This is a book by practitioners for practitioners. Love, respect and time for listening to children and young people are what the person-centred psychotherapists and psychologists contributing to this volume have in common. They do this in a multiplicity of settings including primary and secondary education, a pupil referral unit, voluntary agencies, adoption services, hospital, hospice, community and the streets. All contributors give examples of their work with particular children and young people, aged from two to eighteen. They all share something of how they embody person-centred theory in their work, often engaging with the systems which impact on their work in the therapy room. They are all imbued with person-centred qualities, values and principles including respect, acceptance, empathy, awareness and self-questioning. All describe how much they have learnt from working with children and young people. The inherent political and systemic aspects of this work are highlighted throughout the book, which we hope will encourage and inspire all those interested in what person-centred practice with children and young people might look and feel like. 'Our own view is that modern childhood is in crisis - which itself perhaps reflects a crisis of adulthood more generally, and the milieus (family, educational, environmental) that we are creating for our children. These crises demand urgent consideration if the toxic juggernaut is to be halted and reversed. This welcome new book shows how person-centred practice can inform this consideration, and we wish it wide readership. The issues it raises and the responses it champions will be an essential aspect of the healthier future that we all wish to forge for children the world over' - Foreword, Richard House and Sue Palmer, November 2007.

About the Author
Suzanne Keys is a counsellor in a sixth form college. She has published and edited work on person-centred therapy and love, ethics, politics, prayer, human rights, gender, and idiosyncratic practice. She is increasingly interested in taking time to experience different ways of being. Tracey Walshaw is a person-centred practitioner, trainer, and artist. In addition to being and independent counsellor and superviser. She has studied sociodrama to help her person-centredness into the wider social and political context.

Reviews
The strength of the book lies in the fact that a wider range of client groups are included than is usually found in the literature referring to young people Also, it is a reminder of the importance of resourcing early intervention and preventative work in the field of therapeutic work with young people. Pat Havell, Counsellor, ACPNL Magazine, UK, October 2009



Book Information
ISBN 9781906254018
Author Suzanne Keys
Format Paperback
Page Count 176
Imprint PCCS Books
Publisher PCCS Books