Introduces and integrates adolescent developmental themes and family system theory into a coherent assessment and intervention model. Worden views the adolescent as active in shaping the family interactions as much as the family is influential in shaping the adolescent's behavior. He takes a pragmat

This text introduces and integrates adolescent developmental themes and family systems theory into a coherent assessment and intervention model. Worden emphasizes the process of evaluation and intervention of adolescents and their families with typical therapeutic dilemmas.

In a friendly, nonconfrontational manner, Of Course You're Angry guides readers to discover the source of their anger and the forms it takes -violence, depression, resentment, and manipulation.

Though we may not like to admit it, all of us get angry. At times we feel irked, exasperated, irritated, resentful, even enraged. Anger is a normal and healthy human emotion; learning to acknowledge and express it appropriately, however, especially for those in early recovery, is another story. Of Course You're Angry, first published in 1985, is a timely revision of the best-selling Hazelden title...