References Specific to Girls

Aston, J. (2009). The body scoop for girls: A straight-talk guide to a healthy, beautiful you.

Avery: New York.

Barto, H.H., & Salkeld, S.J. (2001). Challenging the Barbie doll syndrome: A group design for

working with adolescent girls. Educational Media Corporation: Minneapolis.

Cohen-Sandler, R. (2002). “Trust me, mom-everyone else is going!” The new rules for

mothering adolescent girls, understanding and surviving the social life of your teenage daughter. Penguin Books: New York.

Cohen-Sandler, R., & Silver, M. (1999). “I’m not mad, I just hate you!” A new understanding

of mother-daughter conflict, surviving and thriving during your daughter’s teenager years. Penguin Books: New York.    

Dee, C. (1997). The girls’ guide to life: How to take charge of he issues that affect you. Little

Brown and Company: New York.

Garbarino, J., & deLara E. (2002). And words can hurt forever: How to protect adolescents

from bullying, harassment, and emotional violence. Free Press: New York.

Holyoke, N. (2001). A smart girl’s guide to boys: Surviving crushes, staying true to yourself &

other stuff. Pleasant Company Publications: Wisconsin.

Irons, D. (2002). Teen beauty secrets: Fresh, simple, & sassy tips for your perfect look.

Sourcebooks, Inc.: Illinois.

Kaplan, C.S., Aguirre, B.A., & Rater, M. (2007). Helping your troubled teen: Learn to

recognize, understand, and address the destructive behavior of today’s teens. Fair Winds

Press: Massachusetts.

Kupkovits, J. (2008). Relational aggression in girls: A prevention and intervention curriculum

with activities & lessons or small groups and classrooms. YouthLight: South Carolina.

Moles, K. (2001). The teen relationship workbook for professionals helping teens to develop

healthy relationships and prevent domestic violence. Wellness Productions & Publishing, LLC: New York.

Norby, A. (2008). Girls in the lead: A small-group strength based curriculum for helping girls

in grades 6-12 to effectively deal with relational aggression and other social/emotional challenges. YouthLight: South Carolina.

Peterson, J.S. (2007). The essential guide to talking with teens: Ready-to-use discussions for

school and youth groups. Free Spirit Publishing: Minneapolis.

Peterson, J.S. (1995). Talk with teens about feelings, family, relationships and the future: 50

guided discussions for school and counseling groups. Free Spirit Publishing: Minneapolis.

Peterson, J.S. (1993). Talk with teens about self and stress: 50 guided discussions for school and

counseling groups. Free Spirit Publishing: Minneapolis.

Piper, M. (1994). Reviving Ophelia: Saving the selves of adolescent girls. Ballantine Books:      

New York.

Sax, L.( 2010). Girls on the edge: The four factors driving the new crisis or girls. Basic Books:

New York.

Schaefer, V.L. (1998). The care & keeping of you: The body book for girls. Pleasant Company

Publications. Wisconsin.

Scarano-Osika, G., & Dever-Johnson, K. (2008). You grow girl! A self-empowering workbook

for tweens & teens. Larson Publications: New York.

Shapiro, L.E. (1996). The teens’ solutions workbook. Childswork, Childsplay: New York.

Simmons, R. (2004). Odd girl speaks out: Girls write about bullies, cliques, popularity, and

jealously. Harcourt, Inc.: New York.

Taylor, J.V., & Trice-Black, S. (2007). Girls in real life situations: Group counseling activities

for enhancing social and emotional development. Research Press: Illinois.

Taylor, J.V., & Trice-Black, S. (2007). Girls in real life situations: Group counseling activities

for enhancing social and emotional development (grades K-5). Research Press: Illinois.

Taylor, J.V. (2008). Salvaging sisterhood: A small group counseling and classroom curriculum

for relationally aggressive girls (grades 5-12). YouthLight: South Carolina.

Weston, C. (1998). For girls only: Wise words, good advice. Avon Camelot Book: New York.

Whitney. B. (2000). School smarts: All the right answers to homework, teachers, popularity,

and more! Pleasant Company Publications: Wisconsin.

Excellent Website on Girls Health Issues

A great website for information on girls health including topics such as body, fitness, nutrition, illness, feelings, relationships, bullying, safety and alcohol and drugs is http://www.girlshealth.gov/.

This website can also be found on Twitter in which a recent post linked followers to a quiz on bullying to find out if one could consider themselves a bully. That quiz can be found at http://girlshealth.gov/bullying/quizzes/quiz.bullying.cfm

Be sure to check it out as a resource for yourself, parents and girls themselves!

Body Image Activity

Hello everyone,

I will be using the following activity with my Girls Group to help them identify positive aspects of their appearances but this can be used with anyone in a therapeutic setting who presents with body image disturbances:

Take 26 slips of paper and write a letter of the alphabet on each one
Place all slips of paper in a small container

In a group setting, pass around the container and have each member take at least 2 pieces of paper (depending on the size of the group, could be less or more). For the letter on the piece of paper the member must name something positive about their appearance that begins with that letter. Group leader can also participate to serve as a role model for the group.

For individual therapeutic sessions, do the activity the same as for the group therapy setting, however, you could have the individual try to name something positive about themselves for each letter of the alphabet or you and your client could take turns choosing a letter from the cup. This way you can act as a role model in helping client identify positive aspects of their image.

Let me know how it works!
Rachel

Navigating the Teen Years

Looking for resources to help parents of adolescents?

I give each family a copy of the booklet "Navigating the Teen Years: A Parent's Handbook for Raising Healthy Teens." This booklet is available for free from the Office of National Drug Control Policy: National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign at http://www.theantidrug.com/.

Welcome Message

Hello everyone,

Welcome to the Adolescent Girl Talk web blog created by to help with giving adolescent girls, their parents, educational professionals and other clinical professionals advice and information about what can be a difficult and confusing time in a female's life.

In addition to being the author of this blog, I run a group at my agency for adolescent girls dealing with self-esteem, body image, relationships and social networking. In addition, I give presentations on eating disorders and self-injurious behaviors at various local, state, regional and national speaking engagements.

Please feel free to e-mail with suggestions and/or information you may have that could be beneficial to include on this blog.

Rachel (blog author)