Think Positively!: A Course for Developing Coping Skills in Adolescent: A course for developing coping skills in adolescents - Softcover

Frydenberg, Erica

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1441124810 ISBN 13: 9781441124814

Publisher: Continuum, 2010

Synopsis

Thinking Positively, Staying on Top Depression is being experienced in epidemic proportions in many Western societies, and there is great concern over the number of young people who are suffering, sometimes to the extent of committing suicide. This book aims to help prevent stress and depression by taking a positive approach to the promotion of health and well being in young people. Full description

About this title

Review:

'Erica Frydenberg's excellent text, published last year, is a welcome addition to the field of education for personal and emotional learning... an excellent set of resources, clearly based on theory, attractively produced and supported by website materials.' --Educational Review, May 2011

About the Author:

Erica Frydenberg is a clinical, organisational, counselling and educational psychologist. She practiced extensively in the Australian educational setting before joining the staff of the University of Melbourne, where she is an Associate Professor in Psychology in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education. She is a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society and an elected member of its Board 2007-2009. She has authored over 100 academic journal articles and chapters in the field of coping, published psychological instruments to measure coping and developed programs to teach coping skills.

About this edition

• Publisher: Continuum
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1441124810
• ISBN 13: 9781441124814
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 234