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2 hr Consult or Mediation with Author & Psychotherapist Jan Elise Sells

Item Number
105
Estimated Value
270 USD
Opening Bid
50 USD

Item Description

Jan Elise Sells, M.Ed, MA, M.F.T. offers two hours of her expertise to youth, adults, or a family in one two-hour session or two one-hour sessions.  You will also receive a copy of her book, Lost & Found.  

About her book:

"We helped lost kids find themselves." This book invites you into a counseling office at a contemporary urban middle school as students show up, open up, and share their pain. With help over time, they heal and find hope. In the words of the author: "With my counseling team, we helped lost kids find themselves. "Some of the students you will meet within these pages were in conflict with their peers; many were in conflict with parents, guardians, and/or our society at large. Some had been abused by adults; some had been abandoned. Some had witnessed the lives of those they loved taken through drugs or violence. Some were trying to numb their pain through alcohol, drugs, or injury to themselves. Some were threatening violence to others. Some students wanted to give up altogether and take their own lives. All of them were deeply troubled. "With our support, most of these resilient young people made it through those challenging times. I felt privileged to know them-to be allowed into their worlds to help them make positive choices. Many have stayed in touch with me and are still part of my life. Here are their stories-true stories of troubled teens (and preteens) who came to me feeling lost and allowed me to help them find healing. "It is my hope that my experiences will guide you when working with your own or other troubled teens. Unfortunately, they are everywhere; fortunately we can help them." Let's be grateful to Jan Sells for recounting her pioneering work with troubled teens. A must-read for teachers and parents, this rare and remarkable book will reward everyone with a teenager in their life. -Joanna Macy, author of Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We're in Without Going Crazy

From a Reader Review on Amazon:

Hallelujah for Jan Sells! Reading this book, I was amazed at how well she avoided stereotypes and facile cliches about adolescents to present a real, warm portrait of the young people she worked with. It wasn't always easy to read about the traumas that some of these kids survived, or about the bullying that continues unabated in the hallways and schoolyards of today. But, reading the stories with Jan Sells as a guide, I felt as if there was a reassuring presence affirming that, yes, no matter how "lost" a kid seems, s/he can be "found" again with the unconditional acceptance that a gifted adult can extend. As a mental health professional who has worked with kids, but also as a former student of the school that Jan transformed, I was impressed at the real and lasting change that she helped effect in these kids lives. This book is for anyone who wants to know how to intervene in the life of a young person before it's too late. I agree wholeheartedly with Joanna Macy: "A must-read."
 

Item Special Note

Jan founded the counseling program at MLKing Middle School in Berkeley, where she did crisis intervention and conflict resolution from 1986 to 2006. She is author of LOST and FOUND: HEALING TROUBLED TEENS IN TROUBLED TIMES. See the reviews on Amazon.com; check out her web site <www.TroubledTeensInTroubledTimes.com>

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Jan Elise Sells