Ebook: Belonging Everywhere and Nowhere: Insights into Counseling the Globally Mobile

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mango Tree Intercultural Services
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 27, 2013
Print length ‏ : ‎ 298 pages
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00FI7LO9G
ISBN   978-0-615-69606-5
ISBN   987-0-615-86689-5 Ebook 

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A guide for counselors with globally mobile clients such as third culture kids (TCKs) that addresses how to work with this population on issues of identity, unresolved grief, loss, and rootlessness; where to find resources; and what theories and techniques work best.

Bushong, a licensed marriage and family therapist, delves into this previously, unexplored world of how to effectively counsel clients raised outside of their parents' home culture. The readers will discover what are the basic characteristics and counseling skills effective with Third Culture Kids (those who have spent the majority of their developmental years outside of their passport country).

Because of the rapid growth of the expat community, counselors must look at the uniqueness of working with children who grow up as a Third Culture Kid, the common presenting issues for adults TCKs and what often lies hidden beneath the surface. The book is filled with practical examples, interesting stories, tips, charts, resources, theories, techniques and discussion questions for further study.