Neuroscience-Informed Counseling with Children and Adolescents
Description
This innovative text is the first to illustrate how neuroscience concepts can be translated and applied to counseling with children and adolescents. Drs. Field and Ghoston discuss general principles for child and adolescent counseling before examining neurophysiological development from birth to age 18. They then provide in-session examples of neuroscience-informed approaches to behavior modification, play therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, biofeedback, neurofeedback, and therapeutic lifestyle change with diverse clients in a variety of settings.
Each chapter contains knowledge and skill-building material for counselors-in-training; counselor educators; and practitioners in schools, hospitals, residential facilities, and outpatient clinics. Text features include learning objectives, alignment with the CACREP Standards specific to child and adolescent counseling, explanatory diagrams, reflection questions to prompt deep processing of the material, case vignettes to demonstrate how to apply neuroscience concepts to counseling work, and quiz questions to test knowledge of key concepts. In addition, the text includes an extensive neuroscience glossary.
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Persons
Thomas A. Field, PhD, is an assistant professor of psychiatry in the Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Medicine program at Boston University School of Medicine.
Michelle R. Ghoston, PhD, is an assistant professor at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Content
Preface vii
About the Authors xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Section I Foundations
Chapter 1 General Principles for Counseling Children and Adolescents 3
Chapter 2 Structure and Function of the Nervous System 25
Chapter 3 Cellular Function and Epigenetics 51
Section II Childhood
Chapter 4 Neurophysiological and Social Development During Childhood 73
Chapter 5 Problems of Childhood 91
Chapter 6 Counseling Approaches I: Behavior Modification and Behavior Analysis 111
Chapter 7 Counseling Approaches II: Play Therapy and the Creative Arts 129
Section III Adolescence
Chapter 8 Neurophysiological and Social Development During Adolescence 145
Chapter 9 Problems of Adolescence 165
Chapter 10 Counseling Approaches III: Cognitive Behavior Therapies 187
Chapter 11 Counseling Approaches IV: Biofeedback, Neurofeedback, and Therapeutic Lifestyle Change 205
Section IV Conclusion
Chapter 12 Delivering Neuroeducation to Children and Adolescents 225
Neuroscience Glossary 239
Answer Key to Quiz Questions 249
Index 251
