Adolescent Psychology category: 2820 books
Hurry Down Sunshine
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2008
HURRY DOWN SUNSHINE TELLS THE STORY OF THE extraordinary summer when, at the age of fifteen, Michael Greenberg’s daughter was struck mad. It begins with Sally’s visionary crack-up on the streets of Greenwich Village, and continues, among other places, in the out-of-time world of a Manhattan psychiatric...
The Curse of the Good Girl
Raising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2009
Bestselling author of Odd Girl Out, Rachel Simmons exposes the myth of the Good Girl, freeing girls from its impossible standards and encouraging them to embrace their real selves
In The Curse of the Good Girl, bestselling author Rachel Simmons argues that in lionizing the Good Girl we are...
Play Therapy and Asperger's Syndrome
Helping Children and Adolescents Grow, Connect, and Heal through the Art of Play
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Play Therapy and Asperger's Syndrome: Helping Children and Adolescents Grow, Connect, and Heal Through the Art of Play is for the mental health professional (psychologist, licensed counselor, licensed social worker) who utilizes play therapy and who works with children and adolescents diagnosed with...
Schoolgirls
Young Women, Self Esteem, and the Confidence Gap
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2013
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
When Peggy Orenstein's now-classic examination of young girls and self-esteem was first published, it set off a groundswell that continues to this day. Inspired by an American Association of University Women survey that showed a steep decline in confidence...
Under Pressure
Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2019
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An urgently needed guide to the alarming increase in anxiety and stress experienced by girls from elementary school through college, from the author of Untangled
**“An invaluable read for anyone who has girls, works with girls, or cares about girls—for everyone!”—Claire...
Adolescence
Development During a Global Era
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2010
This edited textbook will be appropriate for use in advanced undergraduate and graduate level courses and will serve as a comprehensive and timely introduction to the field of adolescent development, providing students with a strong foundation for understanding the biological, cognitive and psychosocial...
Letting Go with Love and Confidence
Raising Responsible, Resilient, Self-Sufficient Teens in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
A parenting guide to adolescence - a sensible and considerate resource for navigating your teen to adulthood, transforming a traditional time of strife into an opportunity for positive growth for both you and your child.
For parents, nurturing their teens to become healthy, well-adjusted adults...
The Body Project
An Intimate History of American Girls
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2010
A hundred years ago, women were lacing themselves into corsets and teaching their daughters to do the same. The ideal of the day, however, was inner beauty: a focus on good deeds and a pure heart. Today American women have more social choices and personal freedom than ever before. But fifty-three...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Timely and authoritative, this unique handbook explores the breadth of current knowledge on temperament, from foundational theory and research to clinical applications. Leaders in the field examine basic temperament traits, assessment methods, and what brain imaging and molecular genetics reveal about...
Miller's Children
Why Giving Teenage Killers a Second Chance Matters for All of Us
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
Miller’s Children is a passionate and comprehensive look at the human consequences of the US Supreme Court’s decision in the case of *Miller v. Alabama, *which outlaws mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juvenile murderers. The decision to apply the law retroactively to other cases...
Parents and Digital Technology
How to Raise the Connected Generation
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Children today are digital natives, growing up in an age where social media and online communication is the norm. This book is an indispensable guide for parents who may feel they are struggling to keep up, addressing the issues that young people and their families face in the world of modern technology....
Basic Concepts in Family Therapy
An Introductory Text, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Gain confidence and creativity in your family therapy interventions with new, up-to-date research!
Basic Concepts in Family Therapy: An Introductory Text, Second Edition, presents twenty-two basic psychological concepts that therapists may use to understand clients and provide successful services...
Assessment of Trauma in Youths
Understanding issues of age, complexity, and associated variables
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
Assessment of Trauma in Youths: Understanding issues of age, complexity, and associated variables is a collection of articles by well-known specialists in the field of childhood trauma. The articles describe developmental issues in addition to others that are important to the assessment of trauma-exposed...
Parents, Children, and Communication
Frontiers of Theory and Research
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
This is the first edited volume in the communication field to examine parent-child interaction. It creates a framework for future research in this growing area -- family communication, and more specifically, parent-child communication -- and also suggests new areas of communication research among...