Where To from Here?: Guiding for Mental Health for Young People with Complex Needs

Experienced practitioners in the youth sector have always realised that a young person's general health and wellbeing can be influenced positively by effective, client-centred, relationship-based practice. Here, the authors use the analogy of 'practitioner as guide' to focus on one critical aspect of this kind of work. They demonstrate how the practitioner as guide can be instrumental in building the capacity of young people with complex needs to maximise their mental health potential.