About our authorsVictoria E. Kress, Ph.D./LPCC-S (OH), NCC, CCMHC, is a Professor, a Counseling Clinic Director and the Director of the Clinical Mental Health and Addictions Counseling Programs at Youngstown State University. She also works as the Director of Advocacy for the National Board of Certified Counselors. She has over 20 years of clinical experience working in various settings, including community mental health centers, hospitals, residential treatment facilities, private practices, and college counseling centers. She has published over 120 refereed articles and book chapters, and she has coauthored 3 books on diagnosing/assessing and counseling youth and adults. She has been cited as a top contributing author to the Journal of Mental Health Counseling as well as the Journal of College Counseling, and she served as the Associate Editor of the Theory and Practice Sections of the Journal of Mental Health [...]. Kress served two terms as a governor-appointed member of the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board and served as the Chair of the Counselor Professional Standards Committee. She also served as the ethics liaison for Ohio’s state regulatory board and presently serves as a consultant/expert witness for counselor ethics cases. CACREP honored her with the Martin Ritchie Award for Excellence in Advocacy. She also received the following American Counseling Association (ACA) awards: the Gilbert and Kathleen Wrenn Award for a Humanitarian and Caring Person, the Distinguished Mentor Award, the Counselor Educator Advocacy Award, and the Government Relations Award. She has been the recipient of the following Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) awards: the Outstanding Mentor Award, the Robert Stripling Award for Excellence in Standards, and the Leadership Award. She has also received numerous Youngstown State University awards (e.g., Distinguished Scholar, Distinguished Public Service) as well as various Ohio Counseling Association awards, including the Research and Writing Award, the Legislative Advocacy Award, the Leadership Award and the Counselor of the Year Award. She is a past President of Chi Sigma Iota International and the Ohio Counseling Association and she is a past ACA Region Chair.Matthew J. Paylo, Ph.D./LPCC-S (OH), is an Associate Professor, Coordinator of the Student Affairs and College Counseling Program and Program Director of the Counseling Program at Youngstown State University. He has over 13 years of clinical experience in various settings, including community mental health centers, prisons, hospitals, adolescent residential treatment facilities and college counseling centers. Dr. Paylo is passionate about implementing evidence-based interventions in therapeutic relationships that highlight empathy, unconditional positive regard, and genuineness. He has presented and published extensively in the areas of diagnosing and treating mental and emotional disorders. Dr. Paylo recently coauthored a book on assessing, diagnosing and treating mental and emotional disorders from a strength-based perspective. In addition, he has published numerous journal articles and book chapters on trauma, evidence-based treatments, offender treatments, counseling adolescents, social justice counseling and the implementation of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Dr. Paylo has received numerous teaching and research awards, including the Distinguished Professor of Teaching at Youngstown State University and the Research and Writing Award from the Ohio Counseling Association (OCA). In addition, Dr. Paylo is on his second term as a governor-appointed member of the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board and currently is serving as the Board Chair.Nicole A. Stargell, Ph.D., LPCA, LSC, NCC, is an Assistant Professor at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP) and serves as the Field Placement and Te

PART 1: Developmental and Systematic Foundations of Youth Counseling

1. Developmentally Informed Youth Counseling
2. Systemically Informed Youth Counseling

PART 2: Foundations of Youth Counseling: Theory and Practice

Individual Counseling Foundations

Ethical and Legal Foundations

Counseling Theories That Focus on Thought and Behavior Change and Action

Counseling Theories That Focus on Background Experiences and Relationships

Counseling Theories That Focus on Family Change Processes

The Use of Play and Creative Arts in Counseling

Conceptualizing Young Clients Situations and Directing Counseling

PART 3: Common Presenting Concerns and Counseling Interventions

Youth Suicide, Self-Injury, and Homicide

Family-Related Transitions and Struggles

Academic and SocialEmotional Transitions and Struggles

Neurodevelopmental and Intellectual Impairments

Disruptive Behavior Problems

Abuse and Trauma

Substance Abuse

Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Related Disorders

Depressive and Bipolar Disorders

Physical Health-Related Counseling Issues: Eating Disorders, Elimination Disorders, and Chronic Illness/Disability Counseling