 | Family-Centered Treatment With Struggling Young Adults: A Clinician’s Guide to the Transition From Adolescence to Autonomy Subjects: Behavioral Sciences; Education; Health and Social Care; Psychological Science; Mental Health; Post-Compulsory Education; Social Work and Social Policy; Careers Guidance; Child and Family Social Work; Youth Work; Developmental Psychology; Psychotherapy; Marriage Family & Sex Therapy; Counseling; Child & Adolescent Psychiatry & Clinical Psychology; Family-Centered Treatment With Struggling Young Adults is an indispensible guidebook to the unique set of problems and opportunities that families face when young adults are experiencing difficulty pulling anchor and setting sail. Renowned clinician Brad Sachs, PhD, provides both a conceptual framework for understanding the reasons behind the increasing number of young adults who are unable to achieve psychological and financial self-reliance and a treatment framework that will enable practitioners to help these young adults and their families to get unstuck and experience age/stage-appropriate growth and development. In Family-Centered Treatment With Struggling Young Adults, clinicians will gain an in-depth understanding of the complex psychological challenges that parents and young adults face as the latter forges a path towards success and self-reliance. Moreoever, they'll come away from the book having learned an innovative approach to sponsoring family engagement ant the launching stage--one that reduces tension, resolves conflicts, and promotes evolution and differentiation on both generations' parts. Brad Sachs, PhD, is a psychologist, educator, consultant, lecturer and the best-selling author of numerous books, including Emptying the Nest: Launching Your Young Adult Toward Success and Self-Reliance. More information about his work is available at www.drbradsachs.com |
