United States: Adapt therapeutic techniques for adolescents and learn to manage parents. Enhance your CE with practical psychology courses.
Working with adolescents in therapy means understanding the challenges of this stage of development and adapting technique to match. This course features clinical psychologist Vanessa Hemp, who draws on her years as Head of the Adolescent Unit at Tara Psychiatric Hospital and her private practice. U.S. psychologists and therapists will explore adolescent development, practical ways to modify therapeutic technique for teenage clients, and strategies for involving and managing parents. Ethical considerations and common challenges with this age group round out the material, making the course a good fit for clinicians who treat adolescents.
Engaging adolescents in therapy requires an awareness of the challenges of this developmental phase, along with an understanding of how therapeutic technique should be modified to work most effectively with this population. Based on her extensive experience as Head of the Adolescent Unit at Tara Psychiatric Hospital and in private practice, clinical psychologist Vanessa Hemp offers valuable and clinically relevant insights into working with adolescents.
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Learning Outcomes
By the end of this talk, participants will be able to:
Describe key psychological and developmental features of adolescence relevant to therapy
Adapt therapeutic techniques to better engage adolescent clients
Understand strategies for involving and managing parents within adolescent therapy
Identify common challenges and ethical considerations when working with this age group