A Mindfulness-Based Approach to Working with High-Risk Adolescents
"Sam Himelstein walks his talk. Within the pages of this book you will find an important clinical guide to a transformational approach to working with high-risk adolescents. Highly recommend."—Elisha Goldstein, PhD, author ofThe Now Effectand co-author ofA Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook"Highly illuminating and informative,A Mindfulness-Based Approach to Working with High-Risk Adolescentsis filled with lively clinical vignettes that give you an exciting, in-the-trenches view of how to work skillfully with this challenging population. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to work with high-risk adolescents. Himelstein knows this work from the inside out!"—Will Kabat-Zinn, MFTI, Dharma teacher"Sam Himelstein has done an amazing job of producing the next generation of texts on bringing mindfulness into clinical work. Through a masterful blending of mindfulness, humanistic psychology and hard-won wisdom drawn from his extensive work with high-risk teens, he has produced a book that is both practical and philosophical. Simply wonderful!"—Steven D. Hickman, PsyD, director, University of California-San Diego Center for Mindfulness"Sam Himelstein incorporates the rigor of science, the beauty of art, the wisdom of reflection, and years of clinical experience in this pioneering book.A Mindfulness-Based Approach to Working with High-Risk Adolescentshas the power to transform lives."—Shauna L. Shapiro, PhD, associate professor, Santa Clara University and co-author ofThe Art and Science of Mindfulness