The Teen Girl's Survival Guide: Ten Tips for Making Friends, Avoiding Drama, and Coping with Social Stress

By: Lucie Hemmen, Ph.D.

Teen girls frequently feel pressure and stress from every direction. Having good, healthy relationships with friends they can count on makes all the difference. In this guide, psychologist and teen expert Lucie Hemmen offers ten tips to guide teens toward creating and maintaining the social life they want. Even better, the real experts that make this guide special are older teen girls who have plenty to say about it.

As teens move through this fun and engaging guide, they will get a sense of who they are as a friend, appreciate authentic qualities they can share with others, and get moving toward expanding the quality and quantity of their social connections. Before they know it, small steps will lead to big changes and they will find yourself more confident, connected, and happy.

Grounded in evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), the ten tips guide teens in developing in both simple and significant ways. Teens will engage in thought-provoking exercises and take fun quizzes spaced between tips to get them thinking more deeply about themselves and others.

Paperback, 208 pages