Description: Advice for teens wanting to help friends and peers with their mental health.
Brief description:
Dr. James J. Crist is a psychologist and Clinical Director at the Child and Family Counseling Center (CFCC) in Woodbridge, Virginia. At CFCC, he provides psychological testing and individual, couples, and family psychotherapy for children, adolescents, and adults, specializing in children with ADHD, depression, and anxiety disorders. He is also a licensed substance abuse counselor who works with addictive disorders in teens and adults. Dr. Crist has authored and coauthored numerous books, including Keeping Your Cool When They Can't: Parenting Children Who Struggle with Anger; I'm Here: A Peer Counseling Guide for Teens; What's the Big Deal About Addictions?; What to Do When You're Cranky and Blue; What to Do When You're Scared and Worried; Siblings: You're Stuck with Each Other, So Stick Together; and The Survival Guide to Making and Being Friends.
Review Quotes:
"Dr. Crist has done it again! His latest book yet again provides hope and practical skills to help young people. In I'm Here: A Peer Counseling Guide for Teens, Dr. Crist harnesses the tremendous natural resource of teen peer connections and strengthens it with easy-to-read guidance. Teenagers who want to support their peers will learn valuable interpersonal skills that will help them throughout their lives. Peer counseling is a terrific way to help build community and reduce the rampant feelings of isolation and anxiety that so many youth are experiencing today. And this book makes peer counseling very accessible. I'm excited to share this book with my colleagues and the teens we support."
--Selene Fabiano, Ph.D., licensed psychologist