Psychology

Although every bookstore has shelves full of 'how to'-books for parents, we have relatively little solid knowledge about child rearing, and even less about parenting. The main contention of this study is that the field of psychology has neglected to address the dilemmas of being a parent.

This book introduces art therapeutic interventions, exercises and assignments with a multicultural approach. It is meant for international use, as a guide for professionals and volunteers dealing with the relief and treatment of victims of abuse, violence, war and nature disasters.

This book is about the risks children and adolescents meet on their way to adulthood and how to protect them from these risks.

The articles presented in this book are papers prepared by psychologists involved in the research problem 'Human Creativity Activity'. They constitute an attempt to look into the problems of creativity from the perspective of the psychic processes and mechanisms that condition it.

During his work with primary and secondary schools in Israel, Jeroen M. Petri combined diagnostic work with gathering information concerning the social dynamics between pupils, teachers and parents, and developed a method of approaching problems based on interactive questionnaires.

What are the consequences of experiences of war, such as bombardments, the loss of family members, the destruction of one's house, and on top of these, of flight and migration for psychological well-being? In what way do survivors cope with painful memories, in the short or long run? Is an intervention program offering counseling effective in its attempts to alleviate daily stresses and to strenghten capacities to face future difficulties?