Throughout all of Bromfield's chapters of "Teens in Therapy," and the other two articles: "Engaging depressed African American adolescents in treatment," and "Effectively engaging and collaborating with children and adolescent in CBT," what stood out to me as the overarching theme of the readings was the concept of patient buy-in to the therapeutic process and how to encourage collaboration between the therapist, patient, and sometimes, their parents. Concepts such as positive reinforcement, creating shared goals, having quite a bit of flexibility within treatment to be able to adapt to the child's needs that individual time and day, adjusting to their preferred learning styles, and other techniques to allow the child to gain ownership over the treatment process.
Something also discussed was how sometimes the therapist, the child, and the parent might have different goals for the process. I would be interested in hearing personal examples and stories of cases like this from the students and professors lived experiences and learn how people have personally navigated such situations.