"Candor, Connection, and Enterprise in Adolescent Therapy explores a new approach to relating to adolescents in therapy. Focusing on establishing relationships betweeen therapists and adolescents that are genuine and unaffected, and on bringing about conversation that is candid, forthright, and emotionally moving, this book offers therapists techniques for engaging and connecting with their teenaged clients to help them and their family members find dignified, face-saving ways out of their problems. Case examples and stories from the author's own practice illustrate how therapists can successfully navigate difficult therapeutic encounters and avert the power struggles and "going-nowhere" dialogues that stall treatment and bore their young clients."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved