How to Raise Resilient Older Teens and Young Adults The Positive Psychology Guide to Thriving Together

1.      Understanding Your Young Adult

2.      Parents First

3.      How Positive Psychology Can Help Your Young Adult Thrive

4.      Our Amazing Adaptable Brain

5.      The Positive Psychology Pharmacy: Learning Concerns

·       Perfectionism

·       Dealing with negative feedback

·       Lack of motivation

·       Procrastination

·       Academic pressure

6.      The Positive Psychology Pharmacy: Social Concerns

·       Social comparison through social media

·       Loneliness

·       Making friends

·       My digital devices rule me

7.      The Positive Psychology Pharmacy: Personal Issues

·       Feeling lost

·       Anxiety

·       Lack of self-belief

·       Everyone seems to get opportunities except me

8.      The Positive Psychology Pharmacy: Navigating Change

·       Starting college and university

·       Never struggled before

·       Which career is right for me?

·       Career anxiety

·       Artificial intelligence (AI)

9.      Mental Strength Menus

Biography

 Bryony Shaw is a Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) and Associate Fellow (AFBPsS) of the British Psychological Society. She is a member of their Division of Coaching Psychology, and the Division of Academics, Researchers & Teachers in Psychology. She has a Masters Degree in Applied Positive Psychology and is a Personal Performance Coach (ICF Accredited). She is also an A-level Psychology teacher and has been teaching for 20 years.

Ask any parent what they want for their children and the most common response will be for them to be happy. But how do parents achieve this? Bryony’s specialist expertise, backed by scientific research, gives you simple and effective instructions about how to enable your children to flourish and thrive.

Dan Collinson, Principal Consultant - Skills Discovery.

 

Bryony has created something truly special in this book. She translates rigorous positive psychology science into practical tools that benefit everyone, adults and young people alike. Making it essential reading for anyone who wants to enhance their wellbeing and boost resilience.

Lesley Lyle MAPP, Positive Psychology Practitioner & Founder, The Positive Psychology People.

 

Bursting with practical wisdom and creative strategies, this book is a must-have for any parent or guardian eager to help young people flourish. With clear, actionable guidance on an impressive range of positive psychology exercises, including gratitude, self-compassion, and harnessing strengths, it transforms positive psychology into everyday tools parents and their developing teen or young adult can use together. The book’s engaging explanations, whether unpacking wellbeing concepts or demystifying the neuroscience of stress, make it easy to understand.

What truly sets this guide apart is its inventive “Positive Psychology Pharmacy,” which tackles real-life challenges like procrastination, social comparison, technological developments and major transitions with warmth and clarity. The playful menu-style activity packages,starters, mains, sides, and desserts invite parents and emerging adults to build their own pathway to resilience. Grounded in research yet refreshingly accessible, this book empowers families to take meaningful steps to support their children's wellbeing and flourishing as they become adults in today's complex and uncertain world.

Ceri Sims PhD, CPsychol. Chartered Coaching Psychologist & Consultant, Higher Education Consultant, Researcher & PhD Supervisor, Former Associate Professor of Psychology