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Treating the Tough Adolescent

A Family-Based, Step-by-Step Guide
  • ISBN-13: 9781593850999
  • Publisher: GUILFORD PUBLICATIONS
    Imprint: THE GUILFORD PRESS
  • By Scott P. Sells
  • Price: AUD $84.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 02/10/2004
  • Format: Paperback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 320 pages Weight: 412g
  • Categories: Child & developmental psychology [JMC]
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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.
I. A Family-Based Model for Difficult Adolescents 1. Introduction 2. Point of Entry: Why Difficult Teenagers Have Problems 3. A Model for Change II. Specific Principles and Guidelines 4. Setting Clear Rules and Consequences: The Basic Work of Therapy 5. Changing the Timing and Process of Confrontations 6. Neutralizing the Adolescent's ""Five Aces"" 7. Restoring Nurturance and Tenderness III. Special Treatment Issues and Circumstances 8. Working with Outsiders 9. Single-Parent Families: Sharing Parental Responsibility 10. Divorce and Stepfamily Problems 11. Alcohol and Drug Use: ""I Don't Have a Problem"" IV. Research Findings and Future Implications 12. Process-Outcome Research and the Family-Based Model: Refining and Operationalizing Key Theoretical Concepts
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