Showing titles in Adolescent Psychology

Many smart students reach a point where they feel overwhelmed and stressed out. As their grades drop, so does their self-esteem, and this combination of external and internal pressures can seem insurmountable. To make matters worse, students feel unable to ask for or accept help. In The Disintegrating Student, Jeannine Jannot, PhD, draws on her decades of experience as a school psychologist, educator, and student coach to explain the reasons for this increasingly common phenomenon.

How to help our sons grow into happy, successful, capable adults. Recent decades have shown that boys are simply not thriving the way they should be. In Rescuing Our Sons, Dr. Duffy has developed eight practical parenting steps to improve your understanding of your teenager, equip him with life skills to improve his present and his future, and bring your family together.

Talking to your teenager shouldn't be hard, but sometimes it's the most difficult thing in the world. Healthy, open, non-judgemental conversations with young people can be - literally - life-saving. From minor matters (tidiness, homework, sleep) to big and important ones (relationships, mental ill health, drugs and alcohol), teenagers and their parents often struggle to talk to each other. A well-timed conversation, a listening ear, a non-judgemental and receptive attitude - all these can make an enormous and lasting impact on how safely and happily a teenager navigates this crucial stage.

From journalist and author of An Ordinary Age, an examination, dismantling, and reconstruction of ambition, where burnout is the symptom of our holiest sin: the lonely way we strive. Ambition—the want, the hunger, the need to achieve—is woven into America’s fabric from the first...

In The Power of Positivity for Kids: How to Use Positive Thoughts for Kids to Grow a Positive Mind, parenting author Frank Dixon shows parents how to teach positive thinking in a realistic way — without ignoring problems or forcing fake happiness. You’ll learn how to build resilience, reinforce positive behavior, and help your child respond to challenges with calmer emotions and a stronger attitude.

Kids are coming out as trans at younger and younger ages, which is a good thing for them. But what written resources are available to parents, teachers, and mental health professionals who need to support these children? Elijah C. Nealy, a therapist and former deputy executive director of New York City’s LGBT Community Center, and himself a trans man, has written the first-ever comprehensive guide to understanding, supporting, and welcoming trans kids, covering everything from family life to school and mental health issues, as well as much more.

The best-selling The Parallel Process revised and updated new edition contains new chapters and other valuable insights and information from the author integrated throughout the book. It also contains moving and poignant forewords by a care provider and parent.

An urgently needed guide to help parents understand their teenagers’ intense and often fraught emotional lives—and how to support them through this critical developmental stage—from the New York Times bestselling author of Untangled and Under Pressure In teenagers, powerful emotions come...

An editor at This American Life reveals the searing story of the secret binge-eating that dominated her adolescence and shapes her still. “Her tale of compulsion and healing is candid and powerful.”—People NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MARIE CLAIRE For almost thirty years...

A teen version of the #1 Bestselling Coping Skills for Kids Workbook, this version is written specifically with a tween/teen audience (age 11+) in mind. There are 60 coping strategies included in the book, and it's divided into Coping Styles to make searching for a coping skill easier. This audiobook also references multiple worksheets, Wellness Plan and Self Care Plan available for download. Additional resources are available as well available at the Coping Skills for Kids website.

When parents seek therapy for their child, they assume that their role will be to find a therapist, set up an appointment, and transport their child to and from each session with the hope that things will get better. We now know that parents are the missing piece of trauma therapy (though the...

Experts and the general public are convinced that young people today are trapped in an extended adolescence - coddled, unaccountable, and more reluctant to take on adult responsibilities than previous generations. Nancy Hill and Alexis Redding argue that what is perceived as stalled development is in fact typical. Those reprimanding today's youth have forgotten that they once balked at the transition to adulthood themselves.

From renowned developmental psychologist and host of the podcast Raising Good Humans, a revolutionary field guide to the science of temperament-and why understanding it changes everything about how you parent. The same genetic trait that makes someone vulnerable to stress also makes them more...

We are more connected than ever—and yet millions of people feel exhausted, anxious, isolated, overwhelmed, and quietly unhappy. Why? The pressures of modern life have created a new landscape of emotional struggle. Constant notifications, social media comparison, workplace demands, financial pressure, loneliness, disrupted sleep, relationship difficulties, and the expectation to appear successful can leave people struggling behind the scenes while appearing perfectly fine on the outside. This book takes an honest look at what is happening—and, more importantly, what can be done about it.

La depressione è una delle forme più comuni di disagio psicologico; si stima che ne soffrano oltre 280 milioni di persone in tutto il mondo. Sebbene sia estremamente comune, fortunatamente è che è anche facilmente trattabile. Basato su tre decenni di conoscenze ed esperienze del Dr Tim Sharp, Abitudini per combattere la depressione è un programma in 10 passi per guidarti lungo il tuo percorso personale verso la comprensione, la gestione e infine il controllo della depressione.

تجاوز صمت مرحلة المراهقة وأعد بناء جسور التواصل الفعال مع أبنائك عبر استراتيجيات تربوية تحول القلق الأبوي لحوار آمن. عندما ينسحب الأبناء نحو الاستقلالية، يتحول...

Supere os impasses da psicoterapia e guie adolescentes em sofrimento com estratégias de aconselhamento clínico seguras. Ideal para profissionais buscando aprimoramento focado durante o trajeto para o consultório, este guia oferece um mapa estruturado para lidar com a intensidade emocional...

Transforme o caos familiar em rotinas calmas desenvolvendo o foco e o autocontrole das crianças de maneira acolhedora. Ideal para escutar no trânsito, este guia prático oferece estratégias reais para pais exaustos lidarem com a desorganização e a sobrecarga diária. Substitua a culpa por...

حوّل الفوضى ونسيان الواجبات إلى بيئة هادئة تدعم التركيز عبر استراتيجيات تربوية تطور المهارات التنفيذية. بدلا من الإرهاق المستمر عند مواجهة التسويف أو نوبات...

Trasforma il disagio adolescenziale in opportunità di crescita con strumenti clinici essenziali per la psicoterapia. Chi lavora ogni giorno con i giovani sa quanto sia complessa la sfida di creare uno spazio di ascolto empatico e strutturato, capace di accogliere un mondo interiore in tumulto...