Treating Adolescents and Minors: Practical Strategies and Ethical Considerations

Description: Working with minors and adolescents in the counseling setting presents unique and challenging situations that counselors must be ready and able to handle effectively. This workshop will address some key issues including: informed consent, confidentiality, effectively engaging teens in the counseling process, individual versus family sessions, goal setting with this population, resistance busters, and a discussion of the top three issues every counselor should address with teens. Practice techniques and considerations as well as ethical standards will be discussed. Case studies and practice models will be explored. This workshop meets criteria for 3-hr “ethics” continuing education requirement.

About the Presenter: Jackie Perry is a Licensed Professional Counselor who currently works in private practice at Cornerstone Counseling Center in Hickory, North Carolina. She has been working as a counselor since 1991 and limits her practice to working with adolescents and families dealing with a variety of issues. These issues include but are not limited to anxiety, depression, ADHD, oppositional or rebellious behaviors, mood disorders, and divorce. She received her undergraduate degree in Psychology from Duke University and her Master’s degree from Georgia State University. Jackie is passionate about training new counselors to effectively respond to the needs of today’s teens. When she is not counseling, speaking or training, Jackie enjoys spending time with her husband John and their three children.

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