integrates current research with counselling techniques to enable counsellors to better understand the relationship between changes in personality traits and counselling elderly clients. He identifies key decisions that are typically made in the counselling process and determines what kinds of age-related information will positively influence the counselling process.Does a client's age affect the counselling process? What special challenges do older clients present for the counsellor? This book links life-span concepts directly to the daily concerns of counsellors. With the focus on major types of problems that bring clients to counselling, Thomas integrates current research with counselling techniques to enable counsellors to better understand the relationship between changes in personality traits and counselling elderly clients. He identifies key decisions that are typically made in the counselling process and determines what kinds of age-related information will positively influence the counselling process.PART ONE: BACKGROUNDS OF DEVELOPMENT AND COUNSELING
The Use of Age-Related Normative Information
Normal Development and Life-Span Stages
Types of Counseling Techniques
PART TWO: LIFE-SPAN STAGES AND COUNSELING
Infancy and Early Childhood - The Prenatal Period Through Age 5
Later Childhood - Ages 6 to 12 - The Elementary-School Years
Adolescence - Ages 12 to 21 - The Secondary-School and Post-Secondary Years
The Early Adult Years - Ages 21 to 40
The Mid-Life Years - Ages 40 to 60
The Final Decades - Age 60 and Beyond
PART THREE: POSTSCRIPT
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