Helping Kids Who Never Asked for Help in the First Place

Therapists often find themselves feeling uneasy in the presence of their teenage clients, many of whom make no bones about not wanting to be there. Charged with helping these kids make changes that they deny needing or having any control over, they can wind up trying much too hard to gain their clients¹ trust, demonstrate their sincerity, and prove themselves useful, all of which actually makes it harder for kids to connect.

This ninety-minute web conference introduces a model of working with pre-adolescents and adolescents, as well as with their parents, that focuses on establishing genuine contact with young clients, in part by avoiding the temptations of trying too hard or of letting things slide for the sake of gaining rapport. In this approach, therapists are responsible for actively processing both their own experience and that of the person they are treating and encouraged to use transparency and a kind curiosity to bring up pressing issues as they present in session, starting with the first.

This web conference is introductory instructional level and designed to help clinicians:

1. Apply appropriate therapeutic techniques to help teenagers and adolescents achieve maximal growth;
2. Manage times when teenage clients do not talk, deny problems, get angry with the clinician, and/or say "you're making things worse!";
3. Negotiate issues having to do with confidentiality, boundaries, and self-disclosure;
4. Explain strategies to advocate for teens while still holding them accountable for their choices;
5. Integrate individual and family work with the same client.

If you have any questions about this web conference or would like more information, please contact us here.

Continuing Education (CE) Information

1.5 CE credits will be provided by GoodTherapy.org for attending this web conference in its entirety.

GoodTherapy.org is also an Approved Education Provider by NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals (provider #135463). Of the eight counselor skill groups ascribed to by NAADAC, this course is classified within counseling services.

GoodTherapy.org is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEPTM) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements.

GoodTherapy.org, SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0395. 

To receive CE credit hours for an archived event, you will need to complete a survey as well as a 12 or 15-question exam, verifying that you listened to or watched the event in its entirety. Archived CE events generally are considered "homestudy" by licensing boards.

Registration Information

Premium and Pro Membership with GoodTherapy includes access to this web conference at no additional cost, as well as other member benefits such as a profile listing in GoodTherapy's Therapist Directory. Not yet a member? Sign up for a Premium or Pro Membership, here.

Just want CE credits? Sign up for a monthly or annual CE Subscription with GoodTherapy to get unlimited access to our CE Program, including this event, other live CE web conferences, and hundreds of hours of homestudy courses.

Mental health professionals who are not members can access the homestudy recording for $15.50. Sign up here to purchase this CE course and earn a CE certificate.

If the event is canceled by GoodTherapy, registrants who purchased the event will be notified and the charge for the event will be refunded

If you have any questions or would like information regarding disability accommodations, please contact us.

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