Brief Adolescent Therapy Homework Planner

by Arthur E. Jongsma; L. Mark Peterson; William P. McInnis

• ISBN13: 9780471344650
• ISBN10: 0471344656
• Edition: Disk
• Format: Paperback w/Disk
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Focusing on adolescents from age 12-18, this easy-to-use sourcebook provides pre-written psychotherapy homework assignments. The 52 field-tested exercises are grouped by skill set. The book includes ready-to-copy blank exercises, instructions on when and how to use the assignments, and a floppy disk that contains word-processing versions of every assignment in the book.

Author Biography

ARTHUR E. JONGSMA, Jr., PhD, is a clinical psychologist and coauthor of the bestselling books The Complete Psychotherapy Treatment Planner and The Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Treatment Planner, as well as TheraScribe(r) 3.0 for Windows(r). The Computerized Assistant to Psychotherapy Treatment Planning. L. MARK PETERSON, MSW, is the coauthor of the bestselling The Complete Psychotherapy Treatment Planner. WILLIAM P. McINNIS, EdD, is coauthor of The Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Treatment Planner and a child psychologist.

Table of Contents

ANXIETY.

Finding and Losing Your Anxiety.

ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER.

Getting It Done.

Social Skills Exercise.

Stop, Think, and Act.

CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE.

Keeping Straight.

Taking Your First Step.

Welcome to Recovery.

CONDUCT DISORDER/DELINQUENCY.

Anger Control.

Headed in the Right Direction.

DEPRESSION.

Bad Thoughts Lead to Depressed Feelings.

Surface Behavior/Inner Feelings.

Three Ways to Change the World.

Unmet Emotional Needs--Identification and Satisfaction.

EATING DISORDER.

Fears Beneath the Eating Disorder.

Reality: Food Intake, Weight, Thoughts, and Feelings.

GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER.

I Want To Be Like...

One on One.

GRIEF/LOSS UNRESOLVED.

Create a Memory Album.

Grief Letter.

LEARNING DISORDER/UNDERACHIEVEMENT.

Breaking It Down Into Small Steps.

LOW SELF-ESTEEM.

Three Ways To Change Yourself.

Three Wishes Game.

MANIA/HYPOMANIA.

Action Minus Thought Equals Painful Consequences.

Clear Rules, Positive Reinforcement, Appropriate Consequences.

I Am a Good Person.

MENTAL RETARDATION.

Activities of Daily Living Program.

You Belong Here.

OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT.

Filing a Complaint.

If I Could Run My Family.

Switching From Defense to Offense.

PEER/SIBLING CONFLICT.

Cloning the Perfect Sibling.

Joseph, ""His Amazing Technicolored Coat,"" and More.

Negotiating a Peace Treaty.

PHOBIA-PANIC/AGORAPHOBIA.

Gradually Facing a Phobic Fear.

Panic Attack Rating Form.

PHYSICAL ABUSE VICTIM.

Letter of Empowerment.

My Thoughts and Feelings.

Take the First Step.

RUNAWAY.

Airing Your Grievances.

Home by Another Name.

Undercover Assignment.

SCHOOL REFUSAL.

School Fear Reduction.

SEXUAL ABUSE PERPETRATOR.

Getting Started.

Opening the Door to Forgiveness.

Your Feelings and Beyond.

SEXUAL ABUSE VICTIM.

Letter of Forgiveness.

My Story.

You Are Not Alone.

SOCIAL PHOBIA/SHYNESS.

Greeting Peers.

Reach Out and Call.

Show Your Strengths.

SUICIDAL IDEATION.

No Self-Harm Contract.

Renewed Hope.

Symbols of Self-Worth.

Appendix.

About the Disk.