The Quick-Reference Guide to Counseling Teenagers

by Chap Clark; Tim Clinton; Joshua Straub

Publisher:

Baker

, 2010

Overview

Youth culture changes rapidly, so those in the position to counsel and advise teens often find themselves ill-informed and ill-prepared to deal with the issues that youth routinely encounter today. The Quick-Reference Guide to Counseling Teenagers provides the answers.

This A–Z guide gives pastors, counselors, youth workers, and parents the information they need to help congregants, clients, and children with their most important relationships.

Key Features

• Discusses topics such as sexuality, stress, drugs, and alcohol
• Addresses culture and media influence
• Provides insight on parent-adolescent relationships

Contents

Top Highlights

“Avoid pat or simplistic answers like ‘Just trust God’ or ‘All you need to do is give it to God.’ These solutions sound pious, but they don’t address the profound and complex issues that the teen is experiencing.” (Page 46)

“Care providers should avoid displaying shock, engaging in shaming responses, or showing great pity. Such reactions may reinforce the self-injurious behavior and its underlying causes.” (Page 87)

“Sometimes teens are struggling with spiritual doubt because they believe wrong theology” (Page 264)

“express and celebrate our promises to each other. Sex is about connection and intimacy.” (Page 221)

“They punish themselves by injuring or distract themselves by injuring” (Page 86)

Endorsements

Today’s youth are searching. This quest for authenticity inevitably leads them down problem paths. For those connecting with teens and their unique needs, this comprehensive counseling guide offers insights and help for dealing with the whole range of medical, psychological, and communication problems.

—Josh D. McDowell, author and speaker

With hurt and brokenness on the rise in today’s youth culture, those called to minister to and serve adolescents cannot be overprepared for the intervention opportunities that will come their way. This guide should be placed on your counseling shelf with others that need to be no more than an arm’s length away.

—Walt Mueller, president, Center for Parent/Youth Understanding

If you do any type of counseling or ministry with teenagers whatsoever, you will need this book. It’s easy to use and provides great starter questions and resources for further study.

—Leslie Vernick, counselor, speaker, and author

Product Details

• Title: The Quick-Reference Guide to Counseling Teenagers
• Authors: Chap Clark, Tim Clinton, Joshua Straub
• Series: The Quick-Reference Counseling Guides
• Publisher: Baker
• Print Publication Date: 2010
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Pages: 288
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Christian teenagers › Pastoral counseling of--Handbooks, manuals, etc
• ISBNs: 9781441255808, 9780801072352, 144125580X, 0801072352
• Resource ID: LLS:QCKRFGDCNSTNS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-10-19T00:06:04Z

About the Authors

Chap Clark is vice provost for master’s programs and professor of youth, family, and culture at Fuller Seminary; senior editor of Youthworker Journal; and the author of several books on adolescence, parenting, and youth ministry, including the bestselling Hurt 2.0: Inside the World of Today’s Teenagers.

Tim Clinton is the president of the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC), executive director of the Center for Counseling and Family Studies, professor of counseling and pastoral care at Liberty University and Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, and a licensed professional counselor. He’s the author or editor of 14 books including Caring for People God’s Way.

Joshua Straub currently serves as director of member relations for the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) and teaches at Liberty University.