Title: 
Headings:  Five Out of the Box Techniques for Encouraging Teenagers  to Engage in Counseling
Five
 
Out
 
of
 
the
 
Box
 
Techniques
 
for
 
Encouraging
 
Teenagers
  
to
 
Engage
 
in
 
Counseling
 

Abstract
 

Issues
 
Pertinent
 
to
 
Counseling
 
Teens
 
and
 
Scenarios
 
of
 
Disengagement
 

Theoretical
 
Underpinnings
 
for
 
Creative
 
Techniques
  
for
 
Counseling
 
Disengaged
 
Teens
  

1.
 
Breathing
 
Room
 

2.
 
Talk
 
Meter
  

3.
 
Music
 

4.
 
The
 
Paper
 
Bag
 
Story
 

5.
 
Social
 
Media
 
Profile
  

Maintaining
 
and
 
Deepening
 
Engagement
 

References
 


Content: 2007),
  
and
 
adolescents
 
without
 
diagnosed
 
mental
 
illnesses
 
are
 
still
 
likely
 
to
 
encounter
 
extra
 
stress
 
in
 
this
 
transitional
 
period
 
of
 
their
 
lives
 
(Niwa
 
et
 
al., 2016). These
 
psychological
 
stressors
 
are
 
reflected
 
in
  
the
 
U.S.
  
suicide
 
rate: suicide
 
was
  
the
 
second
 
leading
 
cause
  
of
 
death
  
among
 
adolescents
 
age
 
15–19
 
in
 
2014,
 
second
 
only
 
to
 
unintentional
 
injury
 
(Centers
 
for
 
Disease
 
Control
 
and
 
Prevention,
 
National
 
Center
 
for
 
Injury
 
Prevention
 
and
 
Control,
 
2016). These
  
statistics
  
paint
  
a
  
picture
  
of
  
a
  
period
  
of
  
turmoil,
  
an
  
understanding
 
underscored
 
by
 
several
 
developmental
 
perspectives. Erikson
 
(1964)
 
posited
 
that
 
the
 
key
 
conflict
 
at
 
this
 
stage
 
of
 
psychosocial
 
development
 
was
 
identity
 
versus
 
role
 
confusion; in
 
this
 
period,
  
adolescents
  
are
  
facing
  
the
  
existential
  
task
  
of
  
determining
  
who
  
they
  
are
  
and
 
how
  
they
  
want
  
to
  
live. At
  
this
  
stage,
  
teenagers
  
often
  
begin
  
to
  
push
  
away
  
from
  
their
 
pare