Developmental

This is a story for children who are anxious or obsessional. Willy is an anxious boy who experiences the world as a very unsafe, wobbly place where anything awful might happen at any time. Joe, the boy next door, is too ordered and tidy to be able to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsRunner-up for IndieFab awards (Psychology) 2007.Book InformationISBN 9781577315513Author Bill PlotkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint New World LibraryPublisher New...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733570343Author Catherine a YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Granite Swan PressPublisher Granite Swan PressWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm)...

It's time to transform everyday life with a toddler for the better. This delightfully easy-to-use book provides friendly and helpful advice to support parents and toddlers during their trickiest moments.Dr Cathryn Tobin helps parents to see matters from...

'Parents ... you will be wowed and awed by [Dr. Shefali].' - Oprah WinfreyBecome the awakened parent you've always wanted to be and watch your children thrive.All parents have aspirations for their children but for some these hopes turn into unrealistic...

Our understanding of how the human brain performs mathematical calculations is far from complete, but in recent years there have been many exciting breakthroughs by scientists all over the world. Now, in The Number Sense, Stanislas Dehaene offers a...

Our twenties can be challenging. Today, so many twentysomethings are struggling, especially with anxiety and depression, and yet we’re not sure what to think or do about it. In The Twentysomething Treatment psychologist Dr. Meg Jay explores why and...

A guidebook to help children who:are trying to manage their too painful feelings by themselvesdo not let themselves cry, protest or say that they are scaredare living with too many unresolved painful emotions from the pasthave had disturbing,...

The author of Choice Theory and Reality Therapy offers a powerful approach for helping troubled teens. In his decades as a therapist, Dr William Glasser has often counselled parents and teenagers. His advice has healed shattered families and changed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062657787Author Madeline LevineFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 202mm...

Praise for the author:'Deborah Plummer uses imagination and empowerment to move children and adults from discouragement to success.'- The Canadian Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Review'Deborah Plummer shows a fundamental respect for a child's integrity...

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Utilising her wealth of material and experience, Raphael-Leff explores various aspects of 'the inside story' of pregnancy. She answers such questions as: What meanings does childbearing have in the internal world? How does a pregnant woman live with two...

This highly influential work--now in a revised and expanded third edition incorporating major advances in the field--gives clinicians, educators, and students a new understanding of what the mind is, how it grows, and how to promote healthy development...

A groundbreaking guide to managing the emotional and behavioral components of your child's sensory processing challenges Imagine having the flu, while lying in a bed of ants, listening to heavy metal at high volume, and trying to do calculus. Now...

The Myth of Attachment Theory confronts the uncritical acceptance of attachment theory - challenging its scientific basis and questioning the relevance in our modern, superdiverse and multicultural society - and exploring the central concern of how...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781328502667Author Nadine Burke HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

* BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK * 'A joyously life-enhancing book [that] shatters the myths about ageing' Daily Mail Carl Honore captured the zeitgeist with his international sensation, In Praise of Slow. In Bolder, he introduces us to another rising...

EVER THOUGHT LIFE ISN'T TURNING OUT QUITE AS YOU EXPECTED? Growing up, Katharine Welby-Roberts imagined that being an adult was one big party. But depression, anxiety and crippling self-doubt led her to alienate herself from others. To replay events...

Disorganized attachment, the most extreme form of insecure attachment, can develop in a child when the person who is normally meant to protect them is a source of danger. This usually leads to 'fear without solution' and the effects can be lasting and...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, is one of the most common developmental disorders, with an average of 9 per cent of US children between the ages of five and seventeen diagnosed each year. It is also one of the most controversial. Since...

In answer to the crisis in girls' mental health, the UK's best selling parenting author, Steve Biddulph brings an interactive learning guide rich in content and interactive elements to help parents be prepared and self-aware in providing for their...

In The Spiritual Child, psychologist Lisa Miller presents the next big idea in psychology: the science and the power of spirituality. She explains the clear, scientific link between spirituality and health and shows that children who have a positive,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780609809884Author Dr. Haim G. GinottFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 198gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593538333Author Catherine PearlmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647391263Author Melissa LaVigneFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge PressWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 239mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374525439Author Alice MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncWeight(grams)...

Girls today are motivated and hardworking. In school, they regularly outperform boys. But beneath the confident and strong exteriors of many girls lies a brittle sense of self. Girls are much more likely to experience anxiety and depression than boys,...

An intimate glimpse inside a silent epidemic that is harming teens, and a pathway for parents to help them reclaim the restorative power of sleep. If you could protect your child from unnecessary anxiety, depression, and chronic stress, and foster a...

"Picturing myself dying in a way I choose myself seems so comforting, healing and heroic. I'd look at my wrists, watch the blood seeping, and be a spectator in my last act of self-determination. By having lost all my self-respect it seems like the last...

The Making of a Female Serial Killer"In America's First Female Serial Killer, McBrayer offers us a complex and terrifying portrait of a killer who seemed almost doomed from birth." Kate Winkler Dawson, author of American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476792033Author Alicia F LiebermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 211mm...

Do you ever feel so frustrated with school, friends, parents, and life in general that you lose control of your emotions and lash out? You shouldn't feel ashamed. Being a teen in today's world is hard, but it's even harder when you're unable to keep your...

The Family and Individual Development represents a decade of writing from a thinker who was at the peak of his powers as perhaps the leading post-war figure in developmental psychiatry. In these pages, Winnicott chronicles the complex inner lives of...

Perfect for courses in child development or developmental psychology and arranged thematically in sections corresponding to chapter headings usually found in textbooks, this book is ideal for students wanting an accessible book to enrich their learning...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739302603Author Ashley CostelloFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Resilient People LtdPublisher Resilient People LtdWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm)...

Though Jung's main researches have centred on the subject of individuation as an adult ideal he has a unique contribution to make to the psychology of childhood.Jung repeatedly underlined the importance of the psychology of parents and teachers in a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593419410Author Carol Stock KranowitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm)...

'There is no doubt a greater awareness now of the significance of twin loss than there was ten years ago. I think that this is largely due to a big increase in articles, radio and television programmes as well as the spread of the Network. The well-known...

Understanding 4-5-year-olds gives a thoughtful overview of the challenges that children face as they gradually move away from a strong attachment to their families and turn towards the wider world of school and life outside the family.Lesley Maroni...