About the Author |
| Ron 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, and has been a contributing editor to McCall's and Parents magazines for 14 years. His childrearing guides, translated into numerous languages, include the critically acclaimed Parenting by Heart, Nurturing Good Children Now, and When Parents Disagree, as well as the professional handbooks Getting Through to Difficult Kids and Parents and Breaking Through to Teens. His latest popular book on adolescence, The Second Family, was recently released in paperback. Dr. Taffel 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. |
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Summary
7 hours CE
Ron Taffel
This book presents a powerful new framework for psychotherapy with today's teens. This book discusses the key challenge of building a therapeutic relationship that is strong enough to promote real behavioral and attitudinal change. The book provides effective ways to give advice that teens will listen to, get them to tell the truth about their lives, help parents reestablish their authority, and handle dilemmas around confidentiality. In addition, readers learn to expand the reach of therapy by using nontraditional means.
Learning Objectives
- identify 3 strategies for helping teenagers "open up" in therapy session
- define the meaning of "second family" and the numerous ways today's teens are affected by it.
- define "relational-behavioral" therapy, as defined by the author, and its benefits
when helping teenagers and parents
- identify appropriate, effective treatments for ADHD
- identify issues that a child deals with as a modern teenager
Difficulty Level:Intermediate
288pp
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