Pt. I. Theory and practice approaches. Child development and attachment / Divine Charura -- Child and young person centred approach / Graham Bright -- Psychodynamic approaches to counselling children and young people / Sue Kegerreis and Nick Midgley -- Cognitive-behavioural therapy / Paul Stallard -- Gestalt / Belinda Harris -- Becoming an integrative practitioner / Niki Cooper and Kelli Swain-Cowper -- Play therapy / Lisa Gordon-Clark -- Other creative approaches / Barbara Smith ... [et al.] -- pt. II. Counselling practices and processes. Referrals and indications for therapy / Ani de la Prida and Wendy Hay -- Preparations for therapy : beginnings / Edith Bell and David Stewart -- Therapeutic alliance and counselling process / Sue Pattison and Sandra Bell (with acknowledgment to Mark Prever) -- Therapeutic skills / Claire Harrison-Breed (with acknowledgements to Sally Ingram and Maggie Robson) -- Supervision / Penny Leake, Ann Beynon and Jenny Biancardi -- Group work / Ros Sewell, Peter Pearce and Gwen Proud -- Endings / Dee C. Ray -- Evaluating counselling / Katie McArthur and Mick Cooper -- pt. III. Practice Issues. Law and policy / Peter Jenkins -- Ethics / Peter Jenkins -- Inclusion: working with difference / Divine Charura, Tom McAndrew and Sue Pattison -- Bereavement / Maggie Robson -- Depression and anxiety : common challenges for children and young people / Jennifer Baggerly -- Self-harm and suicide / Sum Yu Pansy Yue and Dennis Ougrin -- Sexual, physical and emotional abuse / Beverley Turner-Daly -- Eating disorders / Rebecca Kirkbride -- Counselling children and young people with mental issness: a relational approach / Paul Nicholson, Divine Charura and Brian Charlesworth -- pt. IV. Practice settings. Health and social care services / Barbara Smith, Sue Pattison and Cathy Bell -- School and education settings / Peter Pearce, Ros Sewell and Karen Cromarty.