Child and Youth Care Interviewing and Counselling

Child and Youth Care Interviewing and Counselling is a practical text designed to help students learn essential interviewing and counselling skills through a practical action-oriented approach and scenarios situated in common professional CYC settings such as group homes, treatment centres, or outreach services.

This invaluable text features examples, reflection questions, role-play exercises, and case studies that demonstrate how counselling skills are used outside of the typical one-hour counselling session, impacting the daily life of children and youth in their lifespaces. Students will develop essential skills within the field with a focus on diversity, inclusion, and anti-oppression. Child and Youth Care Interviewing and Counselling is an essential must-read resource for Child and Youth Care, Social Work, and Human Services programs at colleges and universities in Canada and the United States.

Author Biography

Patricia Kostouros is a psychologist and Full Professor in the Department of Child Studies and Social Work at Mount Royal University. Prior to her career in academia, she worked in a number of child and youth care settings as a frontline practitioner and administrator.

Jill Thompson has spent time in the CYC field in a variety of settings and eventually completed her graduate studies in counselling psychology. Jill is a registered psychologist with a small private practice focusing on topics related to sexuality and gender and has provided workshops and presented widely on these topics. Jill is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Child Studies and Social Work at Mount Royal University.