psychotherapy

This book supports teens that are dealing with the death of a loved one, whether it is a family member or a close friend. Coping strategies for the early aftermath of the death and for long-term adjustment are included. In addition to using self-help strategies, teens are encouraged to seek out professional help and/or support groups.

Fifteen-year-old Mia feels like a ghost watching her own life when her parents' arguments escalate into a separation, triggering counseling sessions, strange behavior in her brother and sister, and a new connection with her brother's best friend.

A teacher explains how she helped an emotionally disturbed eight-year-old girl overcome her problems.

Examines how the rise of a therapeutic ethic that views Americans as emotionally underdeveloped, psychically frail, and in need of mental health professionals, has led to a dramatic decline in self-reliance and fortitude.

Traces the development of psychoanalysis through the work of Sigmund Freud and contrasts it with more recent schools of psychotherapy.

Fifteen-year-old Will Besting, plagued by crippling phobias, is sent by his doctor to Fort Eden where he and six other teens are treated by spending time in fear chambers where they confront their worst nightmares, and although they all emerge feeling emboldened, in time unexplained aches and pains make them wonder what is really happening to them.

Explains for young people what sorts of problems therapy can help, how to choose a therapist, what happens in a session, and how to know when therapy should end.

Chronicles the three-year battle of a mentally ill, but perceptive, teenage girl against a world of her own creation, emphasizing her relationship with the doctor who gave her the ammunition of self-understanding with which to destroy that world of fantasy.

Fifteen-year-old Alice keeps a diary as she struggles to cope with the embarrassments and trials of family, dating, school, work, small town life, and a serious case of "outcastitis.".

Discusses the problem of compulsive hoarding where people keep almost everything and throw out next to nothing. In time, this behavior can lead to rooms or entire houses filled with unused things, leaving little usable living space.