ABSTRACT

This volume provides practitioners with clear, helpful information about the process of understanding and engaging a wide array of boys and adolescent males in counseling. It supplies case examples and covers topics including race, ethnicity, religion, and other cultural factors of boys. A practical tool for school and mental health practitioners who need to understand and respond to the developmental and special issues of boys and adolescent males, Counseling Troubled Boys creates a bridge between young men and helping professionals. Key content includes adjustment issues, strategies for establishing rapport, interventions, case studies, and suggestions for future training and research.

part |225 pages

Helping Special Populations of Boys

chapter |28 pages

Surviving in a Sea with Few Lifeboats

Counseling Boys from Impoverished Families

chapter |28 pages

Improving Self-Control

Counseling Boys with Attention Defi cit Hyperactivity Disorder

chapter |24 pages

Moving Beyond “Drinking Like a Man”

Tailoring Substance Abuse Counseling Strategies to Meet the Needs of Boys

chapter |28 pages

Finding Inner Peace in a Homophobic World

Counseling Gay Boys and Boys Who Are Questioning Their Sexual Identity

chapter |19 pages

“Boys Are Tough, Not Smart”

Counseling Gifted and Talented Young and Adolescent Boys