Julie Anne Laser - Working with Adolescents, Second Edition: A Guide for Practitioners

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CLINICAL PRACTICE

Nancy Boyd Webb, Series Editor

This series presents a broad range of topics relevant for todays social workers, psychologists, counselors, and other professionals who work with children, adolescents, and families. Designed for practical use, volumes feature specific discussions on assessment, interventions, therapeutic roadblocks, the therapeutic relationship, and professional and value issues, illuminated by numerous case examples.

Working with Adolescents, Second Edition: A Guide for Practitioners

Julie Anne Laser and Nicole Nicotera

Child Development, Fourth Edition: A Practitioners Guide

Douglas Davies and Michael F. Troy

Social Work Practice with Children, Fourth Edition

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Play Therapy with Children and Adolescents in Crisis, Fourth Edition

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Group Work with Adolescents, Third Edition: Principles and Practice

Andrew Malekoff

Helping Bereaved Children, Third Edition: A Handbook for Practitioners

Nancy Boyd Webb, Editor

Social Work in Schools: Principles and Practice

Linda Openshaw

Working with Traumatized Youth in Child Welfare

Nancy Boyd Webb, Editor

Mass Trauma and Violence: Helping Families and Children Cope

Nancy Boyd Webb, Editor

Culturally Competent Practice with Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families

Rowena Fong, Editor

Complex Adoption and Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Developmental Approach to Clinical Practice

Vivian B. Shapiro, Janet R. Shapiro, and Isabel H. Paret

A GUIDE FOR PRACTITIONERS

SECOND EDITION

Julie Anne Laser

Nicole Nicotera

Series Editors Note by Nancy Boyd Webb

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Laser, Julie Anne, author. | Nicotera, Nicole, author.

Title: Working with adolescents : a guide for practitioners / Julie Anne Laser, Nicole Nicotera.

Description: Second edition. | New York : The Guilford Press, [2021] | Series: Clinical practice with children, adolescents, and families | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021004033 | ISBN 9781462546152 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Social work with teenagers. | Adolescent psychology. | TeenagersCounseling of. | TeenagersFamily relationships.

Classification: LCC HV1421 .L373 2021 | DDC 305.235dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021004033

Julie Anne Laser, PhD, MSW, LCSW, is Professor in the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver. She is a cofounder and Executive Director of Colorado Clinical Therapy. Dr. Laser has clinical and research expertise in experiential therapy, working with military families, posttraumatic stress disorder and trauma-focused therapy, parenting issues, child and adolescent healthy development, couple therapy, adolescent substance abuse, working with human trafficking victims/survivors, well-being and resilience throughout the life cycle, and school social work. She has worked as a clinician in the United States, in both rural and urban settings; Mexico; Peru; Italy; and Bolivia.

Nicole Nicotera, PhD, LICSW, is Professor in the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver. Dr. Nicotera has a passion for teaching mindfulness and meditation techniques to support stress reduction and well-being among helping professionals. Her research interests include examining innovative ways to promote health across the lifespan and mindfulness practices as a pathway to well-being. She also conducts research on youth civic engagement and on issues of unearned privilege and oppression in social work practice, education, and research. As a clinical social worker, Dr. Nicotera worked with children, youth, and families in a community mental health center, and also has extensive school social work experience.

Rebecca Bolden, MSW, has spent her career advocating for youth health and well-being. Rebecca is a Project Manager for the Colorado Department of Human Services. She previously worked as a Research Manager at the nonprofit organization Colorado Youth Matter, focusing on the topics of youth sexual health and comprehensive sexuality education.

Douglas Davies, PhD, MSW, until his death in 2015, was Lecturer at the School of Social Work, University of Michigan. An infant mental health specialist, he published numerous clinical articles on intervention with toddlers and parents, traumatized children, and child cancer survivors. Dr. Daviess most recent practice was devoted to reflective supervision of mental health clinicians and child care consultants, consultation to agencies, and training of clinicians on topics in child development and child therapy. He was inducted into the National Academies of Practice as a distinguished social work practitioner and received the Selma Fraiberg Award from the Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health. His 2020 book, Child Development: A Practitioners Guide, Fourth Edition (coauthored with Michael F. Troy), describes how to apply child development theory to clinical practice.

Stacey Freedenthal, PhD, MSW, LCSW, is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver. Dr. Freedenthal writes and teaches extensively about suicide assessment and intervention. In addition to her book Helping the Suicidal Person: Tips and Techniques for Professionals, she has published scholarly articles on suicide and related topics, and she created the website SpeakingOfSuicide.com. She also has a small psychotherapy and consulting practice specializing in assessing and treating suicide risk.

Thomas Luster, PhD,