Tag Archive for: teenagers

Bard High School Early College

December 19, 2013 Dear Sean, On behalf of the parents at Bard High School Early College, I would like to thank you for your presentation in our PTA Meeting. I’ve heard uniformly wonderful comments about your presentation and your question and answer session. I know that you rearranged your schedule and took valuable time away […]

NYC iSchool

December 2, 2013 Dear Sean, Thank you for coming to the NYC iSchool PA meeting on April 11th. It was such a pleasure to meet you and I was really pleased you were able to make time for us in you schedule. The meeting was attended by some new faces which is always one of […]

Lab Middle School for Collaborative Studies

May 15, 2013 Dear Mr. Grover, Thank you for the remarkable parent workshop “When Your Kid is the Boss: The Bullied Parent” yesterday. It was an intriguing topic and the openness and honesty of the dialogue was a great testimony to the trust you developed with our parents on the spot. They valued your opinion […]

When to Call a Therapist for Your Kid

This article was featured in PARENTGUIDE News: WHEN TO DIAL A DOC With a circulation of 285,000, PARENTGUIDE News is the oldest and largest local parenting publication in the country. The paper serves 18 counties, throughout New York, Long Island, Westchester, Rockland and New Jersey, with ten different regional editions.  For additional information, visit parentguidenews.com

Why Group Therapy Is Best For Teenagers

Have a teenager who needs to overcome social problems? You can’t beat the power of group. Individual therapy is a wonderful tool for helping kids understand their fears, improve their moods, and explore their feelings. But why do so many teens with social problems fail to benefit from individual therapy? What makes teen groups more […]

What’s so Funny?” The Group Leader’s Uses of Humor in Adolescent Groups

For a detailed look at how what happens in Teen Group Therapy, this article can be found in 101 Interventions in Group Therapy by Simon Fehr, S. (Ed.) (2008). New York: Routledge, 577 pp.