Treating Teens: Powerful Strategies for Trauma, Anxiety, Identity, and More
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- Faculty:
- Susan Dea Kane-Ronning, PhD
- Duration:
- 6 Hours 07 Minutes
- Copyright:
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Dec 09, 2024
- Product Code:
- POS059948
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
Stepping into the turbulent waters of teenage issues requires a deep understanding of what motivates them, from their reluctance to open-up to outright oppositional interactions….
…but engaging them effectively demands more than just empathy; it calls for specialized techniques and a nuanced approach.
That’s why child/adolescent behavior disorders and trauma specialist Dr. Susan Kane-Ronning, has put together this course sharing the techniques she has found most effective in over 35 years of clinical practice. You will finish with:
- In-depth understanding of the remodeling process happening in the teenage brain
- Advanced interventions targeting eating disorders, substance abuse, selfharm, adverse childhood experiences, and other critical issues prevalent among teens
- Values-centered approaches to help adolescents cope with the overwhelming concerns of today’s world, from environmental crises to political unrest
- Creative therapies to build social skills and resilience to counteract the impact of social media, bullying, body-shaming, and more
Additionally, you will gain powerful insights into working with families, assessing lethality risks, and a comprehensive toolkit for rapport-building and effective counseling in this challenging domain.
PURCHASE TODAY this fast-paced course filled with practical and ready-to-use strategies to make a huge impact on the lives of teens.
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Handouts
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - Treating Teens: Powerful Strategies for Trauma, Anxiety, Identity, and More (9.9 MB) | 109 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Illinois Educators Self-Study Instructions (15.4 KB) | 1 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Illinois Educators Evaluation Form.pdf (1.2 MB) | 1 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Treating Teens: Powerful Strategies for Trauma, Anxiety, Identity, and More - French (9.9 MB) | 109 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Treating Teens: Powerful Strategies for Trauma, Anxiety, Identity, and More - Italian (9.9 MB) | 109 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Treating Teens: Powerful Strategies for Trauma, Anxiety, Identity, and More - German (9.9 MB) | 109 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Treating Teens: Powerful Strategies for Trauma, Anxiety, Identity, and More - Spanish (9.9 MB) | 109 Pages | Available after Purchase |
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Objectives
- Utilize ACT techniques to decrease teen anxiety symptoms.
- Use regulation skills to stabilize PTSD symptomatology.
- Evaluate adolescent suicidality and self-harm behaviors.
- Identify key variables that impact adolescent image and identity.
- Utilize parent-based intervention strategies for high-risk behaviors.
- Determine ethical considerations and confidentiality for counseling teens.
Outline
The Tumultuous Teen Years
- Synaptic growth and critical brain changes
- Hormones: The far-reaching impact
- The impact of alcohol, cannabis, and other substances
- Ever-evolving roles and responsibilities
Assessment and Diagnostic Strategies
- Build attachment-focused therapeutic rapport
- Screening tools that drive treatment
- Teen angst vs mental health diagnoses
- Ethical considerations: How and when to involve parents and caregivers
- Evaluate suicidality, lethality, and risk of violence
- Case conceptualization templates
- Limitations of the research and potential risks
TEEN-SPECIFIC INTERVENTION APPROACHES
- Anxiety and Depression
- 10 mindfulness strategies to tame anticipatory anxiety
- Creative therapies for social anxiety and shyness
- Techniques for test anxiety, perfectionism, and the inner critic
- Top strategies for school refusal
- CBT and mindfulness to mitigate excessive gaming and screen time
- Must-use ACT approaches for state-of-the world anxiety
- Case study: 16-year-old, cannabis use, failing grades
- Trauma, PTSD, and C-PTSD
- Adverse Childhood Experiences
- Cultural responsiveness: Racial trauma
- Family system dysfunction and repair strategies
- Top trauma treatment modalities and approaches
- Trauma-focused CBT strategies
- Energy psychology techniques
- Mindfulness-based stress reduction activities
- Case study: 13-year-old, h/o abuse and disrupted attachment
- Image and Identity
- Affirmative tools to explore gender identity and sexual orientation
- Acceptance and positive body image
- Deal with social media: Cognitive defusion strategies
- Racial and socioeconomic inequity
- Mitigate bullying, social exclusion, and breakups
- Positive self-image through creative therapies
- High-Risk Behaviors and Challenging Issues
- Get teens on-board with safety plans for self-injury and suicidal ideation
- Motivational interviewing and contingency management approaches for substance use
- Top CBT strategies to address teen insomnia
- Case study:19-year-old, poly-drug use, h/o sexual assault
The Business of Counseling Teens
- Confidentiality and ethical considerations
- Getting teens onboard with therapy and when to incorporate the family
- Must-use strategies to engage the most reluctant clients
- When parents are the problem: Next steps
- Navigating legalities: Lethality risk, suicidality
- Collaborate with medical professionals and educators
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychologists
- School Counselors
- School Social Workers
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Educators
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