I Still Love You: Nine Things Troubled Kids Need from Their Parents - Softcover

Ungar, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1459729838 ISBN 13: 9781459729834

Publisher: Dundurn Press, 2014

Synopsis

Therapist Michael Ungar uses the struggles of three families and his own history to help the parents of difficult children.

Family therapist Michael Ungar, internationally renowned for his work on child and youth resilience, takes us into his world each Wednesday, when he meets with three families with very troubled children. Here, Michael shares a side of himself that is not the all-knowing therapist: he too was a troubled teen, growing up in an emotionally and physically abusive home.

In the book, Michael shares nine things that all troubled kids need from their parents that will help them turn their lives around and flourish: 

• Structure 
• Consequences 
• Parent-child connections 
• Lots of peer and adult relationships 
• A powerful identity 
• A sense of control
• A sense of belonging, spirituality, and life purpose 
• Fair and just treatment by others 
• Safety and support 

Hopeful in tone, and using knowledge gathered from Michael’s work around the world, I Still Love You shows that it is never too late to help our children change and reconnect with those who will always love them.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Ungar is a professor of social work and a marriage and family therapist based at Dalhousie University. He is internationally recognized for his work in more than a dozen countries on resilience and at-risk youth, and appears regularly on radio and television. Michael lives in Halifax.

Michael Ungar is a professor of social work and a marriage and family therapist based at Dalhousie University. He is internationally recognized for his work in more than a dozen countries on resilience and at-risk youth, and appears regularly on radio and television. Michael lives in Halifax.

Review:

"Michael Ungar, Ph.D., is back with another thought-provoking, practical book for parents of preteens and teens who are suffering.... A compassionate and realistic parenting guide." (Ann Douglas, author of The Mother of All Pregnancy Books)

"Inspired, practical, and honest, I Still Love You is a handbook that belongs on every family's bookshelf." (Katy Hutchison, author of Walking After Midnight: One Woman’s Journey Through Murder, Justice, and Forgiveness)

About this edition

• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1459729838
• ISBN 13: 9781459729834
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208