Adolescent Therapy Really Wks Pa

by Edgette,Janette Sasson

• ISBN13: 9780393705003
• ISBN10: 0393705005
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-17
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xvii
Chapter 1. Nothing Matters Until You Matter	1	(20)
Chapter 2. Looking at It from the Other Side: How Adolescents Experience Therapy	21	(20)
Chapter 3. How We Wind Up Not Helping	41	(26)
Chapter 4. Change the Therapy to Change the Results	67	(20)
Chapter 5. Candor and Connection	87	(22)
Chapter 6. Troubleshooting Individual Session Impasses	109	(38)
Chapter 7. Orchestrating Productive Family Sessions with Challenging Adolescents	147	(16)
Chapter 8. Helping Parents to Manage Their Volatile Adolescent	163	(32)
Index	195