I, Monster is a resource for all professionals in health and education who work with challenging young people. The book aims to explain the issues behind challenging behaviour, to enable empathy, and to facilitate a more productive therapeutic relationship between the health/education professional and the child. It is divided into three parts: Part one suggests that our greatest foes lurk deep within ourselves, and that knowing our own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness of other people (Jung, 1973). Part two focuses on the inner world of adolescents who use aggression to manage early terrors. Part three explores approaches and strategies to help them heal the pain of the past. Full of case studies as well as coverage of key concepts and theory, this book offers a fascinating insight into the minds of the young people you work with.

According to the children's charity Barnados (report 2008), more than half the UK population believe that teenagers behave like monsters, using words like feral, animal and vermin in referring to young people. Even if they don't share this belief, therapists, teachers, youth workers and foster parents still struggle to work effectively with challenging adolescents on a daily basis. Jargo free and engaging, You think I'm Evil. takes the reader on a fascinating journey into the hidden inner territory of troubled and troubling adolescents. It offers new perspectives to help professionals reframe our ideas about what is driving their behaviour and attitude. In recognising the limitations of everyday language, the book suggests new forms of creative expression, drawn from teenage preferences, allowing both adult and adolescent to safelt explore the young person's inner and outer world together.