This collection of therapeutic activities will help engage resistant children, youth, and families in counseling. These creative activities will help children and youth work through their conflicts and master specific tasks.
A collection of writings by teens in which they share their experiences, both good and bad, with therapy and therapists and their insights on what it takes to make therapy work.
Discuss issues surrounding the treatment of teens participating in residential treatment programs for substance abuse, behavioral problems, weight loss, and other issues.
"Tells the story of Sheila, a high school student suffering from severe emotional disturbance, and her attempts to cope by venting her rage, cutting herself, and starving herself, before getting the help she needs to begin to recover."--.
advice and resources for saving your out-of-control teen
Scheff, Sue
2008
The author shares her experiences improving her relationship with her troubled teenage daughter, and suggests ways others can improve family relationships with the help of residential treatment centers and other teen-help programs.
Discusses common emotional problems of adolescence which can be helped by psychotherapy and gives practical advice on getting the kind of professional help that is needed.
Argues that teen risk taking is a positive testing process whereby challenge and risk are the primary tools adolescents use to find out who they are and determine who they will become. Uses case studies of several teens to present this theory.
