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List of contents
Part I: Adolescent Development: A Tasks Model. A Framework for Adolescent Development. The Child Self and the Family. Reorganizing the Interpersonal World. Taking Ownership of the Self. The Polarities of Adolescence and Development. The Tasks of Adolescence. Part II: Adolescents and Psychotherapy: Application of the Tasks Model. The Structure of Adolescent Psychotherapy. Addressing Family Process. Initiating the Therapeutic Relationship. From the Family to the Self: The Psychotherapy of Disembedding. The Inner World of the Adolescent: The Psychotherapy of Interiority and Integration.
About the author
Mark McConville is a psychotherapist in private practice in Cleveland, Ohio, specializing in adolescent and family psychotherapy. He is on the faculty of the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland. In addition, he serves as clinical consultant for the Shaker Heights Youth Center and is affiliated consultant for Hathaway Brown School and University School, both in the greater Cleveland area.
Summary
Gestalt therapist Mark McConville draws on his more than twenty years of professional experience to offer clinicians an effective model for understanding and treating adolescents. With perception and sensitivity, McConville explains how the clinici
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"... an exceptionally fine text combining research, theory, and practical knowledge ... the authors (a life span psychologist and clinical psychologist, respectively) have succeeded in their goals to both present the basics and `stimulate thinking, raise questions, and explore the frontiers of current knowledge.' For an upper-division or graduate course or any introductory course that wishes to take research seriously (this) text is the only one ... that we found acceptable. Both the depth of research presented and the critical issues raised by the authors make it a strong competitor with such books as Conger and Petersen (1984), Sprinthall and Collins (1984), and Steinberg (1985)."
—Contemporary Psychology
"The main thing that sets (this book) apart from the other books on adolescence is its frankness. This is a welcome relieve in an area hedged about by taboo and consequent misinformation...It will be a trendsetter."
—James D. Weinrich
Boston University Medical School
"Having used (this book) as the text in my psychology course for undergraduates, I would recommend it highly to other teachers."
—Alexandra Woods
City College, CUNY
