Empowering Families in the Care of Teenaged Clients

The Thoughtful Counselor

English - July 22, 2021 03:20 - 1 hour - 83.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 159 ratings
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In this episode, Megan talks to Kaila Hattis, LMFT about the importance of involving and empowering parents in the therapeutic care of their teenage children. Using a family systems lens, Kaila describes the benefits of parent involvement in the counseling process with teenagers and outlines strategies to help overcome some of the potential challenges that can arise in and outside of the therapy session. Kaila also describes tools to help facilitate communication skills building, boundary setting, and mutual goal development.

For more on Kaila, links from the conversation, and APA citation for this episode visit www.thethoughtfulcounselor.com

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