Helping Them Climb: Optimizing Favorable Outcomes When Counseling the gifted
This article integrates child psychotherapy research and four evidence-based counseling principles for gifted students: use empirically supported interventions, emphasize the therapeutic alliance and clinical expertise, involve families, and progress-monitor outcomes. It advocates a strength-based focus and illustrates practice with a dialectical behavior therapy clinical case.
Supporting Musically Talented Children: Challenging Social and Emotional Roadblocks to Success
This article explores emotional challenges for musically talented children—boredom, perfectionism, performance anxiety, disappointment, social isolation and career uncertainty—and recommends family support, tailored instruction, ensemble participation, counseling when needed, and realistic guidance to sustain motivation and well-being.