Michael Ungar
Auteur van Too Safe for Their Own Good: How Risk and Responsibility Help Teens Thrive
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Michael Ungar, PhD, RMFT, RSW, is a professor of social work and the Canada Research Chair in Child, Family, and Community Resilience at Dalhousie University. He is among the best-known writers and researchers on the topic of resilience in the world and the author of 16 books that have been toon meer translated into five languages; numerous manuals for parents, educators, and employers; as well as more than 200 scientific papers. His blog "Nurturing Resilience" can be found on Psychology Today's website. Dr. Ungar is also the Founder and Director of the Resilience Research Centre, former chair of the Nova Scotia Mental Health and Addictions Strategy, executive board member of the American Family Therapy Academy, and a family therapist who works with mental health services for individuals and families at risk. toon minder
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The author is a social worker who has written nine nonfiction books. His knowledge of the welfare system shows as the book rings true in terms of situations and characters.
Different characters help others in various ways, raising quesitons about what helping someone really means to both the helper and the recipient -- a thought-provoking issue that this book raised for me.… (meer)