1st Edition
Sticking Together Experiential Activities For Family Counselling
By Jaclyn S. Gerstein
Copyright 1999
192 Pages
by
Taylor & Francis
192 Pages
by
Taylor & Francis
160 Pages
by
Taylor & Francis
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First published in 2000. Experiential family counseling is an action-oriented approach to family therapy. Through the use of structured games and physical and intellectual challenges, many clinicians find that they are able to gain insight into the behaviors and responses that perpetuate a family's problems. While traditional treatment methods often become bogged down in verbal sparring or... Read more
Foreword. Introduction. Section 1: Background Information. Experiential Counseling Defined. Experiential Family Counseling Defined. Characteristics of Experiential Family Counseling. Functions of Experiential Activities. General Therapeutic Goals and Principles. Section 2: Setting Up an Experiential Program. Preparing for the Program. The Experiential Counseling Program. Follow-up Strategies. Section 3: Working with Different Age Groups. Special Issues of Young Children in Experiential Family Counseling. Experiential Family Counseling with Adolescents. Section 4: The Counseling Session. Introduction/Review General Program Goals. Physical and Emotional Safety Check. PEEP: The Creation of Safe Space as a Norm in Experiential Family Counseling. The PEEP Safety Checklist. Experiential Check-In Activities. Participant Rights and Responsibilities. Participant Bill of Rights. Participant Responsibilities. Contracts. Name Games and Warm-ups. Family-Building Initiatives. Review and Closure. Bibliography.
Biography
Jackie S. Gerstein, Ed.D., L.P.C.C., has been a counselor and experiential educator for over twenty years. She currently teaches in the Masters Degree programs at both the College of Santa Fe and Western New Mexico University.
