The New Authority

This book presents a model of authority for parents, teachers and community workers that is suitable for today's free, pluralistic societies.

Klappentext Haim Omer presents a model of authority for parents! teachers and community workers that is suitable for today's free and pluralistic societies. The New Authority thoroughly discusses the underlying theory and provides specific instructions to combat violence and risky behavior at home and in school. Zusammenfassung Haim Omer presents a model of authority for parents! teachers and community workers that is suitable for today's free and pluralistic societies. The New Authority thoroughly discusses the underlying theory and provides specific instructions to combat violence and risky behavior at home and in school.

Auteur

Haim Omer is Professor of Psychology at Tel-Aviv University. He is the author of Critical Interventions in Psychotherapy, Constructing Therapeutic Narratives (with Nahi Alon), Parental Presence, Non-Violent Resistance: A New Approach for Violent and Self-Destructive Children, and The Psychology of Demonization (with Nahi Alon, with a foreword by the Dalai Lama). He has also published articles in Family Process, the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, the American Journal of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy Research, the Journal of Family Therapy, the American Journal of Psychotherapy, the British Journal of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, Familiendynamik and Psychotherapie in Dialog. Dr Omer's books have been translated into Dutch, Japanese, Hebrew, French, Portuguese and German. He routinely lectures in Europe on non-violent resistance and on the new authority.

Contenu

1. The new authority; 2. Vigilant care; 3. Children's violence within the home; 4. Enlisting support in the school; 5. Presence and supervision at school; 6. Publicity and reparation; 7. Involving the students in the campaign against violence; 8. The new authority in the community.