Therapy Tools Problematic Use of Media by Children and Adolescents

Therapy Tools Problematic Use of Media by Children and Adolescents

• learning to use smartphones etc. sensibly
• lots of illustrations and comics
• media use as a frequent topic in cild and adolescent psychotherapy


Digital media form an integral part of the world children and young people live in today. On the one hand, if used responsibly, they offer an opportunity for taking part in society; on the other hand, they tend to put high demands on the media skills of those who use them. In psychotherapy with children and adolescents, media behaviour has become a central issue. In order to be able to treat problematic media use, four areas need to be considered:
- awareness of the advantages and disadvantages of various types of media (including smartphones, social networks, computer games and online games)
- the ability to question your own consumption
- dealing with your own data in a competent and informed way (including data protection, data storage)
- awareness of potentially harmful sites or situations (including violence in the media, cyber-bullying)

This edition of Therapy Tools provides exercises and worksheets to support interventions using proven materials against problematic media use.


Target group
Child and adolescent psychotherapists, school psychologists, family and parenting counsellors