Taking Charge: A guide for teenagers
Practical ways to overcome stress, hassles
and upsetting emotions
Sarah Edelman, PhD
Louise Remond, M.Psych
Foreword by Dr Antony Kidman
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Adolescence can be a difficult time - increasing
pressures from school and teachers, changing
relationships with parents, greater interest
in peer relationships, physical changes, emotional
changes and the desire for increased independence
and autonomy. With all of these things happening,
young people are prone to emotional highs and
lows as well as episodes of anxiety, depression
and soaring stress levels.
Taking charge is a practical guide to managing
some of the challenges that arise during adolescence.
It spells out step-by-step strategies, using
teenager-friendly language and examples. Using
the principles of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
(CBT), the book is grounded in evidence-based
techniques that have been shown to be effective
for managing anxiety and depression. Taking
Charge is full of useful information, exercises
and activities that demonstrate practical self-help
strategies. Parents will find it a particularly
useful resource for learning how they can help
their teenage children at times when they are
feeling distressed.
This book will be of interest to young people,
parents, grandparents and people working with
teenagers in educational institutions and health
centres. It will also help anyone wanting to
understand and relate to young people more effectively.
Topics include:
- Tyranny of the "shoulds"
- Faulty thinking
- Problem solving
- Effective communication
- Beating the "blues"
- Managing anxiety
- Self esteem
- Setting goals
For further information about the book please
email Louise Remond or call the Health Psychology
Unit on (02) 9438 3828. |
