Teens Who Hurt
Subtitle: Clinical Interventions to Break the Cycle of Adolescent Violence
Publisher: The Guilford Press; Guilford Press
Published: March 17, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781572307490
Subjects: Child & developmental psychology; Psychology; Adolescent Psychology; Psychotherapy; Violence in adolescence; Psychotherapy - Child & Adolescent; Psychopathology - General; Psychology & Psychiatry / Child Psychology; Adolescent psychotherapy; Developmental - Adolescent; Juvenile delinquency; Prevention
First sentence: About 10 years ago we began doing therapy with troubled and often violent adolescents.
Description: "Many books seek to explain adolescent aggression by focusing either on individual psychological problems or on environmental factors, such as violent video games or access to guns. This one takes a crucial step further to explore the complex interplay of individual, family, community, and societal forces that lead some adolescents to hurt others or themselves. Offering a fresh perspective on treatment, the volume sets forth an overarching framework and numerous specific strategies for working with at-risk teens and their families." "Drawing on extensive research and clinical experience, the authors identify four critical factors that foster violence among youth: devaluation, erosion of community, dehumanized loss, and rage. Effective ways to address each of these factors in clinical and school settings are described and illustrated with evocative case material."--BOOK JACKET.