Truth About Children and Divorce
Dealing with the Emotions So You and Your Children Can Thrive
$37.31
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
31 January 2006
Summary
Nationally recognized expert Robert Emery applies his twenty-five years of experience as a researcher, therapist, and mediator to offer parents a new road map to divorce. Dr. Emery shows how our powerful emotions and the way we handle them shape how we divorce-and whether our children suffer or thrive in the long run. His message is hopeful, yet realistic-divorce is invariably painful, but parents can help promote their children’s resilience. With compassion and authority, Dr. Emery explains-…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780452287167 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0452287162 |
| Author: | Robert E. Emery |
| Publisher: | Plume |
| Imprint: | Plume |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 31 January 2006 |
| Weight: | 299g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 153mm x 19mm |
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“Finally, an internationally respected scholar tells parents the absolute truth about divorce and its effect on children.”—John Gottman, PhD, author of The Heart of Parenting: Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child
About The Author
Robert E. Emery
Robert E. Emery, Ph.D.,is a professor of psychology and the director of the Center for Children, Families, and the Law at the University of Virginia, where he has spent his entire academic career (beginning in 1981). He received his B.A. from Brown University in 1974 and his Ph.D. from Stony Brook University in 1982. Dr. Emery’s research focuses on family relationships and children’s mental health, including parental conflict, divorce, divorce mediation, child custody, and genetically informed studies of all these issues, as well as associated legal and policy issues. Emery has authored more than 150 scientific publications and several books on divorce. In addition to his research, teaching, and administrative responsibilities, Dr. Emery maintains a practice as a clinical psychologist, divorce mediator, and parenting coordinator. He is the father of five children.
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