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In Practical Psychotherapy With Adolescents, Dr. Alice K. Rubenstein demonstrates her approach to working with adolescent clients. Because of the complexity of their lives, adolescents often have difficulty describing their feelings and identifying the source of stressors. Dr. Rubenstein helps adolescent clients to identify their feelings and the factors contributing to the problems they are dealing with, and then helps brainstorm possible solutions. In this session, Dr. Rubenstein works with a 15-year-old boy with behavioral difficulties, family conflicts, and academic problems. She helps him find ways to reduce the tension with his father and address some of the problems he is having at school because of his recently diagnosed attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. This video features a client portrayed by an actor on the basis of actual case material. Read about precipitating events, stimulus questions, and preceding sessions with the client
The multiple stressors facing adolescents today have made the task of surviving the transition from latency to adulthood extraordinarily difficult. Therefore, it is not surprising that many adolescents who enter therapy have multiple problems with the multiple systems with which they interact—home, school, peers, and community. Working with these adolescents requires the therapist to use a variety of therapeutic strategies, including client-centered, cognitive–behavioral, psychodynamic, and, most important, problem-solving and systems interventions. Dr. Rubenstein's therapeutic approach, which integrates these various models, can be described as "practical psychotherapy" or "doing what works."
Alice K. Rubenstein, EdD, received her doctorate from the University of Rochester. She is a founder and partner of the Monroe Psychotherapy and Consultation Center in Rochester, New York, which provides individual, family, and group psychotherapy for children, adolescents, and adults. The center also offers consultation to schools, community service agencies, and family court. Read more about Dr. Rubenstein
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