Meeting the Challenges of Adolescent Psychotherapy - Softcover

James E. Gardner

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0878226753 ISBN 13: 9780878226757

Publisher: Research Press, 2012

Synopsis

When the problems of adolescence go beyond the helping skills parents and other adults, a therapist may be the young person's best hope. This book deals with considerations relating to general planning, diagnostic work, resistance, and other challenges with the adolescent client, as well as with specific techniques that may be employed in outpatient psychotherapy with teenagers. Primarily intended for graduate students in training to become psychotherapists, the book is also useful for experienced therapists as an overview issues in therapy and a helpful reminder of techniques they may not have used for a while (for example, priming the pump reinforcement, indirect modeling, informal desensitization, reciprocal inhibition, and so forth). Dr. Gardner brings over 30 years of insight in working with adolescents in various clinical settings to the commentary and case examples in this book, offering a personal dimension to information generally provided in adolescent therapy textbooks.

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About the Author

Dr James E. Gardner , Ph.D., clinical psychologist, specializes in diagnostic and psychotherapeutic work with children and adolescents and parent counseling. His background includes positions as Director of the Childrens Center in Venice, California; Chief Psychologist at Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles; Director of the Psychological Center of Los Angeles; Chairperson of the Ethics Committee of the California State Psychological Association; Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles; Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Southern California; Adjunct Associate Professor at the California State University, Northridge; and the private practice of clinical psychology. In addition to Meeting the Challenges of Adolescent Psychotherapy , published by Research Press, Dr. Gardner has authored Paraprofessional Work with Troubled Children; Smart and Smarter: Enhancing Intelligence Through Cognitive Enrichment ; and The Turbulent Teens: Understanding, Helping, Surviving . He holds the diplomate degree in clinical psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Research Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0878226753
• ISBN 13: 9780878226757
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 277