THE ADOLESCENT AND YOUNG ADULT SELF-HARMING TREATMENT MANUAL: A COLLABORATIVE STRENGTHS-BASED BRIEF THERAPY APPROACH

Matthew D. SELEKMAN

The first of its kind and comprehensive treatment manual for utilizing Collaborative Strengths-Based Brief Therapy with adolescent and young adult self-harming clients and their couple partners and families. The most up to date research findings on adolescent and adult self-harm are presented clearly that can inform clinical practice with this challenging treatment population. The treatment manual covers individual, couple, family, group, intensive outpatient, and school-based day treatment modalities. It is filled with many case examples and practical guidelines illustrating how to use the major therapeutic strategies and tools described in this book. Special treatment dilemmas with highly complex case situations and trouble-shooting guidelines also are presented.
Lynn Hoffman says: "Matthew Selekman's treatment manual is a big, chewy plumcake of a book. A grateful clinical audience can generalize from this book to almost any other dilemma. Selekman continually surprises us."

Contents
Introduction: Understanding the Territory of Adolescent and Adult Self-Harm
Invitation for Possibilities: Honoring Self-Harming Clients’ Stories and Establishing Successful Partnerships for Change
Collaborative Strengths-Based Brief Family Therapy with Self-Harming Young Adults and Adolescents
Collaborative Strengths-Based Brief Couples Therapy with Self-Harming Young Adults
Collaborative Strengths-Based Brief Therapy with Self-Harming Young Adults and Adolescents
Collaborative Strengths-Based Group Therapy Approaches for Self-Harming Young Adults, Adolescents, and Their Parents
The Pathways to Possibilities Program: A Strengths-Based Intensive Outpatient Program
The Summit Program: A Strengths-Based Day School Program for Self-Harming and Suicidal Adolescents
Challenging Treatment Dilemmas and Trouble-Shooting Guidelines for Co-Creating Workable Realities .