Therapy With Children: Children's Rights, Confidentiality and the Law

Therapy with Children is a resource for navigating the legal minefield of working with children and young people under the age of 18. Prioritising the needs of the child or young person as the client, the authors explore the legal and professional dimensions of working therapeutically with children and young people. This long-awaited second edition responds to significant shifts in policy, and the revised text additionally addresses:

the crucial importance of confidentiality;

conflicting pressures relating to parental involvement and children at risk;

responses to the Children Act 2004, Mental Health Act 2007, and the Axon case;

changes in the organisation of child protection and safeguarding;

increased provision of therapeutic services for children, particularly in school settings;

relevance of psychoanalysis in child-focused therapy, with reference to other therapeutic approaches.

Debbie Daniels is a UKCP registered psychotherapist and is the director of a private counselling and psycholtherapy centre where she works with adults and adolescents.
Peter Jenkins is a senior lecturer in Counselling at University of Salford and is in current practice as a counsellor