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Stop Walking on Eggshells:
How To Do Counseling with Reactive and
Reluctant Adolescents
Janet Edgette, PsyD
This home study was recorded at a recent 2-day professional workshop. Professionals who complete the course, read the accompanying materials, and pass the post-test will receive 6 hours CE/CME credit**.
Home Study Content
The home study may be ordered either on audiotape or CD. Each kit contains 6 CD`s or cassettes, all slides and other course materials used at the live workshop, a post-test, and complete instructions.
Course Description
This practical and original workshop teaches how to work with teenagers who may show little interest in sitting in a room and discussing their problems with an unfamiliar adult. Many of these clients come only because they are told to, and have many ways to communicate their disinterest in therapy or even contempt for the process. Learn how to avoid the traps of becoming too careful or self-conscious with the rejecting teenage client, or, alternatively, of trying harder than the client to make the therapy work.
Dr. Edgette shows how to orchestrate individual and family sessions that genuinely appeal to these kids and offer them dignified, face-saving ways out of their problems. The workshop stresses that holding teenagers accountable for their actions and choices is just as important as providing compassion for their plights, and helps attendees manage impasses and confrontations while keeping the therapeutic relationship intact. It also covers working collaboratively with parents, teachers, and other third parties who may have unrealistic expectations about how therapy can work. Numerous case examples from Dr. Edgette`s practice are used to illustrate how to intervene in ways that avert power struggles and going nowhere conversations that frustrate therapists and bore their young clients.
Purpose of Training
This home study will help professionals deal more effectively with difficult teens and their families.
Objectives
After completing this home study, learners will be better able to::
- Describe common first session mistakes that cause adolescent clients to lose confidence in their therapist`s ability to help.
- Hold the adolescent client accountable for his/her actions - without fracturing the therapist/client relationship.
- Conduct effective therapy within shorter time frames and fewer sessions.
- Respond constructively to three ways in which adolescents commonly try to shut down the counselor and the therapy.
- Use four creative techniques for dealing with the uncommunicative adolescent.
- Identify three ways to make it more compelling for your adolescent clients to change.
Earn 6 CE/CME Hours
Cost
$79.00
To purchase, click here or contact IAHB/Seminar Services at 866-272-8497.
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