You Think I'm Evil: Practical Strategies for Working with Rebellious and Aggressive Adolescents

David Taransaud

ISBN 10: 1903269164 / ISBN 13: 9781903269169

Published by Worth Publishing, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: You Think I'm Evil: Practical Strategies for Working with Rebellious and Aggressive Adolescents
• Publisher: Worth Publishing
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1903269164
• ISBN 13: 9781903269169
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

According to the children's charity Barnados (report 2008), more than half the UK population believe that teenagers behave like monsters, using words like feral, animal and vermin in referring to young people. Even if they don't share this belief, therapists, teachers, youth workers and foster parents still struggle to work effectively with challenging adolescents on a daily basis. Jargon free and engaging, You think I'm Evil. takes the reader on a fascinating journey into the hidden inner territory of troubled and troubling adolescents. It offers new perspectives to help professionals reframe our ideas about what is driving their behaviour and attitude. In recognising the limitations of everyday language, the book suggests new forms of creative expression, drawn from teenage preferences, allowing both adult and adolescent to safely explore the young person's inner and outer world together.

About the Author

David Taransaud trained at the Institute of Arts in Psychotherapy and Education as a psychotherapeutic counsellor for adolescents. He has over ten years experience in education with challenging teenagers in Lambeth, one of London's most deprived boroughs.