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The Teen Girl's Survival Guide

Ten Tips for Making Friends, Avoiding Drama, and Coping with Social Stress
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The Teen Girl's Survival Guide by Lucie Hemmen offers ten practical tips to help teenage girls navigate social pressures and succeed in building meaningful friendships. Drawing on evidence-based cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), this engaging guide supports teens in understanding social situations, identifying negative self-talk, and discovering their strengths. It encourages developing self-knowledge and self-appreciation to foster authentic connections beyond superficial cliques and drama.
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This book is ideal for teenage girls seeking guidance on social success and personal growth, as well as parents, educators, and therapists supporting adolescent development.

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Teen girls feel intense pressure to fit in and make friends. In this important guide, therapist and teen expert Lucie Hemmen offers ten tips to solve one of the biggest worries teen girls struggle with: social success. Teen readers will find real strategies for growing a strong sense of self-knowledge and self-appreciation.

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If you're like many teen girls, you may feel intense pressure to fit in and make friends. In this fun and engaging guide, therapist and teen expert Lucie Hemmen offers ten tips to solve one of the biggest worries teen girls struggle with: social success.

As you face new academic and social pressures, you may feel more stressed out than ever before. You want to relate to your peers, but you may not have the skills you need to successfully navigate the social world. Grounded in evidence-based cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), The Teen Girl's Survival Guide will help you develop simple and effective ways to connect with your fellow teens while still remaining uniquely you.

In the book, you'll discover tips for finding your strengths, identifying negative self-talk, understanding social situations, and making new friends. Most importantly, you'll discover key strategies for creating a strong sense of self-knowledge and self-appreciation—two key building blocks for succeeding in the social world, and beyond.

If you're ready to move past all the BFF drama and clique mentality, and start making truly positive connections with others, The Teen Girl's Survival Guide will show you the way.

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    If you're like many teen girls, you may feel intense pressure to fit in and make friends. In this fun and engaging guide, therapist and teen expert Lucie Hemmen offers ten tips to solve one of the biggest worries teen girls struggle with: social success. As you face new academic and social pressures, you may feel more stressed out than...
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Praised by experts, this book is recognised for its honest and heartfelt approach to the challenges of growing up female. Dzung Vo, MD, highlights its valuable skills for building healthy relationships, emphasising its relatable advice from teens themselves. Julia V. Taylor, MA, commends the guide for capturing emotional nuances and providing wise, refreshing tips for teens, parents, and educators alike.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781626253063

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 December 2015

Country: United States

Imprint: New Harbinger Publications

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 200.0mm

Weight: 260g

Pages: 176

About the Author

Lucie Hemmen, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in working with teens and their parents in private practice while raising two teen girls of her own, Marley and Daisy. She is author of Parenting a Teen Girl, and has written The Teen Girl’s Survival Guide for girls who identify social stress as a top concern. Hemmen lives and practices in Santa Cruz, CA.

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