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Contemporary Issues on Adolescents and Counseling is a collection of articles from seasoned scholars, mainly professors and senior academics, in Counseling and related areas of specialization. The book focuses on essays and research on the concepts of adolescence, adolescents and their attributes, challenges, and counseling interventions to help them overcome challenges. I strongly recommend this book to students, teachers of education, policy makers in education, practicing counselors, and social workers who work with adolescents. Tolu Koyejo-Ogunleye, Ph.D Professor of Counseling Psychology. This book interrogates contemporary issues in adolescence and adolescent counseling. It presents hands-on elucidation on areas such as the meaning and forms of adolescent counseling, challenges adolescents face, their choices and consequences of such choices, and different forms of help available to adolescents. Areas such as drug and substance abuse, social media addiction, peer pressure, mental wellness, and religiosity are discussed as related to the adolescent. This concise book on adolescent counseling is both contextual and relevant to the needs of adolescents, teachers, researchers, parents, government, and counselors. It also provides a platform for senior faculty members to mentor junior colleagues and doctoral students. Donald Abidemi ODELEYE Ph.D. Ife Professor of Counseling Psychology & Dean, Faculty of Education, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria.

This book interrogates contemporary issues in adolescence and adolescent counseling. It presents hands-on elucidation on areas such as the meaning and forms of adolescent counseling, challenges adolescents face, their choices and consequences of such choices, and different forms of help available to adolescents. Areas such as drug and substance abuse, social media addiction, peer pressure, mental wellness, and religiosity are discussed as related to the adolescent. This concise book on adolescent counseling is both contextual and relevant to the needs of adolescents, teachers, researchers, parents, government, and counselors. It also provides a platform for senior faculty members to mentor junior colleagues and doctoral students. Donald Abidemi ODELEYE Ph.D. Ife Professor of Counseling Psychology & Dean, Faculty of Education, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria. Contemporary Issues on Adolescents and Counseling is a collection of articles from seasoned scholars, mainly professors and senior academics, in Counseling and related areas of specialization. The book focuses on essays and research on the concepts of adolescence, adolescents and their attributes, challenges, and counseling interventions to help them overcome challenges. I strongly recommend this book to students, teachers of education, policy makers in education, practicing counselors, and social workers who work with adolescents. Tolu Koyejo-Ogunleye, Ph.D Professor of Counseling Psychology.

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Ruth A. Aderanti is a Professor of Applied Psychology, Department of Education, Babcock University, Nigeria. She obtained a P.hD in Applied Psychology from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria. Currently, she is on Sabbatical leave serving as the Dean of Social Science, Christoper University, Mowe, Nigeria. Abiodun M. Gesinde, Professor of Counseling Psychology is the Head of Department of Psychology and former Sub-Dean of College of Leadership and Development Studies, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria. He is a member of professional bodies like Counselling Association of Nigeria (CASSON) and American Counselling Association.

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