Bringing Our Histories into School-Based Therapy: How Therapists' Backstories Enrich Work with Children and Young People

This book explores the relationship between therapists and their clients' emotional histories, offering a creative template for important conversations. It covers a broad range of subjects, including identity, challenges, and bereavement, and provides engaging clinical vignettes. It is an insightful read for practitioners in child and adolescent mental health.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 192 pages
Publication date: 02 May 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This captivating book delves into the intricate relationship between therapists and their clients, exploring the sometimes challenging and emotional terrain of their shared emotional histories. It offers a unique and creative framework for initiating essential conversations that hold immense significance in the consulting room.

Within the pages of this volume, a diverse group of chapter authors come together to focus on pivotal life events that shape the emotional landscape and attunement within the consulting room. The range of subjects covered is vast, encompassing themes related to identity, as well as the challenges that young individuals seek therapy for, such as bereavement, the experience of otherness, dislocation and migration, disrupted family relationships, and life-threatening illness.

Through compelling clinical vignettes, the book vividly illustrates the profound resonances between therapists' personal stories and those of their clients. It serves as an engaging and insightful read for practitioners across the field, particularly those specializing in child and adolescent mental health. By exploring the emotional connections between therapists and their clients, this book provides valuable insights into the complexities of the therapeutic relationship and offers practical strategies for fostering deeper understanding and healing.

Weight: 399g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032218885