How do you cope with the difficult task of parenting children and teenagers successfully in a rapidly changing social and educational world? This book explains the key background features and influences on children’s emotional and behavioural development and offers an understanding, using a step-by-step approach, of how to help young people develop into well-adjusted adults.
Dr Thorley has over 25 years as a clinical child psychologist dealing with common child and adolescent behavioural problems He offers an easy to read, friendly and informative guide, giving practical advice and strategies, including some real-life case studies, for parents and carers to help them through the long, adventurous journey of parenting.
Dr Thorley is Head Consultant in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology for one of the largest health districts in the UK. He has held postdoctoral research posts at the University of London (Institutes of Psychiatry and Child Health) and honorary clinical posts at the Maudsley Hospital and Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London.
Dr Thorley has written over 20 research articles and book chapters and has a special interest in parenting issues and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
He has four grown up children and with his wife, was for many years a foster parent. He is a keen walker, and when not exploring local paths regularly visits other countries for mountain walking and trekking. His other interests include gardening, art and photography.