Counseling Troubled Teens and Their Families
Counseling Troubled Teens and Their Families

Author: Andrew J. Weaver

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9780687082360

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Teens have special mental and emotional issues that need to be addressed by pastors and their colleagues in ministry. For this reason, clergy and caregivers need to know about the most common mental disorders that occur in adolescents, including how to assess and diagnose them, what types of treatment can be initiated in the faith community, when referral is required, and to whom to make a referral. This book identifies twenty-two of the most common mental health conditions that occur among adolescents, provides illustrative cases, lists national resources available to help, and suggests when and from whom to seek additional professional help. There is an emphasis on self-help resources available on the Internet, a major source of information for teens.

Counseling the Defiant Child
Counseling the Defiant Child

Author: John B. Mordock

Publisher: Jason Aronson

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9780765702609

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This book focuses on counseling latency-aged children, with emphasis on the defiant and aggressive child. It addresses the specific training needs of those counseling these children and includes discussion of the developmental failures of many of the children sent for counseling, and a framework of the normal period of development called latency.

Tough Kids, Cool Counseling
Tough Kids, Cool Counseling

Author: John Sommers-Flanagan

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2014-12-08

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 111902692X

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Tough Kids, Cool Counseling offers creative techniques for overcoming resistance, fostering constructive therapy relationships, and generating opportunities for client change and growth. This edition includes a new chapter on resistance busters and updated and fresh ideas for establishing rapport, carrying out informal assessments, improving negative moods, modifying maladaptive behaviors, and educating parents. Suicide assessment, medication referrals, and therapy termination are also discussed. John and Rita Sommers-Flanagan clearly enjoy working with kids—no matter how tough—and their infectious spirit and proven techniques will help you bring renewed energy into the counseling process. *Requests for digital versions from ACA can be found on www.wiley.com. *To purchase print copies, please visit the ACA website *Reproduction requests for material from books published by ACA should be directed to [email protected]

Counseling Troubled Boys
Counseling Troubled Boys

Author: Mark S. Kiselica

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2011-02-14

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1135916101

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This volume provides practitioners with clear, helpful information about the process of understanding and engaging a wide array of boys and adolescent males in counseling. It supplies case examples and covers topics including race, ethnicity, religion, and other cultural factors of boys. A practical tool for school and mental health practitioners who need to understand and respond to the developmental and special issues of boys and adolescent males, Counseling Troubled Boys creates a bridge between young men and helping professionals. Key content includes adjustment issues, strategies for establishing rapport, interventions, case studies, and suggestions for future training and research.

Counseling Troubled Youth
Counseling Troubled Youth

Author: Robert C. Dykstra

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780664256548

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Robert Dykstra uses case studies of four profoundly troubled young people from varied backgrounds to teach pastoral caregivers the theoretical knowledge and practical wisdom to offer youths effective ministry on the journey to find "self.

Quick Scripture Reference for Counseling Youth
Quick Scripture Reference for Counseling Youth

Author: Patricia A. Miller

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2014-02-15

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1441245529

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Drugs and alcohol. Self-injury. Eating disorders. Puberty. Suicide. Sexual purity. These are just a few of the challenges facing teens and young adults today. This concise, topical guide to the Bible is the perfect tool for parents and youth pastors wanting to provide scriptural guidance to youth regarding the issues they face in their formative years. Now updated, revised, and expanded with new topics.

Ending the Parent-Teen Control Battle
Ending the Parent-Teen Control Battle

Author: Neil D. Brown

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781626254244

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Power struggles between parents and teens are nothing new, but chronic control battles are destructive to teen development as well as the entire family. According to psychotherapist Neil Brown, these battles occur as the result of self-perpetuating negative relationship patterns. This book will help you understand and end the painful tug-of-war with your teen and foster a peaceful and loving home environment.

Hope for Parents of Troubled Teens
Hope for Parents of Troubled Teens

Author: Connie LMHC Rae

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2012-01-01

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 144127006X

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A Road Map for Parenting in the Troubled Years It is never too late for parents to reach their teenager or young adult. Licensed counselor Connie Rae draws from professional and personal experience to provide insight, encouragement, and advice. Offering wise counsel and a reassuring tone, she helps parents better understand their child's temperament, their own parenting style, and the developmental process their child is going through. She also discusses the world in which their teenager is growing up, which is very different than many parents realize. Each chapter ends with a list of practical steps and a prayer, giving parents wise advice but also offering hope through the process.

Treating the Tough Adolescent
Treating the Tough Adolescent

Author: Scott P. Sells

Publisher: Guilford Press

Published: 2004-07-26

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9781593850999

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This book illuminates the causes of severe adolescent behavioral problems and presents a research-based fifteen-step model for helping families bring about real, lasting change. Incorporating structural and strategic principles, the author's cohesive approach focuses on setting clear rules and consequences; changing the mood and direction of confrontations; neutralizing such problem behaviors as disrespect, truancy, running away, violence, and threats of suicide; and restoring positive, nurturing relationships among family members. Special treatment issues covered include working with single-parent families, outside systems (peers, school, probation officers), divorce and stepfamily problems, and substance misuse. Clearly written, practical, and accessible, the book uses actual case examples to demonstrate each step of the approach.

The Quick-Reference Guide to Counseling Teenagers
The Quick-Reference Guide to Counseling Teenagers

Author: Tim Clinton

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2010-08-01

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1441212302

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Youth culture changes rapidly, so those in the position to counsel teens often find themselves ill-informed and ill-prepared to deal with the issues that teens routinely encounter today. The Quick-Reference Guide to Counseling Teenagers provides the answers. It is an A-Z guide for assisting people-helpers--pastors, professional counselors, youth workers, and everyday believers--to easily access a full array of information to aid them in (formal and informal) counseling situations. Each of the 40 topics covered follows a helpful eight-part outline and identifies: (1) typical symptoms and patterns, (2) definitions and key thoughts, (3) questions to ask, (4) directions for the conversation, (5) action steps, (6) biblical insights, (7) prayer starters, and (8) recommended resources.