Brief Adolescent Therapy Homework Planner (PracticePlanners) [Paperback]

Arthur E. Jongsma Jr. (Author), L. Mark Peterson (Author), William P. McInnis (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471344656 | ISBN-13: 978-0471344650 | Publication Date: March 8, 1999 | Edition: 1

Help your adolescent clients develop the skills they need to work through problems.

As a mental health professional involved in treating adolescents, you work to help your clients learn to understand and clearly communicate their feelings, identify how and when problems arise, and develop effective coping strategies. Pencil-and-paper exercises provide one highly effective tool for achieving those goals.

The Brief Adolescent Therapy Homework Planner arms you with dozens of ready-to-use assignments designed to fit virtually every therapeutic mode. Focusing on adolescents from ages 12 to 18, this easy-to-use sourcebook features:

• Over 50 copier-ready exercises covering the most common issues in adolescent therapeutic treatment.
• Quick-reference format—the interactive assignments are grouped by behavioral problem, such as anxiety, eating disorder, and suicidal ideation.
• Expert guidance on how and when to make the most efficient use of the exercises.
• Assignments are cross-referenced to The Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Treatment Planner—so you can quickly identify the right exercise for a given situation or behavioral problem.
• A computer disk that contains all the exercises in a word-processing format—allowing you to customize them to suit you and your clients' unique styles and needs. The Brief Adolescent Therapy Homework Planner is an indispensable, time-saving tool of the trade for all mental health professionals who work with adolescents.

  Contains 54 ready-to-copy homework assignments that can be used to facilitate brief adolescent therapy.

• Homework assignments and exercises are keyed to the behaviorally based presenting problems from The Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Treatment Planner.
• Assignments may be quickly customized using the enclosed disk Over 100,000 Practice Planners^TM sold.

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Help your adolescent clients develop the skills they need to work through problems.

As a mental health professional involved in treating adolescents, you work to help your clients learn to understand and clearly communicate their feelings, identify how and when problems arise, and develop effective coping strategies. Pencil-and-paper exercises provide one highly effective tool for achieving those goals.

The Brief Adolescent Therapy Homework Planner arms you with dozens of ready-to-use assignments designed to fit virtually every therapeutic mode. Focusing on adolescents from ages 12 to 18, this easy-to-use sourcebook features: Over 50 copier-ready exercises covering the most common issues in adolescent therapeutic treatment. Quick-reference format--the interactive assignments are grouped by behavioral problem, such as anxiety, eating disorder, and suicidal ideation. Expert guidance on how and when to make the most efficient use of the exercises. Assignments are cross-referenced to The Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Treatment Planner--so you can quickly identify the right exercise for a given situation or behavioral problem. A computer disk that contains all the exercises in a word-processing format--allowing you to customize them to suit you and your clients' unique styles and needs. The Brief Adolescent Therapy Homework Planner is an indispensable, time-saving tool of the trade for all mental health professionals who work with adolescents.

Contains 54 ready-to-copy homework assignments that can be used to facilitate brief adolescent therapy. Homework assignments and exercises are keyed to the behaviorally based presenting problems from The Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Treatment Planner. Assignments may be quickly customized using the enclosed disk Over 100,000 Practice PlannersTM sold.

About the Author

ARTHUR E. JONGSMA, Jr., PhD, is a clinical psychologist and coauthor of the bestselling books The Complete Psychotherapy Treatment Planner and The Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Treatment Planner, as well as TheraScribe(r) 3.0 for Windows(r). The Computerized Assistant to Psychotherapy Treatment Planning.

L. MARK PETERSON, MSW, is the coauthor of the bestselling The Complete Psychotherapy Treatment Planner.

WILLIAM P. McINNIS, EdD, is coauthor of The Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Treatment Planner and a child psychologist.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (March 8, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471344656
• ISBN-13: 978-0471344650
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #629,946 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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92 of 96 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A disappointing contribution to an otherwise strong series, March 7, 2001

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This review is from: Brief Adolescent Therapy Homework Planner (PracticePlanners) (Paperback)

I purchased this item because of other books in the Practice Planners series. I have a number of the homework planners, which I use frequently. The software included allows the clinician to revise and customize the forms. I bought this item because more than 50% of my practice is with adolescents; I was very disappointed. First, the exercises are more appropriate for pre-teens (ages 10 through 13) than for teenagers. Some exercises could be used for even younger ages. For example, there is a section on enuresis and encopresis; I do not know many teenagers with bowel control problems (pre-teens, maybe). Another example is in the section on depression. In an exercise called "Surface Behavior/Inner Feelings," there is a narrative about a boy and his teacher. The boy is described as a sixth grader. That would make him 11 or 12 most likely. The story was good, and I used it - but I had to change the age, grade, and a few other details to make it applicable to my 16 year old client. That is not to say that none of the exercises are appropriate for teens (ex: the No Self Harm contract), but certainly the majority are geared toward younger ages. Even they way they are written suggests a young audience, not a teenage one. In addition, there are no exercises regarding drug use, peer pressure, ethical decision making, or sexuality (except gender identity disorder).

Another issue is the software. The "text" file contained many items not included in the book, and vice versa. This was confusing.

I think the authors should either revise the book to be more contemporary with adolescent populations, and/or publish a similar "planner" for the pre-teenager.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Correction of "a reader from Orlando", January 15, 2004

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Arthur E. Jongsma Jr. (Grand Rapids, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brief Adolescent Therapy Homework Planner (PracticePlanners) (Paperback)

The review by Orlando presents faulty information. The Brief Adolescent Therapy Homework Planner does indeed contain homework assignments on topics focused for teenagers. Contrary to what was written by Orlando, the book contains assignments on such topics as Conduct Disorder, Chemical Dependence, Eating Disorder, Peer/Sibling Conflict, Runaway, Sexual Abuse Perpetrator, Sexual Abuse Victim, and Mania/Hypomania as well as common problems such as Depression, Anxiety, ADHD, Low Self-Esteem and Oppositional Defiant. The book does NOT contain exercises for Enuresis/Encopresis. I expect that Orlando was looking at the Brief Child Therapy Homework Planner when the review was written.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great handouts for clients!, December 28, 2009

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A. P. Owen (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adolescent Psychotherapy Homework Planner (PracticePlanners) (Paperback)

As a therapist, I have used this workbook with both adolescent and adult clients, and have found it helpful for both populations. The book includes some very useful handouts that can be used during session or for homework in between sessions. Most of the handouts are for the client, and there are few for parents of the adolescent client. Most of them can be used with adults, and some can be used with younger children who have higher reading levels. I love how the book came with a CD-rom that allows you to open and print each handout; it allows you to delete and add things to the handout. I would recommend this to any therapist that likes to incorporate handouts and activities into their work with clients.