Meeting the Challenges of Adolescent Psychotherapy
Meeting the Challenges of Adolescent Psychotherapy
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Overview
When the problems of adolescence go beyond the helping skills parents and other adults, a therapist may be the young person's best hope. This book deals with considerations relating to general planning, diagnostic work, resistance, and other challenges with the adolescent client, as well as with specific techniques that may be employed in outpatient psychotherapy with teenagers. Primarily intended for graduate students in training to become psychotherapists, the book is also useful for experienced therapists as an overview issues in therapy and a helpful reminder of techniques they may not have used for a while (for example, “priming the pump” reinforcement, indirect modeling, informal desensitization, reciprocal inhibition, and so forth). Dr. Gardner brings over 30 years of insight in working with adolescents in various clinical settings to the commentary and case examples in this book, offering a personal dimension to information generally provided in adolescent therapy textbooks.
Book Review
“Meeting the Challenges of Adolescent Psychotherapy is informed, informative, deftly written, and superbly organized
—Midwest Book Review, The Psychology Shelf
“Overall, this book offers a concise overview of psychotherapy with adolescents… many of the therapeutic techniques reviewed in this book can be adapted and applied to form positive relationships with students and to assist students in achieving social, emotional, and academic progress.”
—Amy Runningen, LICSW, School Social Work Journal
Introduction
Chapter
- What Is Psychotherapy? How Does It Work?
- The Stress of Life
- The Adolescent Is Different
- Challenges in Adolescent Psychotherapy–I: Resistance
- Challenges in Adolescent Psychotherapy–II: Absence of a Clearly Demarcated Theory of Adolescent Therapy
- Challenges in Adolescent Psychotherapy–III: Diagnosis, Confidentiality, and Dual Relationships
- Challenges in Adolescent Psychotherapy–IV: Usual Techniques of Therapy May Not Apply
- Challenges in Adolescent Psychotherapy–V: Rate of Change and the Generation Gap
- Challenges in Adolescent Psychotherapy–VI: Instabilities in This Time of Life
- Thinking, Theory, and Useful Constructs
- Tasks of Adolescence: Development of Identity
- Stages of Adolescence–I: Preadolescence and Early Adolescence
- Stages of Adolescence–II: Middle Adolescence
- Stages of Adolescence–III: Late Adolescence
- Working with Parents of Adolescents
- The Therapeutic Setting
- Vignette: Planning and Doing a Therapy
- A Time to Be Silent
- Who Is in the Chair in Front of You?
- Use of Social Models
- Reciprocal Inhibition Therapy
- Use of the Personal Narrative
- The Rational Override and Other Techniques for Dealing with Anger
- Using Cognitive Therapy with Adolescents
- Drugs and the Adolescent
Afterword
Appendix: The Brief Diagnostic Workup
References
Index
About the Author
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Subjects
- Anger and Conflict Management
- Assessment and Response to Intervention
- Behavior Management
- Bullying Prevention
- Diversity
- Girls and Boys Programs
- Grief Counseling
- Life Skills and Character Development
- Mental Health Issues
- Motivation and School Success
- Other Professional Resources
- Parenting Solutions
- Personal and Social Development
- Social and Emotional Learning
- Social Skills
- Special Education
- Stress Management
Intended Audience
- College and University Professors
- General Education Teachers K-12
- Mental Health Professionals
- Parents and Parent Coordinators
- Psychologists
- School Administrators K-12
- School Counselors K-12
- School Psychologist K-12
- Social Workers
- Special Education Professionals
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