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Motivating The Low Achieving Young Adult

Posted by on May 31, 2016 in Couples & Family, Motivation | Comments Off on Motivating The Low Achieving Young Adult

Motivating The Low Achieving Young Adult

By Jeremy Skow, LMHC, CASAC, MBA           Young adults, with few exceptions, are motivated. It may not be the sort of motivation their parents want to see ­ to be ambitious, to work harder, to achieve more, to be self­starters ­ but they are certainly motivated to do what they want (pleasure) and avoid what they don’t want (work). From a therapeutic perspective, therefore, the ‘unmotivated young adult’ problem is actually the ‘dissatisfied parent’ problem. The focus should then be on helping the parents to determine how to get their objectives to align.           To begin...

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