Breaking
Through to Teens: A New Psychotherapy
for the New Adolescence
Ron Taffel, Ph.D., 2005. 292 Pages
12 Hours CE Credits
65 Questions: True/False and Multiple Choice
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This course provides insight into the context and coping strategies of 21st Century teens, as well as spells out effective methods for helping teens change attitudes and behavior. Utilizing a relational-behavioral model developed from decades of experience in working with teens, the author imparts ways to build trust, uncover authentic selves, and bridge the gap between the worlds of adults and teens. In an absorbing and easy to read style, the author addresses therapeutic dilemmas including maintaining confidentiality when there are high-risk behaviors, and moral teens who chronically lie.
Learning Objectives:
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Identify strategies teens use for coping with the context of their lives in the 21st Century.
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List tactics for getting teens to begin talking during therapy.
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Describe techniques for building therapeutic relationships with teens.
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List ways to help teens improve interactions with parents and other adults.
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Name specific strategies for helping teens change attitudes and behaviors.
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Discuss methods for overcoming lying and hiding the truth.
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Explain how to help parents positively influence their teens.
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Regonize issues regarding bringing friends into treatment.
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Express principles and strategies for conducting focused family sessions.
Course Outline:
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Context: New Adolescence and New Treatment Paradigm
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The First Meeting: Getting Teens to Talk
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Foundation: Building a Helping Relationship
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The Core: Healing the Divided Self
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Direction: Advice as Essential to Helping Teens Change Behavior and Attitudes
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The Gray Zone: The Truth About Lying to Therapists and Other Child Professionals
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Treatment Unbound: Creating "Flexible Confidentiality"
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The Parent Trap: Childrearing Advice as Essential to Helping Parents Change Behavior
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Stuck: How to Conduct a "Focused Family Session"
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The Village: Bringing Friends into Treatment
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The Real in Relational: Challenging Ourselves to Stay Three-Dimensional with Teens