Contemporary Case Studies in School Counseling is not a guide to school counseling, but rather a conversation starter on the challenges that school counselors face on a daily basis. From cyber sexting to unmotivated students to anxiety disorders, school counselors must be ready for the unexpected. Throughout the 15 case studies in this text, readers will be guided through therapies, strategies, and solutions from a school counselor’s perspective.

The text is written with the school counselor as narrator, providing readers with a first-hand look into the counselor’s rationale, biases, and experiences that guide the counseling process. From this school counselor’s perspective, readers will be vividly drawn into the varying situations and approaches for each case study. The reader will be guided through various therapy approaches as well as given questions for discussion in small groups or large classroom discussions.

This book will help train better school counselors as the audience will be presented with current situations and problems that school counselors in the twenty-first century face.