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Help your adolescent clients develop the skills they need to work through problems.

As a mental health professional involved in treating adolescents, you work to help your clients learn to understand and clearly communicate their feelings, identify how and when problems arise, and develop effective coping strategies. Pencil-and-paper exercises provide one highly effective tool for achieving those goals.

The Brief Adolescent Therapy Homework Planner arms you with dozens of ready-to-use assignments designed to fit virtually every therapeutic mode. Focusing on adolescents from ages 12 to 18, this easy-to-use sourcebook features:

* Over 50 copier-ready exercises covering the most common issues in adolescent therapeutic treatment.
* Quick-reference format—the interactive assignments are grouped by behavioral problem, such as anxiety, eating disorder, and suicidal ideation.
* Expert guidance on how and when to make the most efficient use of the exercises.
* Assignments are cross-referenced to The Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Treatment Planner—so you can quickly identify the right exercise for a given situation or behavioral problem.
* A computer disk that contains all the exercises in a word-processing format—allowing you to customize them to suit you and your clients' unique styles and needs. The Brief Adolescent Therapy Homework Planner is an indispensable, time-saving tool of the trade for all mental health professionals who work with adolescents.

Contains 54 ready-to-copy homework assignments that can be used to facilitate brief adolescent therapy.
* Homework assignments and exercises are keyed to the behaviorally based presenting problems from The Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Treatment Planner.
* Assignments may be quickly customized using the enclosed disk Over 100,000 Practice PlannersTM sold.

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Offers practical solutions to the multifaceted challenges clinicians face when treating young people. Reviews current theories on development and therapy, and emphasizes the primary importance of relying on the youth's own narrative in the context of their social and economic backgrounds. For therapists. Softcover, hardcover also available.

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Bringing together an array of renowned, highly creative contributors, this indispensable book demonstrates how narrative and collaborative work with young people can bridge the gap between the seemingly disparate worlds of adults and children--and can foster unique and imaginative solutions to even the most challenging clinical problems. Through transcripts and compelling case examples, contributors illuminate how drama, art, play, and humor can effectively be used to engage children of different ages and to honor their idiosyncratic language, knowledge, and perspectives. Chapters conclude with engaging question-and-answer sessions between the editors and the contributors that further draw out the principles and techniques of each approach.

About the Author

Craig Smith, PhD, is a Marriage, Family, and Child Counselor in private practice at the Solana Beach Counseling Center in San Diego, California. He also teaches at San Diego State University and supervises at various local agencies, in addition to co-leading trainings in dialogic narrative therapy.

David Nylund, MSW, is a clinical social worker at Kaiser Permanente in Stockton, California. He is also a consultant to Midtown Family Therapy, where he offers training in narrative therapy, and a lecturer at the Professional School of Psychology in Sacramento.

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Adolescents are often resistant, hostile, moody, and difficult, but they can also be fascinating, creative, spontaneous, and passionate. How do mental health professionals get past the facade? Play Therapy with Adolescents is the first book to offer a complete variety of play therapy approaches specifically geared toward adolescents. The chapters, written by experts in the field, offer readers entry into the world of adolescents, showing how to make connections and alliances.

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Originally developed to treat antisocial behavior, multisystemic therapy (MST) has emerged as a leading evidence-based treatment for serious emotional disturbance in children and adolescents. This clearly written manual presents the MST approach to working with this challenging population. Delineated are ways to develop and implement collaborative interventions to connect children and families to treatment and support networks, manage psychiatric emergencies, improve family functioning, and build needed social and educational skills. Special topics covered include the role of pharmacological interventions and the need for community-based safety plans for high-risk youths. Featuring a wealth of case material, the manual is extensively documented with findings from controlled outcome studies. It will be a valuable resource for mental health practitioners, agency administrators and caseworkers, clinical researchers, and students training in the use of evidence-based mental health treatments.

About the Author

Scott W. Henggeler, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina and Director of the Family Services Research Center.

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Strategies for working with the reluctant adolescent client. Helping reluctant adolescent clients and their overwhelmed family members is made easier by this book which describes a different way of relating and talking to young people who are uncomfortable accepting the guidance they want, or who have found therapy in the past to be meaningless, patronizing, or just plain boring.

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This lively, practical book offers a complete guide to doing cognitive therapy with children and adolescents. Within a clear-cut theoretical framework, the authors describe how to adapt cognitive therapy principles and procedures to the unique needs of children with a variety of presenting problems. The book starts with the fundamentals, demonstrating a systematic yet flexible approach to case conceptualization and treatment planning. Detailed guidelines are then presented to help the clinician introduce cognitive therapy to children and families; identify problems, feelings, and thoughts; craft Socratic dialogues; design homework assignments; and implement a range of traditional and creative interventions. Concluding chapters focus explicitly on techniques for managing depression, anxiety, and disruptive behavior in youth. Devoting special attention to cultural diversity issues, the book is filled with illustrative case examples and session vignettes. Included are many useful reproducible worksheets and forms.

About the Author

Robert D. Friedberg, PhD, is Associate Professor, Director of the Predoctoral Internship Program, and Director of the Preventing Anxiety and Depression in Youth Program (PANDY) at the Wright State University School of Professional Psychology. A clinical psychologist, Dr. Friedberg is the author of three other books on children and adolescents. He has published numerous articles in scholarly journals and delivered presentations on cognitive therapy with children and adolescents to professional audiences. Dr. Friedberg is a Founding Fellow in the Academy of Cognitive Therapy.

