Most adolescents who receive counseling and other social services do so involuntarily which often creates automatic resistance. In addition, talk therapy or counseling can be quite uncomfortable for teens. Topics covered in this presentation include: engaging adolescents in counseling within the first 10 minutes of counseling; strength-based approaches to engaging adolescents in counseling; humor and engagement; strategies for addressing adolescent boredom in counseling: evidence-based engagement strategies.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this presentation, you will be able:
- Engage adolescents in counseling within the first ten minutes of contact.
- Utilize seven strength-based questions to help with engagement.
- Articulate three evidence-based strategies to help with engagement.
This training might be of particular interest to RPSA High Risk Youth Intervention Services as well as Youth Development Grantees.