Kategoria BISAC: Psychology >> Developmental - Lifespan Development

When to hold on; when to let go--a constant dilemma of parenthood. This timely book examines the balance between these powerful dynamics. How parents can instill confidence and security in children and how professionals can recognize and respond when this process goes awry. Holding too long and too tight? Letting go too soon and too easily? Includes down-to-earth descriptions of family systems and identity development and guidance on remaining an emotional anchor in children's lives as they launch toward independence.

Psychologist Benjamin Garber is author of Keeping Kids...

The book is divided into four sections: (1) Developmental, Neurobiological, Genetic, and Family...

Although a great deal has been written about the development of children, the mother-child relationship, and the differing psychologies of women and men, the study of fathers, fathering, and fatherhood has, until very recently, been virtually ignored. Fathers and Their Families redresses this situation with original contributions covering fathering and fatherhood in their interacting psychological, familial, and social dimensions. In 28 chapters and extensive editorial commentary, the editors and their contributors explore the changing roles of fathers - changes prompted partly by...

Handbook of the Psychology of Aging, Eighth Edition, tackles the biological and environmental influences on behavior as well as the reciprocal interface between changes in the brain and behavior during the course of the adult life span.

The psychology of aging is important to many features of daily life, from workplace and the family, to public policy matters. It is complex, and new questions are continually raised about how behavior changes with age.

Providing perspectives on the behavioral science of aging for diverse disciplines, the handbook explains how the...

Lost & Found is an educative, enlightening and entertaining book aimed at women who are navigating the turbulent waters of midlife. Building upon real cases drawn from her psychotherapy practice, along with statistical data and personal experience, the author paints a picture of the typical challenges of women facing the midlife transition. Then, she maps out a route to reinvention and rebirth. Filled with practical exercises and interventions, Lost & Found is both an exploration of a critical life stage, and a road map to self discovery and change

What determines whether stepfamilies remain together? What helps stepfamilies overcomes the difficulties of remarriage and become mutually supportive family units? How can mental health professionals better support this development? This book brings both clarity and depth to the unique and complex dynamics of remarried families. Patricia Papernow draws on interviews with over 100 stepfamily members, up-to-date research, a solid theoretical framework, and an empathic clinical sensibility to present an insightful model of stepfamily development, the Stepfamily Cycle. This details account of...

The human body is not just a passive device carrying out messages sent by the brain, but rather an integral part of how we think and make decisions. In this groundbreaking book, Sian Beilock, award-winning scientist and author of the highly acclaimed Choke, draws on her own cutting-edge research to turn the conventional understanding of the mind upside down in ways that will revolutionize our lives.

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Non fiction book examines human lives and actions, meaning and purpose. It offers easily understood concepts on all of them and on much more. We are all so called 'programmed' from our birth and after.That is ok unless it is putting breaks on what we can achieve,think and feel. The book offers in easy language, practical tools to improve lives in every way. Using humor and seriously deep ideas this will challenge anyone's understanding of what life is about. 

This is a reinvention of psyvhology and even philosophy, a re consioderation about wthere and what has...

• What if you could transform yourself from head to toe?
• What if you could achieve success within every single...