| Adolescent Therapy That Really Works: Helping Kids Who Never Asked for Help in the First Place Contributor(s): Edgette, Janet Sasson (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393705005 ISBN-13: 9780393705003 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $24.65 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2006 Annotation: Straight talk on how to connect with troubled teens. "On the evidence of Edgette's new book, she is one of those rare adults who understands adolescents' obsession with all things 'phony.' She writes with chatty authority about what the experience of therapy feels like for teens, mapping the many shoals on which adolescent therapy can founder."--"Psychotherapy Networker" Therapists who struggle to be liked, be cool, or say all the right things do not only a disservice to themselves, but also to the teenagers they treat. "Adolescent Therapy that Really Works" explores unique new ways to approach therapy with this challenging client population. Focusing on building positive, unaffected relationships with teenagers, this book shows therapists how to facilitate conversation that is candid, constructive, and respectful. Originally published in hardcover as "Candor, Connection, and Enterprise in Adolescent Therapy," |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychotherapy - Child & Adolescent |
| Dewey: 616.891 |
| LCCN: 2005054732 |
| Series: Norton Professional Books (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.12" W x 9.26" (0.76 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Edgette proposes a unique approach to relating to adolescents in therapy. Focusing on establishing genuine and unaffected relationships between therapists and teens, this book offers techniques for clinicians who want to engage and connect with their adolescent clients. The goal is to bring about conversations that are candid and therapeutically effective so that teens and their families can find dignified and durable solutions to their problems. Case examples and stories from Edgette's own practice illustrate how therapists can successfully navigate difficult encounters, avert power struggles, and avoid dead-end dialogues that bore teenage clients and stall treatment. Thorough and lucidly written, Adolescent Therapy That Really Works shows therapist how to become partners with their clients, maintain their authority while also drawing teens into comfortable conversation, and read body language and facial expressions to better convey understanding and respect. Every therapist who works with adolescents and their families will benefit from the wisdom, skill, and honesty exhibited in Edgette's therapeutic approach. |
Contributor Bio(s): Edgette, Janet Sasson: - Janet Sasson Edgette, Psy.D, MPH, is a clinician in private practice in the Philadelphia area and the author of Stop Negotiating With Your Teen: Strategies for Parenting Your Angry, Manipulative, Moody, or Depressed Adolescent and the coauthor of The Handbook of Hypnotic Phenomena in Psychotherapy. |