Pathways to Change, Second Edition: Brief Therapy with Difficult Adolescents

Selekman, Matthew D.

ISBN 10: 1572309598 / ISBN 13: 9781572309593

Published by The Guilford Press, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pathways to Change, Second Edition: Brief Therapy with Difficult Adolescents
• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1572309598
• ISBN 13: 9781572309593
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This innovative, practical guide presents an effective brief therapy model for working with challenging adolescents and their families. It demonstrates powerful ways to help families gain new perspectives on longstanding problems and co-construct realistic, well-formulated goals, even when past treatment experiences have left them feeling demoralized. Solution-oriented techniques and strategies are augmented by ideas and findings from other therapeutic traditions, with a focus on engagement and relationship building. Illustrated with extensive clinical material, the book shows how to draw on each family's strengths to collaboratively bring about significant behavioral change.

About the Author

Matthew D. Selekman, MSW, LCSW, is a family therapist and addictions counselor in private practice and Director of Partners for Collaborative Solutions, an international family therapy training and consulting firm in Evanston, Illinois. He is an Approved Supervisor with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Mr. Selekman served as the invited Henry Maier Practitioner-in-Residence at the School of Social Work of the University of Washington and is a three-time recipient of the Walter S. Rosenberry Award from Children’s Hospital Colorado for his significant contributions to the fields of psychiatry and behavioral sciences. The author of numerous professional articles and seven books, including Working with High-Risk Adolescents: An Individualized Family Therapy Approach; Pathways to Change, Second Edition: Brief Therapy with Difficult Adolescents; and Collaborative Brief Therapy with Children, Mr. Selekman consults worldwide to schools and treatment programs serving adolescents and their families. Since 1985, he has given workshops extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe, Southeast Asia, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. His website is www.partners4change.net.