The Parallel Process

Growing Alongside Your Adolescent or Young Adult Child in Treatment

$20.00

4766 in stock

Imprint: Lantern Publishing & Media
Availability: In stock

Book Details

Pages

192 Pages

Size

5.5 x 8.5

Format

Paperback

Pub. Date

12/01/2010

ISBN

978-1-59056-236-9

Publisher

Lantern Publishing & Media

Authors

For many parents of troubled teenagers, a therapeutic program that takes the child from the home for a period of time offers some respite from the daily tumult of acting out, lies, and tension that has left the family under siege. However, just as the teenager is embarking on a journey of self-discovery, skill-development, and emotional maturation, so parents too need to use this time to recognize that their own patterns may have contributed to their family's downward spiral. This is The Parallel Process. Using case studies garnered from her many years as an adolescent and family therapist, Krissy Pozatek shows parents of pre-teens, adolescents, and young adults how they can help their children by attuning to emotions, setting limits, not rushing to their rescue, and allowing them to take responsibility for their actions, while recognizing their own patterns of emotional withdrawal, workaholism, and of surrendering their lives and personalities to parenting. As such, The Parallel Process is an essential primer for all parents, whether of troubled teens or not, who are seeking to help the family stay and grow together as they negotiate the potentially difficult teenage years.
Show more Show less