Counseling the Gifted

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the current state of the art regarding counseling gifted students. The chapter begins by giving clinicians an overview of the developmental issues facing gifted students and the typical presenting problems of this population when they seek assistance from counselors. Then counseling models that have been described in some depth in the literature are reviewed in three categories: individual, family, and group. Finally, implications for practice, training, and research are discussed. It is hoped that the chapter will serve as a rough guide for practicing clinicians and encourage university-based counselors and psychologists to initiate programmatic research to test interventions with this population. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)