psychotherapy

Eighteen-year-old Zach does not remember how he came to be in a treatment center for alcoholics, but through therapy and caring friends, his amnesia fades and he learns to face his past while working toward a better future.

Depression is a very real and serious problem among young adults, and can be fatal if the warning signs are ignored and the condition is left untreated. Readers are also provided with information about the biological components of depression and the side effects such as substance abuse and relationship problems.

After spending over four years in a mental institution for murdering a friend in Alaska, fourteen-year-old Kip begins a completely new life in Indiana with his father and stepmother under a different name, but has trouble fitting in and finds there are still problems to deal with from his childhood.

In an instant, Bea felt almost normal with Beck, and as if she could fall in love again, but things change when the psychotherapist who has been helping her deal with past romantic relationships puts her in a group with Beck--a group for teens with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

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.

Sixteen-year-old Angie finds herself in her neighborhood with no recollection of her abduction or the three years that have passed since, until alternate personalities start telling her their stories through letters and recordings.

"Seven teens return to the place where they were cured of their worst fears one year earlier and become entangled in a plot for revenge"--Provided by publisher.

When three fifteen-year-old Austin, Texas, girls who met in group therapy discover that they are all dating the same boy, they first get revenge and then start a wildly successful relationship consulting business.

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 use of Buddhist teachings in psychotherapy.