Kairen Cullen – författare

Develop and improve your relationship with teenagers. The teenage years are complex, exciting and often turbulent. Growth, development and learning are intrinsic to this period and every teenage experience is different. For anyone who cares about a teenager's wellbeing, development and learning, this Practical Guide offers a theoretically informed way of thinking about, understanding and actually living with teenagers. Focusing on the three major issues prevalent in teenage years: achievement, belonging and control, and the behaviours that fall within these categories, experienced professional educational psychologist Kairen Cullen expertly draws upon a wealth of experience and the different psychological theories and approaches that can be used to address each issue.

'Dr Cullen provides the reader with a wealth of knowledge, highly perceptive insights and practical strategies in a clear well-written book that will be very useful for both parents and teenagers to read and use. Highly recommended.' - Tim Francis, HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist (Educational)An original, theoretically informed way of thinking about, understanding and actually living with teenagers.Complex, exciting and often turbulent, every teenage experience is different, and growth, development and learning are intrinsic to these years. This book is for anyone who cares about a teenager's wellbeing, development and learning.Experienced professional educational psychologist Kairen Cullen, parent of four adult children, draws upon a wealth of experience as she looks at the areas of particular challenge in the teenage years, and the different psychological theories and approaches that can be used to address them. Full of case studies, practical tips and exercises, this guide focuses on the three major issues prevalent in teenage years: achievement, belonging and control, and the behaviours that fall within these categories. Underpinning everything with educational psychology literature and psychology theory in general, Dr Kairen Cullen expertly explains how the reader can develop and improve their relationships with teenagers.

Kisane, a professional psychologist and Ralph, a senior construction manager met as children, married young, raised three daughters and like so many long-married couples are comfortable but bored. Kisane is being bullied at work and dreams of having her own practice. She offers private services to one of her schools and this leads her into the glamorous world of professional football when she gets involved with a top football manager and his family. Ralph, successful in his field and happy enough but struggling with the ageing process is tempted by a beautiful, troubled younger woman, the architect for his current project.Kisane's work with a pupil referral unit and the football club lead to her getting stabbed in a local park. She knows that Danny, one of the unit boys is involved but is unsure whether he is helping her or is an accomplice to her attackers. Later, several boys from the unit, Danny and his father are found dead. At the same time Ralph is dealing with the discovery of child pornography on his site and some disturbing disclosures and developments involving his architect and would-be mistress.Ralph and Kisane's different worlds come together when the police become interested in their connections with the missing boy, the architect, the Local Education Authority where Kisane is employed and also the football club. As the crime that links all these is solved, so too is the problem of how Ralph and Kisane can continue their lives together.