TCNJ News
For Immediate Release
October 25, 2007
TCNJ counseling expert publishes new books on troubled boys and teen fatherhood
EWING, NJ … Mark Kiselica, a graduate professor of counselor education at The College of New Jersey, will have two new books published soon. Counseling Troubled Boys: A Guidebook for Professionals will be part of the Counseling and Psychotherapy with Boys and Men series that will be published by Routledge Press, while When Boys Become Parents: Adolescent Fatherhood in America will be published by Rutgers University Press.
Two years ago, he was inspired to develop the only series of books in the country dedicated to the counseling of boys and men. He is now the editor of the series, which will feature books about troubled boys, elderly men, Asian men, boys with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and substance abuse problems in men. While the series is a more clinical view of counseling boys and men, When Boys Become Parents utilizes more personal anecdotes of his work with his subjects to illustrate their struggles, accomplishments and mistakes as part of a crisis America is facing.
For most of his professional career, Kiselica has focused on the counseling of males in America because he realized many counselors and psychologists did not know how to work with boys and men. These professionals used “simplistic stereotypes … to force all boys to be one type of guy,” he explained. After his realization, he wanted to raise awareness about this problem by researching and writing books based on his research because it was his “personal challenge about how to connect with boys.”
With over 100 professional publications, counseling, and a psychology license, Kiselica has more than enough experience and the credentials to take on such large research and writing endeavors. Although the preparation for the publications was a long process, the accolades and experience he brings will benefit not only himself, but also the College, his students, and the community at large.
About The College of New Jersey
TCNJ currently is ranked as one of the 75 "Most Competitive" schools in the nation by Barron's Profiles of American Colleges, is rated the No. 1 public institution in the northern region of the country by U.S. News & World Report, and is one of Kiplinger's Personal Finance's top educational values in the country. In 2006, the College joined an elite group of institutions when it was awarded a Phi Beta Kappa chapter. Fewer than 10 percent of the nation's colleges and universities share this honor.
