Engaging Parents in Adolescent Therapy: Beyond the Waiting Room

by Amie Myrick

Overview

Engaging Parents in Adolescent Therapy offers mental health professionals effective strategies to involve parents in the counseling process with adolescents. Weaving together the most current research in attachment theory with insightful clinical experiences, Myrick examines parental motivations in seeking treatment for teens and the complexity of parent–adolescent relationships, while also addressing issues such as building rapport, therapeutic boundaries, coping with trauma and high-risk behaviors, and the role of social media in today’s counseling and parenting relationships. Thoughtful and accessible, this book serves as a valuable resource to therapists and practitioners.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442250017
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	05/09/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Amie C. Myrick, is a licensed clinical professional counselor who specializes in working with children and adolescents. She is also coeditor of Counseling Families: Play-Based Treatment and Play Therapy with Vulnerable Populations: No Child Forgotten.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

1 "Meeting the Parents" and the Decision to Seek Help 3

2 Achieving the Relationship "Trifecta" 17

3 The Two-Way Street: Communication and Confidentiality 39

4 ICYWW: Teens, Parents, and Therapists in the Digital Age 59

5 Inviting Parents into the Tough Stuff 77

6 Parental interference 105

7 When the World Implodes: Nonoffending Parents and Adolescent Trauma 149

8 Knowing Your Limits: When to Make a Referral 175

9 The Long Goodbye: Terminating with Parents and Their Teens 193

Bibliography 215

Name index 271

Subject Index 275

Editorial Reviews

Reflects the sensitivity and empathic qualities of a truly skilled therapist experienced in working with adolescents.

David A. Crenshaw

"A good supplemental text for graduate level courses that deal with providing therapy to teens. It is essential to involve parents, and this book gives important guidance.

Nancy Boyd Webb