Jessica M. McClure, PsyD, works as a clinical psychologist specializing in the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents at the Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is an adjunct faculty member at the Wright State University School of Professional Psychology. Dr. McClure has coauthored presentations and articles on the treatment of children and adolescents and currently serves children and adolescents experiencing depression, anxiety, behavior problems, and developmental delays.

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How can therapists deal effectively with children or adolescents who have been sexually abused but refuse to discuss their experiences? Working with children and adolescents who have been sexually abused presents innumerable challenges for the therapist. Not least among them is the reluctance of some children or adolescents to discuss the abuse. In Techniques and Issues in Abuse-Focused Therapy, author Sandra Wieland describes The Internalization Model, which provides a framework to assist the therapist in understanding the effects of sexual abuse on the child or adolescentÆs internal sense of self and world even when a child or adolescent will not talk about their sexual abuse. Methods of addressing and shifting these abuse-related internalizations within the therapy are described along with techniques such as imaging, genograms, and time-lines. Sexuality, a topic that has been overlooked in the extant research literature on sexually abused children and adolescents, is also explored. This book provides practitioners with ideas for responding to a child or adolescent who becomes sexual within a session and for helping the victim reconnect to his or her own healthy sexuality. Dissociation, ranging from occasional ôoff-in-a-dazeö to dissociated identities, is explored along with extensive therapeutic intervention options. Resistance by the child, by the parent, and by the therapist is also identified and discussed. The techniques and issues in this book are described clearly and succinctly. Case examples are used throughout the book to help therapists incorporate concepts in their own practice. In a final chapter, adolescents discuss their own experiences with therapy. Although Techniques and Issues in Abuse-Focused Therapy centers on children and adolescents, it remains relevant for therapists working with adults who experienced abuse children. This book provides new ideas for advanced practitioners as well as beginning therapists.

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Much of the writing on therapy with adolescents suggests contradictory approaches. On the one hand, therapists are advised to encourage the teenager's individuality and separation; on the other, they are urged to help parents "pull in the reins" and reestablish a strong sense of authority. This book proposes that what is missing from both of these formulations is a focus on strengthening the quality of family relationships and ensuring that adolescents receive the ongoing parental nurturance they need. Presenting a developmentally grounded approach to treating a wide range of adolescent problems, Joseph Micucci shows how troubled teenagers and their parents can be helped to use family relationships as catalysts for growth and change. Filled with realistic case examples and straightforward clinical advice, the book describes specific family intervention strategies for eating disorders, depression, defiant behavior, underachievement, stress caused by psychotic symptoms, and other frequently encountered conditions. Attention is also given to working with schools and the special challenges of treating multiproblem families.

About the Author

Joseph A. Micucci, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He also is in private practice in Bala Cynwyd and Rosemont, Pennsylvania, specializing in the problems of adolescents and families. From 1984-1993, Dr. Micucci was on the staff of the Philadelphia Child Guidance Center, where he served as Director of the Adolescent Unit from 1987-1993 and as Chief Psychologist from 1991-1993.

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For over sixty years, psychologists have placed great emphasis on intelligence with the now well-known IQ score. A child with a high IQ is the goal of every parent. The hope being, intelligent children will become successful adults.

Unfortunately, we all know of very intelligent adults who grow up to be "underachievers." The truth is that a high IQ is only a good indicator of an individual who should become a college professor. Recent research has shown that there are many forms of IQ, such as kinesthetic, musical or artistic intelligence. Gifted people in any of these areas, have the potential to excel.

In this book, Dr. Philip Copitch explores the secrets of Social IQ—the ability to understand and command the social environment. Unlike the other forms, Social IQ can be practiced and mastered. High Social IQ has the potential to opens doors in ones personal and professional life. Individuals with a high Social IQ are outgoing, confident and committed. They are comfortable expressing their feelings and learn quickly from their mistakes. A high Social IQ is the key to professional fulfillment, family harmony, and emotional security. People with a high social IQ adapt well to social pressure because they are happy and content knowing that their skills will serve them well.

About the Author

Dr. Philip Copitch holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and is a Licensed Marriage, Family and Child Therapist practicing in Redding, California. Dr. Phil has been a therapist for over 25 years. His practice specializes in working with families and children. And he is the President of CEUforTherapists.com

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Basic Parenting 101 The Manual Your Child Should Have Been Born With is a realistic view of the importance of parenting. Dr. Phil focuses on showing parents how to solve problems with understanding, humor and love.

Dr. Phil clearly explains how parents, step parents, teachers and counselors can raise honest, responsible, and caring children.

Dr. Phil tells warm stories of how loving adults can help their children make clear life choices and take individual responsibility. A down to earth approach to being a wonderful parent.

Dr. Phil makes psychology usable.

About the Author

Dr. Philip Copitch holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and is a Licensed Marriage, Family and Child Therapist practicing in Redding, California. Dr. Phil has been a therapist for over 25 years. His practice specializes in working with families and children. And he is the President of CEUforTherapists.com

Dr. Phil lives with his wife, two sons, and too many pets in northern California.