What's Wrong with My Teen? - Softcover

Raphael, Susan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1990700470 ISBN 13: 9781990700477

Publisher: Life to Paper Publishing, 2024

Synopsis

Most parenting guides stop at the toddler years, but What's Wrong with My Teen? is the essential resource for caregivers navigating the tough teenage years, especially when addiction and mental health crises hit.

If you're feeling disconnected from your teen and alarmed by their behavior, you're not alone. The teen you love is in crisis, and you may not know how to help. Susan Raphael, with decades of experience counseling families and teens, offers a lifeline in this comprehensive guide.

What's Wrong with My Teen? provides a proven method to rebuild your relationship with your teenager, fostering openness, honesty, and mutual respect. It equips you with the tools needed to face these challenges head-on, set healthy limits, and communicate in a way that encourages genuine growth and healing.

Inside, you'll find life-changing insights for:

• Navigating addiction, mental health, and the often misunderstood behaviors of teenagers
• Listening without judgment to create open, trusting communication
• Understanding the vulnerability of the adolescent brain to addiction
• Recognizing when mental health and addiction issues coexist
• Setting healthy boundaries and allowing natural consequences
• Using compassionate language to make your teen feel heard and understood
• Creating a supportive environment that encourages positive change
• Prioritizing your own well-being in the process
• Mastering communication tools, including scripts and sample letters for difficult conversations

This guide offers the hope and direction you've been searching for. It's time to reclaim your influence, motivate your teen toward resilience, and embrace a future filled with growth and healing. What's Wrong with My Teen? is more than just a crisis manual-it's your guide to fostering a healthier, more hopeful relationship with your teen for years to come.

About this title

About the Author

Addiction and mental health clinician Susan Raphael, ICADC, is the founder and principal of Sustainable Recovery Counselling Services in Toronto. Susan specializes in addiction and recovery. Areas of expertise include treating individuals and families with a special focus on teenagers, young adults and parents.She is a referral clinician in the National Basketball Association, NBA/NBPA Clinicians' Network and is Internationally Certified by the Canadian Addiction Counselors Certification Federation (CACCF), the gold standard of addiction counsellors in Canada and Internationally. Susan holds an honours degree from York University, and attended the University of Toronto for graduate studies. Her lived experience with addiction and long-term sustainable recovery add to her expertise.

Edition details

• Publisher: Life to Paper Publishing
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1990700470
• ISBN 13: 9781990700477
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240