Students Who Drive You Crazy

Jeffrey A. Kottler is one of the most prolific authors in the fields of counseling,¿psychotherapy, and education, having written more than 90 books about a wide¿range of subjects. He has authored a dozen texts for counselors and therapists that¿are used in universities around the world and a dozen books each for practicing¿therapists and educators. Some of his most highly regarded works include Creative¿Breakthroughs in Therapy, The Mummy at the Dining Room Table: Eminent¿Therapists Reveal Their Most Unusual Cases and What They Teach Us About¿Human Behavior, Bad Therapy, The Client Who Changed Me, Divine Madness,¿Change: What Leads to Personal Transformation, Stories We've Heard, Stories¿We've Told: Life-Changing Narratives in Therapy and Everyday Life, and Therapy¿Over 50. He has been an educator for 40 years, having worked as a teacher, counselor,¿and therapist in preschool, middle school, mental health center, crisis center,¿nongovernmental organization, university, community college, private practice,¿and disaster relief settings. He has served as a Fulbright scholar and senior lecturer¿in Peru and Iceland, as well as worked as a visiting professor in New Zealand,¿Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Nepal. He is professor of counseling at¿California State University, Fullerton. Ellen Kottler, Ed.S., has been a teacher for over 30 years in public and private schools, alternative schools, adult education programs, and universities. She has worked in inner-city schools as well as in suburban and rural settings. She was a curriculum specialist in charge of secondary social studies and law-related education for one of the country's largest school districts. Ellen is the author or coauthor of several books for educators, including Secrets for Secondary School Teachers: How to Succeed in Your First Year, On Being a Teacher, Secrets for Beginning Elementary School Teachers, Counseling Skills for Teachers, English Language Learners in Your Classroom: Strategies That Work, Secrets to Success for Science Teachers, and Students Who Drive You Crazy: Succeeding with Resistant, Unmotivated, and Otherwise Difficult Young People. She teaches secondary education and supervises intern teachers at California State University, Fullerton.