What are the school guidance counselor's clinical impressions as to the present problem? Underlying issue? 4. What are some of Beth's strengths?

5. Has she been willing to talk in the past about things that may be bothering her? Does she have suicidal ideations? Her response to friend leaving? Lack of friends at the school?

Process Issues for Consideration

The process issues that need to be considered if the child counselor has determined it is beneficial to engage Beth in services include presenting behaviors, attitude and affect. Beth may be much more willing to discuss these issues vs. beginning with something possibly more difficult such as addressing her parent's divorce. The child counselor will also need to address the comments Beth has made regarding herself to determine if there is a risk of self-injury, or a possible indication of depression. The child counselor needs to include the bullying incident in the process issues to determine if the "resolution" was resolution to Beth. Simply because the school indicated that the matter had been adequately addressed does not mean the minor feels the same way. Lastly, the issues of her parent's divorce, the time she spends away from them, her parent's work schedule, and her feelings regarding these issues should be addressed.

References

Allison, P. & Furstenberg, F, Jr. (1989). How marital dissolution affects children: Variations by age and sex. Developmental Psychology, 25, 540-549.

Amato, P. (2001). Children of divorce in the 1990's: An update of the Amato and Keith

(1991) meta-analysis. Journal of Family Psychology, 15, 355-370.

Amato, P., & Keith, B. (1991). Parental divorce and the well-being of children: A meta-

analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 110, 26-46.

Carr, A. (2004). Positive psychology: The science of happiness and human strengths. New York: Routledge.

Cherlin, A. (1999). Going to extremes: Family structure, children's well-being, and social science. Demography, 36, 421-428.

Cummings, E., & Davies, P. (1994). Children and marital conflict: The impact of family dispute and resolution. New York: Guilford Press.

Davies, P., & Lindsay, L. (2001). Does gender moderate the effects of marital conflict on children? In J. Grych & F. Fincham (Eds.). Child development and inter-parental conflict (p. 64-97). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Davies, P., & Windle, M. (1997). Gender-specific pathways between maternal depressive symptoms, family...

Developmental Psychology, 33, 657-668.
Davies, P., & Lindsay, L. (2004). Inter-parental conflict and adolescent adjustment: Why does gender moderate early adolescent vulnerability? Journal of Family

Psychology, 18(1), 160-170.

Emery, R. (1982). Inter-parental conflict and the children of discord and divorce.

Psychological Bulletin, 92, 310-330.

Fall, K., Holden, J., & Marquis, A. (2004). Theoretical models of counseling and psychotherapy. New York: Brunner-Routledge.

Gjerde, P. (1995). Alternative pathways to chronic depressive symptoms in young adults:

Gender differences in developmental trajectories. Child Development, 66, 1277-1300.

Gore, S., Aseltine, R., & Colten, M. (1993). Gender, social-relational involvement and depression. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 3, 101-125.

Hetherington, e., & Clingempeel, G. (1992). coping with marital transitions. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 57, (Serial No. 227).

Lansford, J., Malone, P., Castellino, D., Dodge, K., Petit, G., & Bates, J. (2006).

Trajectories of internalizing, externalizing, and grades for children who

have and have not experienced their parents' divorce or separation.

Journal of Family Psychology, 20(2), 292-301.

Luborsky, L. (2000). Principles of psychoanalytic psychotherapy: A manual for supportive-expressive treatment. Basic Books, Inc.

McGee, R., & Stanton, W. (19920. Sources of distress among New Zealand adolescents.

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 33, 999-1010.

Roecker, C., Dubow, E., & Donaldson, D. (1996). Cross-situational patterns in children's coping with observed interpersonal conflict. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 25, 288-299.

Rogers, C. (1951). Client-centered therapy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Rogers, C. (1961). On becoming a person. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Rogers, C. (1995). On becoming a person: A therapist's view of psychotherapy. Boston:

Houghton Mifflin.

Sommers-Flanagan, J. & Sommers-Flanagan, R. (2004). Counseling and Psychotherapy

Theories in Context and Practice: Skills, Strategies, and Technique. Hoboken, NJ:

Wiley.

Tolan, J. (2002). Counseling, the BACP counseling reader. London: Sage Publications.

Tolan, J. (2003). Skills in person-centered counseling &…