Working with Adolescents & Young People

The Department of Health announced the extension to children and young people of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP IAPT) service in October 2011. In the light of those initiatives, the very significant contribution to the mental health of children and young people made by counsellors working within school settings should not be overlooked, and so we decided to dedicate an issue of Supervision Review to consider this territory. We also wanted to add the work in University and Sixth form College setting too. For many young people a significant amount of their day and early life is spent in such institutions and many of the parents and carers we have in therapy also have to negotiate the mental well-being of their children.

• Working in a primary school setting, who are we there for

• Supervision in an educational setting

• “Downloading the Body App” A body psychotherapist reflects on supervising counsellors working with young people

• Book Review – Therapy with young men by Dave Verhaagen