num_pages: 192
description: For many parents of troubled teenagers a therapeutic program that takes the child from the home for a period of time offers some respite from the daily tumult of acting out lies and tension that has left the family under siege. However just as the teenager is embarking on a journey of self-discovery skill-development and emotional maturation so parents too need to use this time to recognize that their own patterns may have contributed to their familys downward spiral. This is The Parallel Process.Using case studies garnered from her many years as an adolescent and family therapist Krissy Pozatek shows parents of pre-teens adolescents and young adults how they can help their children by attuning to emotions setting limits not rushing to their rescue and allowing them to take responsibility for their actions while recognizing their own patterns of emotional withdrawal workaholism and of surrendering their lives and personalities to parenting. As such The Parallel Process is an essential primer for all parents whether of troubled teens or not who are seeking to help the family stay and grow together as they negotiate the potentially difficult teenage years.
language: English
title: The Parallel Process: Growing Alongside Your Adolescent or Young Adult Child in Treatment
publisher: Lantern Publishing & Media