Teen & Adolescent Counseling Specialist Certificate

Full Course Description

Module 1 | Treating Teens: Powerful Strategies for Trauma, Anxiety, Identity, and More

Stepping into the turbulent waters of teenage issues requires a deep understanding of what motivates them, from their reluctance to open-up to outright oppositional interactions….

…but engaging them effectively demands more than just empathy; it calls for specialized techniques and a nuanced approach.

That’s why child/adolescent behavior disorders and trauma specialist Dr. Susan Kane-Ronning, has put together this course sharing the techniques she has found most effective in over 35 years of clinical practice. You will finish with:

Additionally, you will gain powerful insights into working with families, assessing lethality risks, and a comprehensive toolkit for rapport-building and effective counseling in this challenging domain.

PURCHASE TODAY this fast-paced course filled with practical and ready-to-use strategies to make a huge impact on the lives of teens.

Program Information

Objectives

  1. Utilize ACT techniques to decrease teen anxiety symptoms.
  2. Use regulation skills to stabilize PTSD symptomatology.
  3. Evaluate adolescent suicidality and self-harm behaviors.
  4. Identify key variables that impact adolescent image and identity.
  5. Utilize parent-based intervention strategies for high-risk behaviors.
  6. Determine ethical considerations and confidentiality for counseling teens.

Outline

The Tumultuous Teen Years

Assessment and Diagnostic Strategies

TEEN-SPECIFIC INTERVENTION APPROACHES

The Business of Counseling Teens

Target Audience

Copyright : 12/09/2024

Module 2 | Clinical Applications for DBT of Teens and Young Adults

Feeling “stuck” in your clinical work with teens and young adults?

Are you, like so many of your colleagues, seeing more and more clients in the 12-25-year old age range who continue to struggle with sadness, anxiety, and anger in spite of your best efforts in therapy?

This is your chance to learn Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) directly from expert Charles Jacob, PhD, and integrate it into your practice to effectively address the nuanced needs of this generation.

After just one day under Dr. Jacob’s renowned expertise, you will walk away with:

Purchase today to get the skills and confidence you need to successfully help your teen and young adult clients with the power of DBT!
 

Program Information

Objectives

  1. Identify the post-COVID-19 trends in mental health challenges that are prevalent among teens and young adults.
  2. Differentiate between therapeutic approaches for adolescents and young adults versus adults.
  3. Examine the relevance of foundational components of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), including mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and validation, for young clients.
  4. Evaluate the limitations of using DBT with adolescents and young adults.
  5. Choose DBT skills, including mindfulness and emotional regulation, to manage distress in young clients.
  6. Use DBT-informed safety and assessment tools to address self-destructive behaviors in teens and young adults.

Outline

The Mental Health of Teens and Young Adults

Laying the Groundwork of DBT The Process of Therapy Utilize DBT Strategies with Teens and Young Adults
Mindfulness – Turning Off Autopilot Emotional Regulation – Accept the Feelings Distress Tolerance – When They Can’t Get Away Interpersonal Effectiveness – Create and Maintain Balance Powerful DBT Strategies for Self-Directed Violence & Suicidal Thoughts

Target Audience

Copyright : 05/12/2025

Module 3 | Therapeutic Ruptures with Teens: A Complete Toolkit to Repair Broken Trust, Rebuild Connection and Get Treatment Back on Track

Working with teenagers in therapy can be incredibly rewarding, but let’s face it – it’s also one of the most challenging roles you’ll ever take on.

Desire for independence, fluctuating motivation, and evolving emotional needs make the work tricky – and can lead to therapeutic ruptures that can be difficult to identify, let alone repair …

That’s why I created this all-new training to make sure you can not only recognize but also address therapeutic ruptures with strategies that work, so you can repair the relationship and keep your work with teens on track.

You’ll get the skills, tools and clinical language to:

Don’t let ruptures derail your work – purchase today and take your therapeutic practice with teens to the next level.

Program Information

Objectives

  1. Determine how to strengthen the therapeutic alliance.
  2. Analyze the relationship between rupture-repair dynamics and treatment dropout in adolescent therapy.
  3. Identify how different stages of adolescent development influence the formation and maintenance of the therapeutic alliance.
  4. Identify the therapists’ role in rupture process.
  5. Examine transference and countertransference pitfalls that occur within treatment with adolescents.
  6. Determine how therapists can turn the experience of rupture into a tangible, identifiable series of observable behaviors.
  7. Use strategies such as validation, trust-building, and curiosity to repair ruptures in the therapeutic alliance during adolescent therapy.

Outline

Alliance and Ruptures 101

Adolescence, Developmental Age and Other Treatment Factors The Keys to Identifying Ruptures in Teen Treatment Autonomy, Power Dynamics, and the Role of Empathy in Repair Targeted Repair Strategies for Teens

Target Audience

Copyright : 07/29/2025

Phones, Teens, & Plunging Mental Health

Today’s adolescents and teens barely drink or smoke, get into fewer fights, and have less sex. By many measures, they’re healthier and safer than they’ve ever been. And yet, in the last couple of decades, suicide rates have doubled among 12–14-year-olds, and there’s been a major increase in depression among teens in general. What gives?  

In this workshop, a teen anxiety expert and a popular research psychologist will help you help your clients:  

Program Information

Objectives

  1. Describe the impact of smartphone use on adolescent relationships. 
  2. Teach parents two skills to address phone use with decreased family conflict. 
  3. List three research-backed risk factors of social media use on adolescents mental health.  

Outline

Current research on impact of smartphone use 

What role do therapists have?  

Next steps in light of the research 

Risks and Limitations 

Target Audience

Copyright : 03/21/2025

Helping the Anxious Generation: A Power-Packed Menu of Evidence-Based Interventions to Ease Anxiety and Build Resilience in Teens and Young Adults

There’s no doubt that a record number of teens and young adults are on the brink of crisis.

But it takes a special skillset to help this hurting and anxious generation.

This is your rare opportunity to learn the latest and most effective techniques directly from Dr. Ashley Smith, an award-winning psychologist, sought-after speaker, researcher and author of The Way I See It: A Psychologist’s Guide to a Happier Life!

Drawing on evidence-based clinical interventions and 20 years of specializing in youth anxiety, Dr. Smith designed this fast-paced, strategy-rich training to help you feel confident and competent in addressing this growing need.

In this training, you will:

Purchase now and prepare to meet the needs of this hurting generation that desperately needs your help.

Program Information

Objectives

  1. Choose mindfulness techniques, cognitive interventions, and relaxation strategies to use with teens and young adults.
  2. Utilize metaphors to explain key concepts and intervention rationales to teens and young adults.
  3. Identify cognitive strategies to help clients address anxious or unhelpful thoughts.

Outline

From Normative to Clinical Anxiety

Supporting Anxious Youth

INTERVENTIONS

Put it All Together: A Decision-Making Framework

Target Audience

Copyright : 11/14/2024