Not by Chance

Your struggling teenager is going to a residential or wilderness treatment program. Their addictions, learning disabilities, or emotional/behavioral issues have brought you to a moment of decision. Heartsick, anxious, and exhausted, questions bounce endlessly around your mind, "Will this work? Was this really necessary? Will she ever forgive me? Can we handle him at home when the time comes?"

Dr. Tim Thayne delivers the answers in his groundbreaking book Not by Chance. As an owner/therapist of wilderness and residential programs, Thayne was frustrated when young people made monumental progress, only to return home where things quickly unraveled. His mission became to vastly improve long-term success by crafting and proving a model to coach parents on their power to lead out through full engagement during treatment and management of the transition home.

Not by Chance engages readers through solid research, simple exercises, and captivating stories taken from Thayne's own life and the living rooms of hundreds of American homes. This book serves up concrete tools, hope, confidence, and stamina for families, professionals and mentors.

Topics include:

- Why good programs work
- How to boost--not undermine--treatment
- Nine dangers waiting after discharge
- How to identify natural mentors for your teen
- What to do when the testing begins
- When and how to grant back privileges and freedoms
- How to ease your young adult's transition from treatment to independent living
- When you know you've succeeded

If you are even considering out-of-home treatment for your teen, do not gamble with the outcomes. Not by Chance should claim its rightful place on your nightstand.

www.notbychance.com
"Excellent book...wonderful resource for families and professionals alike who are serious about retaining positive treatment gains... I highly recommend Not By Chance."
--Kimball DeLaMare, LCSW, founding president National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs

"Knowing Tim for the past 20 years, there isn't a better source of knowledge, information and wisdom on how to lead a healthy, worthy life at home and in your family."
--Harold Kurstedt, Ph.D., Hal G. Prillaman Emeritus Professor, Virginia Tech, co-founder Newport Group
"Intriguing, pragmatic and honest...a refreshingly practical focus. This should be required reading for every family who places their adolescent in a residential treatment program."
--Nicolas Taylor, Ph.D., author of Helping People Addicted to Methamphetamine: A Creative New Approach for Families and Communities

"I am more convinced than ever that the extended and integrative transitional support Thayne offers is a critical component for lasting change."
--Sarah Finney, MS, LMFT, Therapeutic and Educational Placement Consultant
"Terrific read....clinically unimpeachable....unfailingly enlightening."
--Scott Johnson, Ph.D., former president, American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy

"Funny how a $25 book could be the factor that makes a several thousand dollar treatment process actually stick."
--Tony Mosier, LMFT, co-founder Telos RTC