In this workshop, the diagnosis of Oppositional Defiant Disorder and its many causes will be discussed. We'll talk about why the "usual" parenting tactics don't work with this group of kids and how these approaches can even exacerbate the problems. We'll talk about how to help parents change from locking horns with their teens to being like a bullfighter that is able to step out of the way of power struggles. Issues of developing and maintaining rapport with both adolescents and parents will be addressed. We'll also discuss rekindling a closer relationship between parent and child through attachment work to create a closer, more open relationship. We'll also discuss "normal" adolescent development and individuation in a cultural context and how this process leads towards a different type of relationship and doesn't have to be a conflictual relationship as often believed is the norm for adolescence.


W. Keith Sutton, PsyD - has been working with oppositional adolescents for the past twelve years in private practice, teen shelters, an adolescent drug and alcohol outpatient program, schools, a wilderness program, and a residential treatment program. Dr. Sutton is the director of the Institute for the Advancement of Psychotherapy which has an Oppositional and Conduct Disorder Clinic where he and Jim Keim, LCSW, treat oppositional adolescents. www.drkeithsutton.com www.difficultteenbayarea.com

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