Advances of Counselling Psychology for Children and Youth
A special issue of Behavioral Sciences (ISSN 2076-328X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 December 2023) | Viewed by 15018
Special Issue Editors
Interests: counselling; psychological assessment; clinical health psychology; psychosomatic; psychology of children and adolescents; psychosocial support for children and teenagers
Interests: positive psychology; counselling psychology; wellbeing; positive and negative emotions; psychological resilience; positive relationships; self-compassion
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Children and youth are considered high-risk populations due to the developmental crisis they cope with and the fact that they are more susceptible to contextual crises and rapid changes. Furthermore, research findings regarding the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health suggest that children, adolescents, and emerging adults are experiencing an unprecedented psychological burden. Along with everyday stressors and negative life events, their anxiety, depression, irritability, PTSD, and inattention levels have increased. Moreover, there are heightened risks of key protection issues, such as domestic violence, gender-based violence, cyberbullying, exploitation, etc. Thus, the need to provide children and youth with psychological programs and interventions aiming to support them, their families, and their schools is of high importance.
Counselling services, including mental health and psychosocial support for children and youth, are more important than ever. Advances in counselling psychology research providing information on the mechanisms of positive change regarding child and youth mental health are needed to better tailor prevention and intervention efforts. Furthermore, the integration of new technologies and techniques into the counselling sessions and mental health promotion programs has become increasingly vital.
This Special Issue is dedicated to recent advances in counselling psychology for children, adolescents, and emerging adults, concerning both basic and intervention research. The issue aims to cover a broad range of new perspectives, interventions, and techniques in counselling, such as: brief and strength-based therapies, parent and family counselling, play therapy, mindfulness techniques, prevention and mental health promotion programs, empowerment, school-based interventions, positive psychology interventions, and digital interventions. Moreover, this issue focuses on several psychological and psychosocial problems that children and youth face, including but not limited to the following: parental divorce, abuse, domestic violence, bullying, bereavement, depression, anxiety, career-related difficulties, and relationship problems. Last but not least, this Special Issue addresses additional important counselling issues encountered with children and youth, such as legal and ethical issues, chronic illness or disability, diversity, gender and LGBTQ+ issues.
Both literature reviews (systematic reviews, meta-analyses or narrative or topical reviews) and original research articles (observational studies, cross-sectional and longitudinal studies, experimental studies, clinical trials, cohort studies, case–control studies, qualitative studies) are welcome for submission.
Prof. Dr. Kounenou Kalliope
Dr. Christos Pezirkianidis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- counselling services
- mental health and psychosocial support for children and youth
- school-based interventions
- positive psychology interventions
- psychological and psychosocial problems
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