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Young people in love and in hate
- Author:
- LUXMOORE Nick
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 143p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Written by a counsellor working with young people, this book aims to help professionals and parents dealing with young people's feelings. It explores the experience and feelings of young people about relationships with boyfriends and girlfriends. Using case examples, it discusses how young people learn to bear feelings of love and hate, including young people in love, young people in hate, how a counsellor or other professional might help a young person with the complexities of relationships, and ending relationships.
Feeling like crap: young people and the meaning of self-esteem
- Author:
- LUXMOORE Nick
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 160p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
We use the word all the time, but what exactly is self-esteem, and how do young people develop it? "Feeling Like Crap" explores how a young person's self is constructed, and what might help that self to feel more valued and confident. Through accounts of his individual and group work with six young people, Nick Luxmoore demonstrates how listening to, engaging with and being respectful of young people can provide the support they need to help them repair their sense of self and offer them new possibilities and directions in life. When Grace was three, her parents split up and she went to live with her father while her sister stayed with their mother. Allie has slipped behind with her school work since falling out with her best friend, and any positive feelings about himself that Conor may have dared to develop have been beaten out of him by his father. This compassionate and thought-provoking book will be an invaluable resource for counsellors, teachers, youth workers, and anyone else working to help young people with self-esteem issues.
Working with anger and young people
- Author:
- LUXMOORE Nick
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 152p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Understanding the roots of anger and encouraging appropriate and acceptable ways of expressing this are essential skills for anyone working with young people. Working with Anger and Young People warns against ‘quick fix’ solutions to dealing with anger, and draws on the author’s experiences of youth counselling and training workshops to propose helpful interventions for addressing anger effectively and moving on from it. From attachment anxieties and feelings of powerlessness, to frustration at difficult family relations, the author considers the common reasons for young people’s anger during this difficult stage of their development. Through accounts of his work with a range of young people, he offers tried-and-tested exercises and talking points to help work through common counterproductive responses to anger such as antisocial behaviour and physical or verbal violence. Crucially, he also recognises the needs of those working with these young people with anger problems and provides advice on working safely, maintaining control and achieving job satisfaction.