The First Session with Teenagers
Subtitle: A Step-by-Step Guide
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: February 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780787949822
Subjects: Child & developmental psychology; Counselling; Psychotherapy; Mental health; Adolescent Psychiatry; Clinical Adolescent Psychology; Medical; Teenagers; Psychology; Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior; Psychiatry - Child & Adolescent; Family & Relationships / Teenagers; Medical / Psychiatry / Child & Adolescent; Psychology-Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior; Adolescent psychotherapy; Developmental - Adolescent
First sentence: Children change when they reach adolescence, and their parents are often confused about how to handle these changes.
Description: "The First Session with Teenagers is a practical, accessible guide that reveals how mental health care professionals can conduct a successful initial interview with reluctant and uncooperative adolescent clients. Written by Neil G.

Ribner, a recognized expert in the field of family therapy and the treatment of teenagers, this important resource shows how to use the first therapeutic session to establish trust, engage the adolescent, and determine an effective plan of action that sets the tone for the entire course of treatment."--BOOK JACKET.