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.
Field, Thomas A.: - Thomas A. Field, PhD, is is an Associate Professor in the College of Education at Oregon State University and formerly an assistant professor of psychiatry in the mental health counseling and behavioral medicine program at Boston University School of Medicine. He has worked as a counselor educator since 2011. He also currently sees clients in private practice. Since 2006, Professor Field has worked with more than 1,000 clients in a variety of settings, including schools, inpatient psychiatric units, and outpatient private practice. He received his doctorate in counseling and supervision from James Madison University. In 2019, he received the Linda Seligman Counselor Educator of the Year Award from the American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA). His primary areas of research are the integration of neuroscience into counseling practice and professional advocacy issues. He is currently the associate editor of the Journal of Mental Health Counseling, the coeditor of Counseling Today's neurocounseling column, and chair of the AMHCA Neuroscience Interest Network and Neuroscience Taskforce.
Ghoston, Michelle R.: - Michelle R. Ghoston, PhD, is an assistant professor at Wake Forest University. She has been a licensed counselor since 2006 and has worked as a counselor educator in some capacity since 2010. Professor Ghoston has worked with a variety of clients at many different levels and in many settings, including group homes, schools, hospitals, private practice, and intensive in-home treatment. Since entering the world of academia, she has consistently looked back on those early years of working with young people and how they have shaped who she is today. Her primary areas of research are social justice and equity, advocacy, and better understanding how neuroscience influences the work of counselors. Professor Ghoston currently serves as a member of the editorial board of Teaching and Supervision in Counseling (the official journal of the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision) and is on a number of taskforces, including the AMHCA Neuroscience Taskforce.
