School Psychological Counseling General Theory: Principles · Methods · Practice

Author: Wu Zengqiang (Editor-in-Chief) / Shen Zhifei / Feng Yongxi (Deputy Editor-in-Chief)
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: This book has the following characteristics: It reflects a strong sense of contemporaneity, rooted in the process of China's social transformation and modernization, and recognizes the mission of modern schools. The book provides a clear framework and possesses a certain degree of originality. First, it positions school psychological counseling as development-oriented, integrating prevention and remediation. Initially, it takes students' growth as the fundamental starting point, addressing their psychological dilemmas during development and promoting their healthy growth. Second, it advocates for a balance between popularization and specialization, using popularization to enhance specialization. From a popularization perspective, it proposes full teacher participation, focusing on students' inner world in daily teaching and learning, conducting family psychological counseling, and creating a positive environment for students' healthy growth. From a specialization perspective, it requires schools to teach and master professional skills such as individual counseling, group counseling, and psychological assessment, serving as counselors for students, advisors for teachers and parents, and assistants to the principal, and so on. The book is divided into four parts: Part I is the Introduction (Chapters 1 to 3), including the preface, the historical development of school psychological counseling, and the basic theoretical schools of psychological counseling; Part II is the Thematic Section, which covers the content of school psychological counseling (Chapters 4 to 7); Part III is the Practical Section, which focuses on the implementation pathways of school psychological counseling (Chapters 8 to 10); and Part IV is the Support and Guarantee Section, which addresses the support and guarantees for school psychological counseling (Chapters 11 to 14). Notably, it dedicates a chapter to professional supervision in psychological counseling, a feature rarely seen in similar works in China.