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Awakening the Five Champions — Second Edition: Helping Teens Build the Strengths That Technology Can’t Give Them
A teenager today can get an answer to almost anything in seconds. What has become harder to find is the slower work that builds a self: being known by another person, and doing the hard, boring, uncertain things that make you stronger.
In this revised edition, Dr. Brian Razzino helps teens develop five core strengths: the Warrior, the Wizard, the Healer, the Lover, and the Seeker. They’re guided by the Mastermind, the part of you that decides which strength to call on. Drawing on more than twenty-five years of work with kids, teens, and families, he offers stories, examples, and practical exercises for building confidence, resilience, and self-awareness. He doesn’t tell teens to throw away their phones. He helps them ask a better question: Is this tool helping me grow, or doing the growing for me?
What’s new in the second edition:
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Technology and AI throughout. Every chapter looks at how phones, social media, and AI can strengthen or undermine each Champion.
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Meet the Dark Legion. Each Champion now has a counterpart that can pull it off course: the Spoiler, the Distractor, the Neglector, the Splitter, and the Deceiver.
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The Mastermind and the Seeker. The Mastermind is now the conductor that coordinates all five Champions. The Seeker is the new Champion of curiosity and openness to what you don’t yet know.
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Hands-on training in every chapter. Each chapter ends with practical exercises, and the book works well for teens reading alone or alongside a parent or counselor.
Dr. Razzino in the News
Dr. Brian Razzino’s insights on child development, parenting, and emotional well-being continue to reach national audiences. He has been featured in Parents Magazine and CNN Health offering guidance on mental health issues facing children and parents today.
📰Sleep Deprivation and Mental Health
📰Reparenting
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Razzino and Associates, LLC
Brian Razzino PhD and associates provides therapy for and assessments of children, adolescents and adults. With the main goal of capitalizing on strengths, we work to identify individual, family, environmental, biological, and social factors that are likely to maximize progress and growth. We believe taking a comprehensive approach is essential to understanding each individual’s unique needs and getting the “big picture” to guide the most effective, practical interventions to address day-to-day issues.
Our clinicians are trained in a variety of treatment orientations including cognitive-behavioral, family systems, and solution-focused interventions. Regardless of our orientation, it is our goal to help clients develop healthier relationships with themselves as well as with others. Individual, family and group therapy as well as parent consultations are an integral part of the practice.
For more information about our practice, reach out today.
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