Overcoming Suicidal Thoughts for Teens

CBT Activities to Reduce Pain, Increase Hope, and Build Meaningful Connections

by Jeremy Pettit; Ryan Hill

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Pub Date Oct 06 2022 | Archive Date Sep 01 2022

New Harbinger Publications, Inc. | New Harbinger

Self-Help | Teens & YA

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Description

If you or someone you love is dealing with a crisis right now, please call 1-800-273-8255 to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.This gentle and effective guide can help you find support and hope.If you’re a teen who is having thoughts of suicide, the first thing to know is that you are not alone. Many teens experience suicidal thoughts, and there is help for you. Don’t give up: change is possible, and it’s worth it—you are worth it.Written by two mental health experts, Overcoming Suicidal Thoughts for Teens is here to help you reduce emotional pain, increase hope, and build meaningful connections in your life. Grounded in evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and filled with proven-effective activities and skills, this guide will help you: ·Identify your triggers and the type of support you need ·Create a safety plan for when things feel hopeless ·Manage intense feelings, thoughts, and stress ·Build and strengthen relationships ·Boost positive feelings ·Make healthy lifestyle changes and set goals Although it may be hard to imagine now, the strategies in this book can help you overcome suicidal thoughts, find meaning and purpose, and move forward into a more hopeful future. A change for the better is on the way.

Advance Praise

“Jeremy Pettit and Ryan Hill created a very useful text for youth, and therapists working with adolescents. The book uses evidence-based principles and practices to provide the reader with accessible tools for youth in crisis, or who want to learn healthy coping skills. Overcoming Suicidal Thoughts for Teens is an absolute must-add to any set of training resources for clinicians!”
—Robert Cramer, PhD, associate professor of public health sciences, and Irwin Belk Distinguished Scholar in Health Research at UNC Charlotte

“This groundbreaking and timely work will help countless teenagers who are quietly dealing with internalized feelings of desperation and hopelessness around seemingly insurmountable pressures in their lives. It is viewed as a much-needed resource for teenagers to destigmatize the topic of self-harm during a time of unparalleled social and political unrest, and pressures associated with social media, the hypercompetitive world of college entrance examinations achievement and advancement, and prolonged pandemic-related angst and disruption.”
—Gary X. Lancelotta, PhD, ABPP, board certified in clinical child and adolescent psychology; and director of Child Psychology Associates, P.A. in Miami, FL