Product Description

Effective work with young people requires empathy and understanding. This text captures the reality of young people's experiences, their relationships and the things that are important to them. Using in-depth examples from his many years' experience as a teacher, youth worker and psychotherapist, Nick Luxmoore outlines a creative approach that will enable professionals to respond appropriately to the complex needs and sometimes demanding behaviour of young people. Luxmoore describes the dynamics of young people's relationships, offering original insights into the ways in which young people approach intimacy and manage secrecy and privacy their relationships with siblings, friends and adults, their anxieties about themselves and their identity and how they interact with strangers and strange situations.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #135964 in Books
• Published on: 2000-08-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

Customer Reviews

A sound introduction to the subject - for beginners!
This book is written using easy to understand vocabulary, and the absence of 'jargon' is refreshing. Creative use of analogy and case studies, presented with warmth and humour, bring the book to life, with well positioned use of referencing providing a variety of suggestions for further exploration. One negative observation is that the book really only 'skims' the surface of this complex subject, which some professionals may find superficial. However, as a light, enjoyable and easy to read introduction to working with adolescents, it succeeds.