Contributed by Janet Sasson Edgette
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"Why Won’t You Like Sports?"
The Father–Son Struggle with Gender Expectations
From Tough Love to Empathic Love
Teaching Parents to Earn Their Children’s Respect
Speak Easy
Keeping It Real with Your Teen Clients
VIDEO: Janet Edgette on Getting Real with Kids in Therapy
The Perils of Being Too Empathic
We all want to build strong relationships with our clients, but when working with adolescents, don’t overdo the empathy, says therapist Janet Edgette. Edgette says a common pitfall in working with young adults is being too nice and too eager to be liked. Use too much "therapy talk" and ignore obnoxious behavior, and you run the risk of seeming unnatural and alienating them. Read More
Why Teens Hate Therapy
Mistakes Therapists Should Avoid
Getting Real
Candor and Connection with Adolescents
Carl was a 17-year-old client of mine whom I always hoped would stand me up. Ten or twelve minutes into a scheduled therapy session, when it seemed clear that he had given me the slip, I could actually feel the knot in my stomach begin to uncoil, my shoulders soften, my jaw unclench. Ahhhh, I'd sigh inwardly. Safe for another week. Read More
Janet Sasson Edgette
Janet Sasson Edgette, PsyD, is the author of Adolescent Therapy That Really Works, Stop Negotiating with Your Teen, and The Last Boys Picked: Helping Boys Who Don't Play Sports Survive Bullies and Boyhood.