Excessive stress has become one of the world's leading health hazards, taking its toll on loved ones, friends and co-workers. Through books, magazines and newspaper articles, people are constantly exposed to the problem - but are not shown how to affect their own personal solution. Hard work, commitment and personalisation of problem areas are the keys to successful stress busting.

Many counselors are able to work effectively with students who are referred to them or who voluntarily seek help, but what about the majority of students in every school's population who never go to the counselor's office?

This book offers counselors specific ideas and strategies for doing a better job with outside-the-office encounters to positively affect the lives of all who come through a school's doors. The second edition addresses how increased responsibilities, as specified in the ASCA National Model and through the Ed Trust Transforming School Counseling movement, require counselors...