Explains and summarises the science of developmental psychopathology for clinicians and other professionals who work with maltreated children and those at risk. The authors focus particularly on how maltreatment differentially affects children at key stages of their lives, ranging from infancy to early adulthood, so that clinicians can be aware of ......
In this extensively revised edition, Martha Ann Bell and her contributors synthesize the newest research on how cognitive and emotional processes influence each other in child development. Historically, research in child development has treated cognitive processes as separate and distinct from social-emotional processes. However, many of the ......
Addresses the codevelopment of emotional and cognitive processes. This book demonstrates the codependence of emotional and cognitive processes, noting that both processes are clearly necessary for successful regulation of thought and behavior and that children with early adjustment difficulties often have deficits in both types of processing.
Part of a series which is intended for educational purposes for mental health professionals. This title demonstrates part of a 5-phase approach to family law evaluation in child custody cases.
An examination of the process of creative expression in child art from a socio-cultural and historical perspective. The author addresses the question of whether children's primitive forms reflect immature cognitive and emotional development, finding that she disagrees with this notion.
Human development doesnt occur in a vacuum. Rather, it is deeply rooted in, and affected by, culture. This textbook examines how culture affects several domains of development, including cognition, emotion, sociolinguistics, peer relationships, family relationships, and more. The chapters highlight differences between WEIRD cultures ......
Methods described in this book can help clients to 'arrive at', or fully experience, their painful maladaptive emotions, and then 'leave' these emotions by accessing new, adaptive emotions. These methods include helping clients sit with painful feelings, access bodily felt experience, and articulate the meaning of an emotion.
This much-anticipated follow-up to the critically-acclaimed and bestselling The Fantasy Bond tackles the complex question of why so many of us are compelled to repeat the pain of our past while avoiding positive experiences that could enrich our lives. Why are many of us compelled to repeat the pain of our past, while avoiding positive ......
This volume raises questions about the nature and universality of naturally occurring concepts in human thinking. The work suggests that categories can differ significantly across cultures with respect to fundamental human concepts such as space, time, and objecthood.
