Showing titles in Child Psychology

The influence of technology on hobbies and leisure time is quickly becoming a regular part of daily life, but how much do we really understand about how or why we're using it, and its impact on our health? This easy-to-listen guide is designed to provide all of the support needed to understand...

Powerful skills to help you reconnect and rebuild your relationship with your child after a divorce or separation. If you've gone through a divorce or separation and it has negatively affected your relationship with your child, you should know that you are not alone. When families split into two...

Mothers and Daughters: The First Three Years offers a new perspective on female development and the origins of mother-daughter relationship pleasures and stresses. In addition to emotional development and the impact of mothers' childhood memories on mother-daughter interactions, this book...

A nationally recognized parenting expert and spokesperson for fathers, Glennon presents straightforward and well-researched ways both to nurture young men and, in turn, to teach them how to be nurturing.

Combining painfully honest memoir, cultural analysis, and reporting, BoyMom is a humorous and heartbreaking deep dive into the complexities of raising boys in our fraught political moment. “Rapist, school-shooter, incel, man-child, interrupter, mansplainer, boob-starer, birthday forgetter...

Cognitive behavioral therapy is a proven form of psychotherapy that is often the first-line of treatment recommended for managing depression, anxiety, worry, and other common issues. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Made Simple delivers a simplified approach to learning the most essential parts of cognitive behavioral therapy and applying them to your life.

At last, a book of sage advice that will help frustrated parents reconnect with their teenager and keep that connection even in today's often-crazy world.The first step is simple: realizing that inside every teen resides two very different people-the regressed child and the emergent adult. The...

Incluye un nuevo capítulo sobre nuestra relación con las pantallas y su impacto en la educación de los hijos. Educar a un hijo no es tarea fácil, y menos ante la confusión de los mitos que rodean a la crianza. Al considerar la teoría del apego y los más recientes descubrimientos de las neurociencias, es posible entender cada fase del desarrollo emocional del infante, comprender sus conductas y la manera en que va construyendo las conexiones neuronales que le permitirán responsabilizarse de su comportamiento.

A powerful exploration of how early attachment wounds can lead to dissociative patterns—told through the lens of a trauma survivor. With a compassionate, trauma-informed voice, this concise guide combines personal narrative and key insights to help readers understand their own attachment-related dissociation and take hopeful steps toward healing.

The great Russian psychologist L. S. Vygotsky has long been recognized as a pioneer in developmental psychology. But his theory of development has never been well understood in the West. Mind in Society corrects much of this misunderstanding. Carefully edited by a group of outstanding Vygotsky scholars, the book presents a unique selection of Vygotsky’s important essays, most of which have previously been unavailable in English.

Why Love Matters explains why loving relationships are essential to brain development in the early years, and how these early interactions can have lasting consequences for future emotional and physical health. This second edition follows on from the success of the first, updating the scientific...

In this New York Times bestseller, one of America’s premier physicians offers a must-read account of the new challenges facing parents today and a program for how we can better prepare our children to navigate the obstacles they face In The Collapse of Parenting, internationally acclaimed...

Understanding Jean Piaget: A Complete Guide to Cognitive Development, Learning Stages, and Educational Theory is your definitive introduction to one of the most influential psychologists of the 20th century. Whether you're a student, educator, parent, or lifelong learner, this accessible guide breaks down Piaget's revolutionary theory of cognitive development in a way that’s clear, engaging, and deeply informative. Explore Piaget’s four stages of cognitive growth—Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete Operational, and Formal Operational—and gain insight into how children think, ...

Borderline Personality Disorder in Adolescents offers parents, caregivers, and adolescents themselves a complete understanding of this complex and tough-to-treat disorder. The comprehensive guide explains what BPD is and what a patient's treatment options are, including an overview of the...

Este audiolibro nos habla de las principales incertezas educativas que solemos tener tanto padres como maestros respecto a la sobreprotección, el papel de la escuela, el equilibrio emocional y la comprensión de la sociedad. Intenta resumir criterios y reflexionar para ayudarnos a convivir activa y positivamente con nuestros adolescentes. Un audiolibro que, sin querer aleccionar, nos inspira y permite escuchar su verdadera voz.

A dramatic and remarkable narrative of an extraordinary teacher's determination, from the author of the Sunday Times bestsellers The Tiger's Child and One Child. Torey Hayden faced six emotionally troubled kids no other teacher could handle - three recent arrivals from battle-torn Northern Ireland, badly traumatized by the horrors of war; an eleven-year-old boy, who only knew life inside an institution; an excitable girl, aggressive and sexually precocious at the age of eight; and seven-year-old Leslie, perhaps the most hopeless of all, unresponsive and unable to speak.

At its heart, polyvagal theory describes how the brain's unconscious sense of safety or danger impacts our emotions and behaviors. In this powerful book, pediatrician and neonatologist Marilyn R. Sanders and child psychiatrist George S. Thompson offer both a meditation on caregiving and a call to action. By attending to the lessons of polyvagal theory—that adult caregivers must be aware of children's unconscious processing of sensory information—the authors show how professionals can play a critical role in establishing a sense of safety even in the face of dangerous situations.

“I’m in love with this book! It illuminates the forces that make parenting so difficult, and helps us develop better relationships with our kids—and ourselves.” —Hunter Clarke-Fields, MSAE, author of Raising Good Humans Parenting is hard. But when we replace conventional parent-child...

From Robert A. Johnson, the bestselling author of Transformation, Owning Your Own Shadow, and the groundbreaking works He, She, and We, comes a practical four-step approach to using dreams and the imagination for a journey of inner transformation. In Inner Work, the renowned Jungian analyst...

From internationally renowned family consultant Kim John Payne comes an eloquent guide that seeks to help parents reclaim for their children the space and freedom that all kids need for their individuality to flourish.