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Part I: Hearing Hurting Teens |
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Understanding Your Teen's World |
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Turbulent Times for Troubled Teens |
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Finding Hope and Practical Help |
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Safe-Place Parenting for Hurting Teens |
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What Is Normal and What Is Not: A Healthy Journey Through the Teen Years |
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Personal Development of a Teen |
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Taming Teenage Stress Hormones |
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When Stress Is Intense and Prolonged |
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What Is Stress, and What Does It Do? |
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Why Are Teens So Stressed Out? |
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The Stress, Depression, and Anxiety Link |
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Evaluating Your Teen's Stress Level |
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How Does Your Teen Deal with Stress? |
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How Parents Can Help Their Teen De-Stress |
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Beating Back Teen Depression |
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A Basic Understanding of Depression |
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Treat the Depression, Not Just the Symptoms |
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What Type of Depression Is It? |
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Determining the Source of Depression |
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Diagnostic Categories of Depression |
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Treatment Depends on the Type and Cause of Depression |
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What Does Teen Depression Look Like? |
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Is It Normal, or Is It Depression? |
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Getting Help for Your Teen |
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More Than Depression: Deadly Teen Issues |
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What Are the Major Anxiety Disorders of Adolescence? |
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Self-Medication Through Alcohol and Drug Abuse |
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The Problem: Teens Don't Get Help Early Enough |
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What Can Reduce Substance Abuse? |
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What to Do If Your Teen Has Been Sexually Assaulted |
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Part II: Getting Help to Get Better |
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Finding the Right Counselor |
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How Is Teenage Depression Commonly Treated? |
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When to Consider Counseling |
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Counseling Provides Healing Through Talking and Listening |
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Pursuing Counseling Help for Your Teen |
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What Can You Expect from a Counselor? |
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Finding a Therapist for Your Teen |
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What to Say During Your Initial Call |
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Evaluating the Counselor and the Therapy |
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Understanding the Therapeutic Process |
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How Long Will Treatment Last? |
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What If the Therapy Interventions Aren't Working? |
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Get the Help Your Teen Needs |
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Sensible Management of Medication |
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Parents Must Stay Informed |
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Start with a Medical Evaluation |
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How Do Antidepressants Work? |
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Antidepressants Take Time to Work |
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Maximum Dose for Maximum Results |
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Common Fears About Antidepressant Medication |
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Types of Antidepressant Medications |
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What About Integrative and Herbal Medicines? |
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Getting Well Takes More Than a Pill a Day |
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Getting Better and Staying Well |
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Strategies for Living Well |
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Building a Wellness Action Plan |
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Prevention and Restoration |
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Learning Resilient Living |
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The Resilient-Living Journey |
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Teaching Healthy Ways of Thinking |
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Winning the Battle of the Mind |
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Negative Self-Talk versus Reality Talk |
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The Dirty Dozen Distortions |
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Accentuate Accurate Thinking |
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Transformation Through Affirmation |
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The Magnificent Seven Affirmations for Your Teen |
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Part III: Parents Partnering with Teens |
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Safe-Place Parenting: Partnering So Teens Will Talk, Listen, and Change |
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Parenting Styles for Hurting Teens |
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Parenting from the Heart of God |
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It's Not About You; It's About Him |
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Life Coaching and Consulting |
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Four Basic Parenting Styles |
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Becoming an Emotion Coach |
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The Proper Care and Nurture for Hurting Teens |
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The Healing Heart of the Home |
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Learning Parental Self-Control |
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How to Pray for Your Teen |
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Be in Constant Conversation with God |
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Prayers for Hurting Teens |
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From Cursing to Prayer and Thanks |
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Hope for Parents of Hurting Teens |
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Believe It or Not, God Is Working |
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Joy in Trials, Despite the Trials |
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Believing the Not Yet Seen |
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Dealing with Difficult Reactions and Emotions |
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Regretting What You Did or Did Not Do |
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Increase Your Level of Happiness |
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Ways to Deal with Difficult Emotions |
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Express Your Thoughts in Private |
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Take Good Care of Yourself |
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Take Good Care of Your Marriage |
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Can Any Good Come Out of This? |
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Becoming Useful in God's Hands |
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| Notes |
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| Additional Resources |
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| Author's Additional Resources |
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