Child Agency and Voice in Therapy
offers innovatory ways of thinking about, and working with, children in therapy.
The book:
considers different practices such as respecting the rights of the child in therapy and recognising and listening to children as
‘active agents’ and
‘experts’;
features approaches that: access children’s views of their therapy; engage with them as researchers or co-researchers; and that use play and arts-based methods;
draws on arts therapies research in ways that enable insight and learning for all those engaged with children’s therapy and wellbeing;
considers how the contexts of the therapy, such as a school or counselling centre, relate to the ways children experience themselves and their therapy in relation to rights, agency and voice.
will be beneficial for all child therapists and is a good resource for courses concerning childhood welfare, therapy, education, wellbeing and mental health.