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Helping Kids Who Never Asked for Help in the First Place

by Janet Sasson Edgette, Psy.D., MPH

CE Credits: 8 hours

Book and Test: $95

Test Only: $80

Offers a genuine and candid approach to engaging with teens and their families. This well-written book provides insights and techniques that allow the therapist to connect with their adolescent clients, helping them find effective and face-saving ways to solve their problems. Drawing on case examples from her own practice, Edgette shows the therapist how to encourage honest conversation, respond to difficult encounters, troubleshoot impasses and avoid power struggles. (194 pp.)

Janet Sasson Edgette, PsyD, MPH, has been a practicing psychologist for the past fifteen years in the Philadelphia area. She specializes in the area of adolescent and family therapy, is a consultant to schools and mental health agencies, and leads seminars with mental health professionals working with teens and their families.

Contents Include:

Nothing Matters Until You Matter
Looking at It from the Other Side: How Adolescents Experience Therapy
How We Wind Up Not Helping
Change the Therapy to Change the Results
Candor and Connection
Troubleshooting Individual Session Impasses
Orchestrating Productive Family Sessions with Challenging Adolescents
Helping Parents to Manage Their Volatile Adolescent

Number of Test Questions:

45 objective, 1 discussion question

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this course, the participant will be able to:

recognize the importance of being genuine and respectful of the adolescent client.
initiate candid conversation with adolescent clients and their families.
help teenage clients find face-saving ways to solve their problems.
troubleshoot individual session impasses.
orchestrate productive family sessions with challenging adolescents.

Level:

This course is appropriate for all levels of experience, including beginning, intermediate and advanced practitioners.

Target Audience:

Psychologists, Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, both the seasoned therapist and those who are just beginning work with teens.