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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ron Taffel (Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, United States)Publisher: Guilford Publications Imprint: Guilford Publications Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.540kg ISBN: 9781593851354ISBN 10: 1593851359 Pages: 292 Publication Date: 25 April 2005 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of Contents"Introduction 1. Context: The New Adolescence and a New Treatment Paradigm 2. First Meeting: Getting Teens to Talk 3. Foundation: What's Necessary to Build a Helping Relationship with Teens 4. The Core: Healing the Divided Self of 21st-Century Teens 5. Direction: Advice as Essential to Helping Teens Change Behavior and Attitudes 6. The Gray Zone: The Truth about Lying to Therapists and Other Child Professionals 7. Treatment Unbound: Creating ""Flexible Confidentiality"" 8. The Parent Trap: Childrearing Advice as Essential to Helping Parents Change Behavior 9. Stuck: How to Conduct a ""Focused Family Session"" 10. The Village: Bringing Friends into Treatment 11. The Real in Relational: Challenging Ourselves to Stay Three-Dimensional with Teens"Reviews"""Every page bears witness to Dr. Taffel's empathy and warmth and his understanding of adolescents and their families. This book is a wonderful resource for both beginning and experienced therapists."" - Robert Brooks, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, USA ""Dr. Taffel returns from the front lines of working with kids and parents, with scary yet hopeful stories of what he sees today. His account is bold, honest, and clear. What we used to call 'at-risk' behavior is now normal teen behavior.!For clinicians who feel in over their heads with today's teens and families (and who doesn't?), thanks to this book, help is on the way."" - Mary Pipher, author of Reviving Ophelia ""From the numerous, specific case examples and therapy dialogues, to precise questions to consider and ask, this book fills a hunger that therapists--like the parents and adolescents they treat - have for guidance without equivocation."" - Martha B. Straus, Department of Clinical Psychology, Antioch New England Graduate School, USA ""In this shrink-savvy generation, kids are expert at manipulating their parents and their therapists. Dr. Taffel offers many specific, helpful suggestions for getting teens into therapy and for getting them to stop their self-destructive behaviors."" - Michael Thompson, coauthor of Raising Cain ""Leaving this text is like leaving a good professional workshop or conference. You are inspired, reminded of old concepts, enlightened by old concepts in new frames, and interested in learning more about new concepts just introduced."" - Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal" Every page bears witness to Dr. Taffel's empathy and warmth and his understanding of adolescents and their families. This book is a wonderful resource for both beginning and experienced therapists. - Robert Brooks, Harvard Medical School, USA Dr. Taffel returns from the front lines of working with kids and parents, with scary yet hopeful stories of what he sees today. His account is bold, honest, and clear. What we used to call 'at-risk' behavior is now normal teen behavior.!For clinicians who feel in over their heads with today's teens and families (and who doesn't?), thanks to this book, help is on the way. - Mary Pipher, author of Reviving Ophelia From the numerous, specific case examples and therapy dialogues, to precise questions to consider and ask, this book fills a hunger that therapists--like the parents and adolescents they treat - have for guidance without equivocation. - Martha B. Straus, Department of Clinical Psychology, Antioch New England Graduate School, USA In this shrink-savvy generation, kids are expert at manipulating their parents and their therapists. Dr. Taffel offers many specific, helpful suggestions for getting teens into therapy and for getting them to stop their self-destructive behaviors. - Michael Thompson, coauthor of Raising Cain Leaving this text is like leaving a good professional workshop or conference. You are inspired, reminded of old concepts, enlightened by old concepts in new frames, and interested in learning more about new concepts just introduced. - Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal Blends crucial insights into teen culture with the hard-earned knowledge of what can get through to the troubled adolescents of today's world....Extremely valuable both as a parenting resource and as a professional sourcebook of general understanding and specific techniques for youth psychologists and family counselors. Highly recommended especially for psychology reference shelves. -- Midwest Book Review Internet Bookwatch <br> This is a thoughtful, well-written book that should be valuable to clinicians working with teens and their families....Provides today's clinicians with further useful tools for work with adolescents and their families. -- Doody's Electronic Journal <br> An excellent resource for professionals working with teens or their parents. -- Youth Today <br> Author InformationRon Taffel, PhD, has supervised and written about working with children and families for over two decades. He is one of the country’s most sought-after speakers for both professional and parent audiences. Dr. Taffel is the award-winning author of over 100 academic and popular articles, as well as critically acclaimed childrearing guides and books for professionals, and is a contributing editor to McCall’s and Parents magazines. He is the founder of Family and Couples Treatment Services at The Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy in New York City, where he lives with his wife and two children. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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