Listening to young people in school, youth work, and counselling

Effective work with young people requires empathy and understanding. This text captures the reality of young people's experiences, their relationships and the things that are important to them. Using in-depth examples from his many years' experience as a teacher, youth worker and psychotherapist, Nick Luxmoore outlines a creative approach that will enable professionals to respond appropriately to the complex needs and sometimes demanding behaviour of young people. Luxmoore describes the dynamics of young people's relationships, offering original insights into the ways in which young people approach intimacy and manage secrecy and privacy their relationships with siblings, friends and adults, their anxieties about themselves and their identity and how they interact with strangers and strange situations. Effective work with young people requires empathy and understanding. This accessible book captures the reality of young people's experiences, their relationships and the things that are important to them. Using in-depth examples from his many years'experience as a teacher, youth worker and psychotherapist, Nick Luxmoore outlines a creative approach that will enable professionals to respond appropriately to the complex needs and sometimes demanding behaviour of young people.Luxmoore describes the dynamics of young people's relationships, offering original insights into• the ways in which young people approach intimacy and manage secrecy and privacy• their relationships with siblings, friends and adults• their anxieties about themselves and their identity• how they interact with strangers and strange situations.This sensitive, accessible and practical book will enable professionals in teaching, counselling and youth work to listen to young people, to understand their needs and to support them effectively. Effective work with young people requires empathy and understanding. This accessible book captures the reality of young people's experiences, their relationships and the things that are important to them. Using in-depth examples from his many years' experience as a teacher, youth worker and psychotherapist, Nick Luxmoore outlines a creative approach that will enable professionals to respond appropriately to the complex needs and sometimes demanding behaviour of young people. Luxmoore describes the dynamics of young people's relationships, offering original insights into the ways in which young people approach intimacy and manage secrecy and privacy their relationships with siblings, friends and adults their anxieties about themselves and their identity how they interact with strangers and strange situations. This sensitive, accessible and practical book will enable professionals in teaching, counselling and youth work to listen to young people, to understand their needs and to support them effectively

This book captures the reality of young people's experiences, their relationships and the things that are important to them. Using in-depth examples from his many years' experience as a teacher, youth worker and psychotherapist, Nick Luxmoore outlines a creative approach that will enable professionals to respond appropriately to the complex needs and sometimes demanding behaviour of young people. Luxmoore describes the dynamics of young people's relationships, offering original insights into: the ways in which young people approach intimacy and manage secrecy and privacy; their relationships with siblings, friends and adults; their anxieties about themselves and their identity; and how they interact with strangers and strange situations. This book will enable professionals in teaching, counselling and youth work to listen to young people, to understand their needs and to support them effectively.

Listening to Young People in School, Youth Work and Counselling......Page 4 Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 9 1 Kevin: In Defence of Thirteen-year-old Boys......Page 10 2 Siblings: The Possibility of Therapeutic Relationships between Young People......Page 24 3 Chloe: Understanding and Helping with Squabbles......Page 35 4 Are We Like You?: Strangers and Strangeness......Page 51 5 Accidents: What Happens in School When There Are No Answers......Page 59 6 What’s Good For You: Helping Young People Evaluate Feelings......Page 72 7 Brilliant Laughs: Young People’s Use of Joking......Page 90 8 Walking Slowly: Containing Anxiety in Work with Young People......Page 98 9 Secretest Secrets: Young People Managing Privacy......Page 115 10 See You Around: How Schools Manage Endings......Page 129 References......Page 140 Subject Index......Page 142 Author Index......Page 145 Annotation Using in-depth examples from his many years of experience, Nick Luxmoore outlines a creative approach that will enable professionals to respond appropriately to the complex needs and sometimes demanding behavior of young people. He describes the dynamics of young peoples' relationships, offering original insights into intimacy, secrecy, privacy, anxiety, and relationships