Therapeutic practice in schools. Working with the child within : a clinical workbook for counsellors, psychotherapists, and arts therapists

This book is a guide to providing therapy services for children and adolescents in primary and secondary school settings. It covers key psychoanalytic concepts informing therapy practice; an exploration of the hopes and anxieties raised by providing therapy in schools; the factors that either enable or impede the therapist's work; how to manage expectations; how to measure outcomes. The practical aspects of delivering therapy sessions are also covered, from the initial assessment phase through recognising and working with anxieties, defences, transference and counter-transference to working with endings. An awareness of the impact of social identity, gender, race and culture on both the therapist and client is also discussed.