Prosocial Family Therapy for Juvenile Offenders: A Guide for Practitioners

by Elaine A. Blechman

Prosocial Family Therapy (PFT), developed by Elaine Blechman and her colleagues through more than 25 years of work with families requiring immediate help, addresses the needs of troubled, vulnerable adolescents who are at high risk for diverse bad life outcomes because of their reliance on maladaptive coping strategies. In this comprehensive introduction to PFT, the authors show how to engage, motivate, and support these high-risk youth and their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805831266
• ISBN13: 9780805831269
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 600 Pages