The Social Media Workbook for Teens

Teens need this book! The Social Media Workbook for Teens is an excellent source that promotes mindful device use and social media participation. The book is user-friendly with deep, guiding questions for teens needing to balance their online presence with off-line recreational activities and face-to-face interactions. The book fills teens' toolboxes with tips, a process for creating action and backup plans, as well as the encouragement of self-care. --Joanne Broder, PhD, former president of the Society for Media Psychology and Technology, device management and intelligence; editor of Psychology of Popular Media Culture; and author of Finish Your Dissertation, Don't Let it Finish You!--Joanne Broder, PhD Saedi Bocci provides a thoughtful, detailed, and considerate approach to a timely and challenging topic. She offers a rational and clinically informed approach to behavior change in coping with the 'downsides' of social media and its unintended, psychologically invasive consequences. The book provides an overview and detailed self-help manual for young readers (including parents) to learn about the problem, to examine their own behaviors with social media, and to gain a better understanding how it can profoundly influence their lives. More generally, Saedi Bocci supplies a template for future research to evaluate the optimal means of addressing these expanding concerns about the adverse effects of social media upon younger--and probably also older--individuals. --Scott M. Monroe, William K. Warren Foundation professor in the department of psychology at the University of Notre Dame--Scott M. Monroe This book is for typical teens (and adults) who frequently experience FOMO, stress, low self-esteem, and sadness when using social media. The book offers simple steps for choosing when and how to use social media. This book will support you in finding more happiness and freedom both online and IRL. --Amy Saltzman, MD, author of A Still Quiet Place for Teens--Amy Saltzman, MD A helpful and realistic resource for navigating an increasingly complicated world! --Christopher Willard, author of Growing Up Mindful, and faculty member at Harvard Medical School--Christopher Willard Heads up! That's Saedi Bocci's shout out to teens and their parents. Look up from your screens and live. And, the simple and sensible strategies in The Social Media Workbook for Teens will help teens and parents do just that. Highly recommended. --Michael A. Tompkins, PhD, ABPP, codirector of the San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy; assistant clinical professor at the University of California, Berkeley; and coauthor of The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook for Teens --Michael A. Tompkins, PhD, ABPP