Existential-Integrative Approaches to Treating Adolescents

This book frames how existential theory and intervention strategies can be seamlessly integrated with evidenced-based approaches when treating adolescents. This groundbreaking text begins with an overview of EI theory and provides an exhaustive review of risk and protective factors that contribute to an adolescent's experience of existential anxiety. Other book highlights include a proposed developmental model of existential anxiety in adolescence, and individual chapters devoted to working with adolescents who present with anxiety, depression, substance abuse concerns, and disruptive behaviors. Rich case study descriptions enrich this exciting and impactful approach with empirical support.

Autorentext
David Shumaker is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Director of the Master's Mental Health Counseling Program at Suffolk University, USA. He has previously published on the topic of treating adolescents from an EI perspective in the Journal of Humanistic Psychology and the Humanistic Psychologist. He maintains a small private practice on Boston's South Shore community.

Zusammenfassung
This book frames how existential theory and intervention strategies can be seamlessly integrated with evidenced-based approaches when treating adolescents. This groundbreaking text begins with an overview of EI theory and provides an exhaustive review of risk and protective factors that contribute to an adolescent's experience of existential anxiety. Other book highlights include a proposed developmental model of existential anxiety in adolescence, and individual chapters devoted to working with adolescents who present with anxiety, depression, substance abuse concerns, and disruptive behaviors. Rich case study descriptions enrich this exciting and impactful approach with empirical support.

Inhalt

1. An Introduction to EI Therapy with Adolescents.- 2.The Incidence, Prevalence, and Risk Factors Associated with Debilitating Existential Anxiety in Adolescents.- 3. A Developmental Model of Existential Anxiety During Adolescence.- 4. Core Existential Treatment Approaches with Adolescents.- 5. EI Approaches to Treating Anxiety in Adolescents.- 6. EI Approaches to Treating Depression in Adolescents.- 7. EI Approaches to Treating Substance Abuse Disorders in Adolescents.- 8. EI Approaches to Treating Disruptive Behavior Disorders in Adolescents.- 9. EI Approaches to Treating Trauma in Adolescents.