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Counselling Children and Young People in Private Practice: A Practical Guide

Author(s) : Rebecca Kirkbride

Reviews and Endorsements

‘This book provides an excellent guide to key legal aspects of working as a therapist in private practice with children and young people. It makes very effective use of numerous unfolding case studies, which really resonate with the realities of undertaking therapeutic work with this challenging and rewarding client group.’
- Peter Jenkins, counsellor, trainer, and author of Children’s Rights and Counselling

‘If you’re already working with children and young people in private practice, this is the book you’ll wish you’d already had; those starting in this exciting and complex field will find it a vital resource from the start. Working therapeutically with this age group is as rewarding as it is challenging. It is a demographic rich with complexities such as the limits of a young person’s autonomy; the nature of confidentiality; the breadth of duty of care; managing risk; the impact of family dynamics; and so much more. Rebecca Kirkbride has managed something in this text that is rare – the incorporation of great psychological thinking alongside a grounded and practical approach to the challenges inherent in this work. Accessible case examples brilliantly illustrate complex issues that enable practitioners to engage thoughtfully with ethical challenges. This will no doubt become the “go to” text for the field that will be referred to again and again.’
- Aaron Balick, PhD, psychotherapist, honorary senior lecturer, Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, Univeristy of Essex, author of The Psychodynamics of Social Networking

‘This book provides useful information on all matters relating to private practice in working with children. There is extensive coverage of relevant issues extending from the initial consultation through to the ending of treatment; even issues such as managing the waiting room are thought through. Many of these issues are explored in the context of a legal and ethical framework. The author raises questions which are not easily answered and allows the reader a range of perspectives from which to formulate their own ethical stance. This will be a useful text for both trainees and professionals.’
- Dr Debbie Daniels, psychotherapist and co-author of Therapy with Children: Children’s Rights, Confidentiality and the Law