Teens Who Hurt: Clinical Interventions to Break the Cycle of Adolescent Violence

Teens Who Hurt: Clinical Interventions to Break the Cycle of Adolescent Violence
ISBN-10
1593854404
ISBN-13
9781593854409
Category
Psychology
Pages
289
Language
English
Published
2006-10-23
Publisher
Guilford Press
Authors
Tracey A. Laszloffy, Kenneth V. Hardy

Description

Offering a fresh perspective on treatment, this book presents an overarching framework and numerous specific strategies for working with violent youth and their families. The authors draw on extensive experience to identify four critical factors that push some adolescents to commit harmful, even deadly acts: devaluation, erosion of community, dehumanized loss, and rage. Effective ways to address each of these factors in clinical and school settings are discussed and illustrated with evocative case material. The book also provides essential guidance on connecting with aggressive teeens--many whom have endured traumas of their owen--managing difficult situations that are likely to arise in therapy.

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