Counselling parents of children with chronic illness or disability / Hilton Davis, Head of Child and Adolescent Psychology Services, Guys and Lewisham Trust ; medical advisor, Neil Marlow, Consultant Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics, University of Bristol.

Leicester : British Psychological Society ; [Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.] : [Distributed exclusively in North America by P.H. Brookes Pub.], 1993.

xi, 132 pages : black and white illustrations ; 22 cm.

Copy 1. Donor: Scope.

1. Setting the Scene. What do I mean by counselling? Help for whom? Who are the helpers? The plan of the book -- 2. Family Adaptation to Disease. Effects of disease and disability. Understanding adaptation: a framework. The crisis of diagnosis. Specific areas of change and problems -- 3. Helping: Aims, Relationship and Process. Aims of helping. The partnership model. The expert model: a contrast. The process of helping -- 4. Initiation and Exploration. Fundamental attitudes. Basic skills. The first meeting -- 5. Helping Parents Change. Breaking bad news. Challenging skills. More general strategies: construct theory -- 6. Problem-Solving. Goal-setting. Planning action. Implementing plans. Evaluation of care. Useful strategies -- 7. Final Issues. Training. Supervision. System issues. Referral. Evaluation.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-129) and index.