What's Wrong with My Teen? - by Susan Raphael (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Most parenting guides stop at the toddler years, but What's Wrong with My Teen? is the essential resource for caregivers navigating the tough teenage years, especially when addiction and mental health crises hit.

If you're feeling disconnected from your teen and alarmed by their behavior, you're not alone. The teen you love is in crisis, and you may not know how to help. Susan Raphael, with decades of experience counseling families and teens, offers a lifeline in this comprehensive guide.

What's Wrong with My Teen? provides a proven method to rebuild your relationship with your teenager, fostering openness, honesty, and mutual respect. It equips you with the tools needed to face these challenges head-on, set healthy limits, and communicate in a way that encourages genuine growth and healing.

Inside, you'll find life-changing insights for:

• Navigating addiction, mental health, and the often misunderstood behaviors of teenagers
• Listening without judgment to create open, trusting communication
• Understanding the vulnerability of the adolescent brain to addiction
• Recognizing when mental health and addiction issues coexist
• Setting healthy boundaries and allowing natural consequences
• Using compassionate language to make your teen feel heard and understood
• Creating a supportive environment that encourages positive change
• Prioritizing your own well-being in the process
• Mastering communication tools, including scripts and sample letters for difficult conversations

This guide offers the hope and direction you've been searching for. It's time to reclaim your influence, motivate your teen toward resilience, and embrace a future filled with growth and healing. What's Wrong with My Teen? is more than just a crisis manual-it's your guide to fostering a healthier, more hopeful relationship with your teen for years to come.

Review Quotes

"A profound gift to anyone wrestling with the heartbreaking conundrum of teen addiction, Susan Raphael's book is written in plain speak. Refreshingly straightforward, thoughtful, and profound, it guides the reader through some of life's most difficult challenges. Like Raphael herself, it pulls no punches-a master class in setting boundaries and embracing beneficial change." -Ann Dowsett Johnston, psychotherapist and bestselling author of Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol

"What's Wrong with My Teen? offers not just a lifeline but a compassionate road map for parents navigating the turbulent waters of teenage addiction and mental health challenges. Drawing from both personal struggles and professional expertise, the book provides practical, evidence-based strategies to foster sustainable recovery for the entire family. This book is much needed." -Dr. Vera Ingrid Tarman, MD, MSc, FCFP, specialist in addiction medicine

"Susan Raphael is a wise, compassionate guide for parents and their children. Having worked with her on a number of cases over many years, I have come to respect, trust, and rely on her counsel on the cases we have shared. I am so thrilled that her guidance will now be available to all through this book. It is sure to be a go-to for professionals and their clients as they navigate their healing journeys together." -Brad M. Reedy, PhD, author of The Journey of the Heroic Parent: Your Child's Struggle & the Road Home