creational and peer variables as this will assist the counselor to discover the extent to which these adolescents might be reacting to stressors by engaging in dangerous behavior such as taking drugs.
In some very early work on assessment in psychosocial counseling, Cooper (1977) suggested that counselors may also want to consider the child's developmental level. In this regard, she suggests that psychosocial counseling interviews include some assessment of the degree to which children and/or adolescents appear to have successfully resolved the developmental life crisis associated with their age group.
Of course children can differ in the types of disorders they present to the psychosocial counselor and in this regard, Webb and van Devere (1994) report that certain psychosocial factors will be more relevant to some disorders than others. For example, if the child is suffering from an affective disorder, Webb and van Devere reports that age and developmental data will be far more important for collection than if the child was experiencing a stress dis-order associated with parental conflict in the home. Also, Webb and van Devere notes that to the extent there is ambiguity regarding the child's disorder, the scope of the assessment will most likely increase.
Psychosocial Counseling Interviews For Adults
Lukas (1993) has discussed conducting inte
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