The author of The Defining Decade explains why the twenties are the most challenging time of life and reveals essential skills for handling the uncertainties surrounding work, love, friendship, mental health, and more during that decade and beyond.There is a young adult mental health crisis in America. So many twentysomethings are struggling—especially with anxiety, depression, and substance use—yet, as a culture, we are not sure what to think...
Contemporary culture tells us the twenty-something years don't matter. Clinical psychologist Dr Meg Jay argues that this could not be further from the truth.The Defining Decade weaves the latest science of the twenty-something years with real-life stories to show us how work, relationships, identity and even the brain can change more during this decade than at any other time in adulthood.Smart, compassionate and constructive, The Defining Deca...
Our twenties can be challenging. Today, so many twentysomethings are struggling, especially with anxiety and depression, and yet we¿re not sure what to think or do about it. In The Twentysomething Treatment psychologist Dr. Meg Jay explores why and unveils a ground-breaking approach that prioritizes skills over pills.
Our twenties can be challenging. Today, so many twentysomethings are struggling, especially with anxiety and depression, and yet we¿re not sure what to think or do about it. In The Twentysomething Treatment psychologist Dr. Meg Jay explores why and unveils a ground-breaking approach that prioritizes skills over pills.
Revised and reissued for a new generation, The Defining Decade has changed the way millions of twentysomethings think about their twenties -- and themselves.Our "thirty-is-the-new-twenty" culture tells us the twentysomething years don't matter. Some say they are an extended adolescence. Others call them an emerging adulthood. In The Defining Decade, Meg Jay argues that twentysomethings have been caught in a swirl of hype and misinformation, mu...
»Es ist unmöglich, dieses Buch zu lesen, ohne sich darin zu erkennen - klarer, als je zuvor.«
The New York Times
Wer in jungen Jahren mit einer trinkenden Mutter, einem übergriffigen Vater oder mobbenden Mitschülern zu kämpfen hatte, weiß, dass solche Erlebnisse das eigene Verhalten prägen. Psychologin und Erfolgsautorin Meg Jay erklärt, wie wir aus frühen Rückschlägen Positives ziehen können, und aus vermeintlichen Schwächen eine ungeahnte m...
»Es ist unmöglich, dieses Buch zu lesen, ohne sich darin zu erkennen - klarer, als je zuvor.«The New York TimesWer in jungen Jahren mit einer trinkenden Mutter, einem übergriffigen Vater oder mobbenden Mitschülern zu kämpfen hatte, weiß, dass solche Erlebnisse das eigene Verhalten prägen. Psychologin und Erfolgsautorin Meg Jay erklärt, wie wir aus frühen Rückschlägen Positives ziehen können, und aus vermeintlichen Schwächen eine ungeahnte ment...
In this seminal new study of resilience, Meg Jay tells the stories of a diverse group of people who have overcome trauma in their childhoods to go on and live successful lives as adults. These are the 'supernormal', who having shouldered greater than average hardship as children defy expectation and achieve better than average success as adults. But how, and at what cost?Whether it was experiencing parental divorce, or growing up with an alcoh...
Bijna driekwart van alle mensen krijgt tijdens zijn jeugd te maken met een traumatische ervaring. Sommigen worden gepest, anderen verliezen een ouder, maken een echtscheiding mee, of hebben een familielid met een psychische aandoening of een verslaving. Sommige kinderen worden blootgesteld aan huiselijk geweld, sommige emotioneel, lichamelijk of seksueel misbruikt of verwaarloosd.Wonder boven wonder komen de meeste van deze kinderen hun trauma...
The "30-is-the-new-20" culture tells us the twenty-something years don't matter. Some say they are a second adolescence. Others call them an emerging adulthood. Jay draws from a decade of work with hundreds of twenty something clients and students to provide readers essential insight.
Meg Jay, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who specialises in adult development, and twentysomethings in particular. She is an assistant clinical professor at University of Virginia, and maintains a private practice in Charlottesville, Virginia. Jay earned a doctorate in clinical psychology, and in gender studies, from University of California, Berkeley.