1st Edition

School Counselling in an Asian Cultural Context Insights from Hong Kong and The Asia-Pacific region

By Mark Harrison Copyright 2021
190 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

190 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

190 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

School Counselling in an Asian Cultural Context focuses on the ways in which cultural setting influences the practice of school counseling, its effectiveness, and the experience of young people as they engage in counseling in schools. The mental health of young people is increasingly a cause for concern, particularly in Asia’s high-pressured league-topping education systems, and the... Read more

Introduction

1. The Role of Schools in Addressing Young People’s Wellbeing

2. School Counselling: Aims and Influence of The Sociocultural Context

3. The Delivery of School Counselling

4. School Counselling in Practice: The Perspectives of Counsellors and Young People

5. Evidence for The Effectiveness of School Counselling

6. The Stages of Individual School Counselling

7. Therapeutic Change Processes

8. Implications for practice, policy and research

Conclusion

References

Biography

Mark Harrison is a lecturer in the department of International Education at the Education University of Hong Kong. He taught at schools in the UK and Hong Kong for over 20 years and held several positions of senior leadership in international schools in Hong Kong. He is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and is a practising counsellor.