A Practical Guide to Family Psychology: You've had a baby - now what?

by James Powell

Overview

Based on practical, clinically proven, and tried-and-tested approaches, A Practical
Guide to Family Psychologylooks at fifteen major problems that are typically encountered by families. 



A Practical Guide to Family
Psychology provides workable solutions based on experiences that cross cultural boundaries. This Practical Guide is a valuable resource to help child carers - from single parents to grandparents - deal with the difficulties that can arise when bringing up a child.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785784729
Publisher:	Amberley Publishing
Publication date:	04/04/2019
Series:	Practical Guide Series
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	4.65(w) x 6.61(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

James Powell is a clinical psychologist to children, adolescents and families and a consultant psychologist for US military personnel stationed in the UK midlands region. He was previously CEO and senior psychologist for Carolina Psych Group, specialising in behavioural healthcare and mental health services clinic serving families, juveniles, and adults within North Carolina.

Table of Contents

About the author iii

Introduction 1

1 Why have children? 5

2 And Then There Were Three 13

3 The Day After 23

4 Attack of the Wild Things 27

5 Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire! 41

6 Where Have All the Good Things Gone? 57

7 Why is the Trash Bin Always Empty? 73

8 The Daily Horror Show 83

9 Down in the Dumps 91

10 When Band-Aids Are Not Enough 105

11 What's Going On Here? 113

12 The Natives are Restless 125

13 Beyond the Birds and the Bees 139

14 Dangerous Frontiers at Home 159

15 Is That the Headmaster Calling Again? 167

16 When it all goes Pear-shaped 181

17 Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall 191

18 Gone Forever 199

Epilogue 205

Sources 207

Index 211