Breaking Through to Teens Psychotherapy for the New Adolescence

by Taffel, Ron

• ISBN13: 9781606239445
• ISBN10: 1606239449
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-14
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

This book presents groundbreaking strategies for psychotherapy with today's teens, for whom high-risk behavior, lack of adult guidance, and intense anxiety and stress increasingly come with the territory. Ron Taffel addresses the key challenge of building a therapeutic relationship that is strong enough to promote real behavioral and emotional change. He demonstrates effective ways to give advice that teens will listen to, get them to tell the truth about their lives, help parents reestablish their authority, and extend the reach of therapy by such nontraditional means as inviting teens to bring friends into sessions.

Author Biography

Ron Taffel, PhD, has supervised and written about working with children and families for over two decades. He is one of the country’s most sought-after speakers for both professional and parent audiences. Dr. Taffel is the award-winning author of over 100 academic and popular articles, as well as critically acclaimed childrearing guides and books for professionals, and is a contributing editor to McCall’s and Parents magazines. He is the founder of Family and Couples Treatment Services at The Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy in New York City, where he lives with his wife and two children.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Context: The New Adolescence and a New Treatment Paradigm	p. 7
First Meeting: Getting Teens to Talk	p. 30
Foundation: What's Necessary to Build a Helping Relationship with Teens	p. 46
The Core: Healing the Divided Self of 21st-Century Teens	p. 73
Direction: Advice as Essential to Helping Teens Change Behavior and Attitudes	p. 107
The Gray Zone: The Truth about Lying to Therapists and Other Child Professionals	p. 127
Treatment Unbound: Creating "Flexible Confidentiality"	p. 148
The Parent Trap: Childrearing Advice as Essential to Helping Parents Change Behavior	p. 177
Stuck: How to Conduct a "Focused Family Session"	p. 213
The Village: Bringing Friends into Treatment	p. 240
The Real in Relational: Challenging Ourselves to Stay Three-Dimensional with Teens	p. 259
Bibliography	p. 283
Index	p. 285
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