Synopses & Reviews
Review
"For the clinician or researcher who deals with the ever-growing population of families encountering adolescent runaway, conduct, and delinquency problems, this book is a must."--Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
Review
"Work this rich in clinical impact with this kind of empirical support comes around only once every couple of years....Many families, clinicians, and researchers will benefit."--Child and Family Behavior Therapy
Review
"Well written, engaging, and useful for many professionals at all levels of expertise."--Merrill-Palmer Quarterly
Synopsis
The increasing incidence of teenage conflict with parents and/or institutions indicates the dire need for an effective means to handle adolescent difficulties. Therapists of many diverse backgrounds have long debated the efficacy of particular approaches to parent-adolescent discord, some focusing on parental training in the management of adolescents, some on the marital relationship as the key to disturbance, and others on the adolescent as an individual. Drs. Robin and Foster are among the first of the researchers and practitioners engaged in this debate to recognize the need for an intervention strategy that utilizes both cognitive-behavioral and family systems theories, thus broadening the descriptive and analytical skills necessary to in-depth treatment planning. In this volume, Robin and Foster have forged an integrative model for the assessment and treatment of these conflicted family members, basing their theoretical framework on empirical data in order to test effectively the heuristic tools employed.
Synopsis
Parent-adolescent discord is often handled from a unitary perspective, whether the focus is on enhancing parenting skills, resolving conflicts in family relationships, or working to improve the behavior of the individual child. This important work shows the clinician how to incorporate all of these crucial elements into a single, research-based treatment program. Presented is the authors' influential integration of cognitive-behavioral constructs and family systems theory, grounded in consideration of adolescent developmental concerns. The book describes effective ways to conceptualize and assess the problems of embattled parents and teens; use assessment data in treatment planning; overcome resistance and other therapeutic hurdles; and implement carefully sequenced skills training, cognitive restructuring, and functional/structural interventions. The theoretical and empirical bases of the treatment approach are also discussed in depth.
Synopsis
Parent-adolescent discord is often handled from a unitary perspective, whether the focus is on enhancing parenting skills, resolving conflicts in family relationships, or working to improve the behavior of the individual child. This important work shows the clinician how to incorporate all of these crucial elements into a single, research-based treatment program. Presented is the authors' influential integration of cognitive-behavioral constructs and family systems theory, grounded in consideration of adolescent developmental concerns. The book describes effective ways to conceptualize and assess the problems of embattled parents and teens; use assessment data in treatment planning; overcome resistance and other therapeutic hurdles; and implement carefully sequenced skills training, cognitive restructuring, and functional/structural interventions. The theoretical and empirical bases of the treatment approach are also discussed in depth.
About the Author
Arthur L. Robin, PhD, is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences and Pediatrics at Wayne State University School of Medicine, and Chief of Psychology at Children's Hospital of Michigan. The author of many articles and chapters on ADHD, parent/n-/teen relations, and eating disorders, he is the coauthor (with Sharon L. Foster) of
Negotiating Parent/n-/Adolescent Conflict. Dr. Robin is a practicing clinical psychologist with University Psychiatric Services in Detroit and Farmington Hills, Michigan.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Orientation
3. Empirical Evaluation of Behavioral/n-/Family Systems Theory
4. Assessment/m-/Overview and Interviewing
5. Questionnaire and Observational Assessment
6. Conceptualizing and Integrating Assessment Data
7. Treatment/m-/Overview and Problem-Solving Training
8. Communication Training
9. Cognitive Restructuring
10. Functional/Structural Interventions
11. Sequencing Intervention
12. Resistance
13. Case Studies
14. Treatment Outcome Research
15. Future Directions