http://www.troubledteenblog.com Families Struggling with Troubled Teen Issues Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:10:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2009/04/adolescents-denial-about-residential-treatment/ http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2009/04/adolescents-denial-about-residential-treatment/#comments Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:24:29 +0000 kidsRTC http://www.troubledteenblog.com/?p=2133 Today we had family therapy with our son that is in residential treatment. Next week we are planning a home visit, the therapy session was geared around the home visit and what the expectations may be. As we got into it, it was amazing how unrealistic my sons expectations could be around the visit. Since [...]]]> http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2009/04/adolescents-denial-about-residential-treatment/feed/ 6 http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2009/03/what-is-therapy-anyway/ http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2009/03/what-is-therapy-anyway/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:17:48 +0000 kidsRTC http://www.troubledteenblog.com/?p=1939 Thoughtful therapy is not something that can be imparted from books or seminars alone and is much more than a set of skills which are delivered willy-nilly according to the adolescent's diagnosis. We are not simply in the business of instruction. It takes years to develop a "third ear," to hear the underlying themes of a person's life story and to help him or her to learn to pay attention to his or her own thoughts, so that eventually they can do this for themselves.]]> http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2009/03/what-is-therapy-anyway/feed/ 0