The Back Door to Your Teen's Heart: Learning What They Need and Helping Them to Find It [Paperback]

Melissa Trevathan (Author), Sissy Goff (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2002

To the degree that kids can predict you, they will dismiss you. And, most likely, any of us who have ever lived with, taught, counseled, and loved adolescents have felt the sting of dismissal. It feels like everything we try bounces off the shell these kids develop around 10-12 years of age. Melissa Trevathan and Sissy Goff, both counselors with a combined 50 years of working with kids, lead us on a journey into the hearts of these adolescents. With laughter, Biblical truths, and a simple, but direct honesty, they help us walk through the back door and back into the lives of these kids we love.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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About the Author

Melissa Trevathan, MRE, first became a youth director at the age of sixteen. Since that time, she has been a teacher, retreat leader, head of spiritual life at a private school in Nashville, and now founder and executive director of a counseling ministry called Daystar Counseling Ministries that began in 1985. Melissa received her master's degree in religious education from Southwestern Baptist Seminary. She has been counseling children, adolescents, and adults for over twenty years and is a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors. Melissa has spoken across the country, including teaching graduate courses in counseling adolescents and has been a guest on television and radio programs throughout the United States and in Canada. Melissa coauthored The Back Door to Your Teen's Heart published in 2002 by Harvest House in addition to Raising Girls published in 2007 by Zondervan, and teaches seminars based on these books and other parenting topics. She and her old English sheepdog, Molasses, divide their time between Nashville and Kentucky Lake. Sissy Goff, MED, LPC-MHSP, has worked as the director of child and adolescent counseling and the director of summer programs at Daystar since 1993. Sissy received her masters degree in human development counseling from Vanderbilt University. She is a member of the American Association of Certified Counselors and is a licensed professional counselor-mental health service provider. She also has been a guest on television and radio programs across the United States and in Canada. She has spoken at numerous churches, schools, and youth organizations and teaches parenting classes on a variety of topics. She has also written for CCM Magazine and other periodicals. She and Melissa Trevathan coauthored The Back Door to Your Teen's Heart published by Harvest House Publishers in 2002 and Raising Girls published by Zondervan in 2007. She lives with her Maltese, Noel, in Nashville. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: Harvest House Publishers (July 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0736908374
• ISBN-13: 978-0736908375
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 4.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,845,634 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Assisting teens to deal constructively with their lives, November 10, 2002

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This review is from: The Back Door to Your Teen's Heart: Learning What They Need and Helping Them to Find It (Paperback)

Collaboratively written by youth and family counseling experts Melissa Trevathan and Sissy Goff, The Back Door To Your Teen's Heart: Learning What They Need And Helping Them Find It is a gentle and informative guide specifically designed for parents struggling to deal with their difficult teenaged children. From ways to get around brief, rote responses and communicating with a seemingly reluctant or sulky young adult, to learning about and understanding the problems buffeting young people today, The Back Door To Your Teen's Heart is excellent and highly recommended supplement reading for parents, teachers, counselors, and anyone else charged with the responsibility of assisting teens to deal constructively with their lives and life experiences.