Divorce Workbook for Teens

Schab, Lisa M.

• Publisher: Instant Help
• Year: 2008
• ISBN:
  9781608827374
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Self Improvement

It''s tough being a teen, even in the best of circumstances. But when parents divorce, teens are faced with an additional set of practical and emotional issues. This book gives them everything they need to get through their parents'' divorce and keep it from taking a long-term emotional toll. In this book, teens will learn how to:

• cope with the grief, fear, and anger that accompany divorce
• adjust to having two homes and changes in financial status
• assert their right to be teens, to separate from their parents'' problems, and to love both parents
• not get caught in the middle of battling parents
• understand that the divorce is not their fault and overcome feelings of guilt

Research tells us that teenagers in single-parent families and in blended families are 3 times more likely to need psychological help and that boys are more likely to become aggressive and girls are more likely to experience depression as a result of divorce. While this sounds like a grim picture, it''s important to remember that there is help and that divorce need not leave a painful legacy. The Divorce Workbook for Teens helps teenagers come through their parent''s divorce emotionally and psychologically intact.

Table of contents

• introduction
• your thoughts and feelings
• surviving your parents’ divorce
• guilt
• fear
• sadness and depression
• anger
• grief and loss
• abandonment
• neglect
• happiness
• confusion
• other feelings
• wishing for reconciliation
• blaming one parent
• blaming the divorce
• your feelings about marriage
• your sexuality
• moving
• living in two homes
• visitation
• finances
• the power of attitude
• things that don’t change
• physical exercise
• peaceful movement
• breathwork
• communicating with your parents
• helping yourself
• getting help from a counselor
• group support
• getting help from adults you trust
• your right to love both parents
• your right to remain separate from parental problems
• your right to remain a teen
• your right to be parented
• your right to stay in contact with extended family
• your right to separate from your family
• if one parent is far away
• if one parent leaves you
• when a parent needs help
• possible positives