Published by: McGraw-Hill

Escaping Toxic Guilt is for people who tend to be overly giving, hyper-responsible, invested in pleasing others, and inclined to rescue. They find themselves trapped by their own good intentions and ruled by the unreasonably high expectations they have of themselves. The freedom to live as they would really like eludes them. They often know what they want to do to make their life better, but they can’t make a move. Commonly, they have no idea what is behind their troubles. It is guilt. So, if you know, or even think, that guilt might be an issue in your life, this book will help. To learn more, visit www.escapingtoxicguilt.com or Click here to purchase from Amazon.com

The Therapist's Toolbox: 26 Tools and an Assortment of Implements for the Busy Therapist

The Therapist’s Toolbox is like taking several years of seminars and reading a book or two. It is a time-saving and cost effective manual full of tried-and-true techniques for enhancing therapeutic intervention with clients, written by a discerning and seasoned practitioner.

Aimed at practice with individual adults and couples, this manual is a collection of no-nonsense, helpful techniques drawn from Susan E. Carrell’s vast experience throughout her career. Each technique is complete and easy to implement in a single session. The author’s jargon-free, down-to-earth writing style makes each technique easy to understand and effective to use. Carrell provides treatment objective and diagnostic aids to help the clinician meet requirements for treatment planning, as well extensive examples from her own practice. List Price: $24.95

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Group Exercises for Adolescents: A Manual for Therapists, School Counselors, and Spiritual Leaders Third Edition

52 exercises for a full year of weekly group sessions with adolescents

This updated edition of Susan Carrell's best-seller provides a practical, concise overview of group work with adolescents, including dos and don’ts for group leaders, as well as potential pitfalls and hazards and how to avoid them. Ideal for therapists, school counselors, spiritual leaders, and other helping professionals, the manual addresses a wide range of today's hot issues for adolescents, including sex, alcohol, drugs, values and ethics, family dynamics, self-esteem, management of difficult emotions, peer relationships, and spirituality. Avoiding the usual “psychobabble," this no-nonsense guide discusses both behavioral and cognitive objectives, includes new exercises and is accompanied by a new companion teen journal.

Intended Audience

Ideal for anyone who is developing a new program, revitalizing an existing one, or in need of a one-time group experience, this best-selling manual has been used successfully in schools, community settings, church/religious settings, court-ordered programs, and the private sector. Group Exercises for Adolescents, Third Edition is also appropriate for use as a supplement in courses in Social Group Work Practice and Social Work and Juveniles.

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Journal
A Guide to Self-Discovery and Growth

Embark on a voyage of self-discovery and growth

Paired with Group Exercises for Adolescents, this resource enhances experiences in group work as participants discover the art of journaling. They'll find these helpful tools:

• 21 structured writing exercises for personal reflection and group discussions
• Cartoons and drawings
• Blank, lined pages to record thoughts, feelings, and ideas
• “My Doodles” pages to encourage artistic self-expression

Teens Journal Too!

Journaling isn’t just for adults. Many teens and pre-teens chronicle their lives and express themselves through journaling. They lament relationships gone wrong, fume about unjust treatment at the hands of parents and other authority figures, and celebrate victories both in and out of school. In the language of teens, they “get their feelings out”, a proven benefit to emotional well-being. Unlike the ordinary blank-paged journals found in book stores and gift shops everywhere, this teen journal is carefully crafted by an expert in adolescent therapy. In addition to plenty of blank pages for self-expression, there are questions to ponder and answer that promote self-discovery and growth. Appealing cartoons and “Doodle Pages” make the journal come alive. The savvy eleven-year-old, defiant fourteen-year-old and shy sixteen-year-old will be intrigued and challenged. “Journal: A Guide to Self-Discovery and Growth” may be an adolescent’s best friend.

Parents, aunts, cousins, friends and others who are looking for a present for graduation (from elementary or middle school), birthdays, religious rites of passage, Christmas and other religious holidays, as well as occasional gifts of encouragement or celebration will be delighted to find and purchase the Journal. And of course, teens will buy it themselves, for themselves!

List price $14.95

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