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Archive for February 19th, 2007

Brief Interventions: Planting the Seeds of Change

Putting the Pieces Together:Toward a Motivational Understanding of Change
• Miller and Rollnick suggest that one way to put together
this puzzle is to “think of motivation as fundamental to
change.”
• There is reason to believe this, since clients’ motivation
to change is often a good predictor of outcome.
• Motivation can be influenced by many naturally
occurring interpersonal and […]

Posted in Teen Crisis Intervention
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Guiding Parents of Struggling Teens Through the Boarding School Maze

Which boarding school or residential treatment program or wilderness therapy that you choose for your troubled teenager is predicated on many factors. Not the least of which is correctly assessing how deeply troubled your teen actually is. There is quite a bit of difference in temperament and severity between the rebellious, moody, bored teen who […]

Posted in Troubled Teen Boarding Schools
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Substance Abuse Includes Alcohol

Sweet sorrow. A parent understands that term well. The day you put your 5 year old on the bus for their first day at school. The first swim lesson, the first athletic competition. The first dance.
Every milestone brings joy, gratitude and sweet sorrow of knowing that each step taken is a step taken away from […]

Posted in Teen Age Drug Abuse
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