{"product_id":"mind-over-monsters-isbn-9780807007570","title":"Mind over Monsters","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn investigation into the mental health crisis affecting young adults today, and an impassioned argument for creating learning environments characterized both by compassion and challenge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlarming statistics in recent years indicate that mental health problems like depression and anxiety have been skyrocketing among youth. To identify solutions, psychologist and professor Sarah Rose Cavanagh interviews a roster of experts across the country who are dedicating their lives to working with young people to help them actualize their goals, and highlights voices of college students from a range of diverse backgrounds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCavanagh also brings the reader on an invigorating tour of pedagogical, neuroscientific, and psychological research on mental health—one that involves her own personal journey from panic to equilibrium.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe result of these combined sources of inquiry indicates that to support youth mental health, we must create what Cavanagh calls \u003ci\u003ecompassionate challenge\u003c\/i\u003e—first, we need to cultivate learning and living environments characterized by compassion, and then, we need to guide our youth into practices that encourage challenge, helping them face their fears in an encouraging, safe, and even playful way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMind over Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for teachers, administrators, parents, and young people themselves.PREFACE\u003cbr\u003eMonster Night\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART ONE: CRISIS, COMPASSION, CHALLENGE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER ONE\u003cbr\u003eCrisis and Complexities\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER TWO\u003cbr\u003eOur Youth Need Compassionate Challenge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART TWO: BODIES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 3\u003cbr\u003eInfused with Eros—Embodied Mental Health\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 4\u003cbr\u003eUnruly Bodies in an Unpredictable World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART THREE: BELIEFS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER FIVE\u003cbr\u003eSeeking Oneself—Energy and Value\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER SIX\u003cbr\u003eDetermining Oneself—Direction and Expectancy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART FOUR: BEHAVIORS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER SEVEN\u003cbr\u003eArousal, Action, and Uncertainty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER EIGHT\u003cbr\u003ePlay and Improvisational Learning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONCLUSION\u003cbr\u003eThe Monster at the End of This Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex“Educators and caregivers alike will find plenty of ways to help young people thrive.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is an important book. It makes a valuable contribution to the literature on teaching and learning, tackling an urgent mental health crisis and how we can build the learning environments that will help students overcome that crisis and thrive. As a bonus, readers will find Cavanagh’s writing witty and imaginative, giving us insights that can transform college experiences.”\u003cbr\u003e—Ken Bain, president of the Best Teachers Institute and author of \u003ci\u003eWhat the Best College Teachers Do\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Most current rhetoric about teaching and learning tends to frame challenging students and acting with compassion as mutually exclusive enterprises. But, as Sarah Rose Cavanagh reminds us in this beautifully written defense of humane teaching, that dichotomy has always been a false choice. Challenge without compassion is simply hazing, but compassion without challenge atrophies the vast potential and possibilities in our students. Neither is sufficient for our moment, Cavanagh shows us. Rather, ‘compassionate challenge’ is the best way to do this work while still honoring and preserving our humanity. The crises we face are monstrous problems indeed. \u003ci\u003eMind over Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e neither evades nor surrenders to this bleak reality but gives us the tools to create learning spaces offering both sanctuary and liberation. It is an essential book.”\u003cbr\u003e—Kevin Gannon, author of \u003ci\u003eRadical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Sarah Rose Cavanagh makes clear the value diverse faculty bring to the classroom, student learning, and campuses, articulating constructs that are deeply aligned with the research on the excellent teaching practices of diverse faculty.”\u003cbr\u003e—Chavella T. Pittman, PhD, founder of Effective \u0026amp; Efficient Faculty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Like a conversation with a smart, hopeful, and passionate friend, Sarah Rose Cavanagh artfully shares her journey with anxiety and mixes in interviews with diverse students and experts. Educators, parents, and students will appreciate her call for learning environments that provide a sense of security and belonging so students can safely engage in risk and overcome their fears.”\u003cbr\u003e—Kelly Hogan and Viji Sathy, authors of \u003ci\u003eInclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Sarah Rose Cavanagh’s \u003ci\u003eMind Over Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e is the book we need now—now, when the teen mental health crisis has reached alarming proportions. With thoughtful nuance, clear-eyed observation, and a sure grasp of the evidence, Cavanagh delivers a message to parents, teachers, and everyone else who cares about adolescents: what young people need from us is compassionate support and invigorating challenge. Her book is both reassuring and inspiring—a must-read for everyone who knows and loves a teenager.”\u003cbr\u003e—Annie Murphy Paul, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Extended Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“There’s a lot of bluster and a lot of people convinced they have the ‘one true thing’ about how we should be supporting the mental health of young people. But these issues are complex, not simple. I personally count on Sarah Rose Cavanagh as someone who will grapple with these complexities, while still providing a clear pathway towards helping people thrive.”\u003cbr\u003e—John Warner, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Writer’s Practice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Rose Cavanagh\u003c\/b\u003e is the senior associate director for teaching and learning at the Center for Faculty Excellence and an associate professor of practice in psychology at Simmons University. Her research considers whether the strategies people choose to regulate their emotions and the degree to which they successfully accomplish this regulation can predict trajectories of psychological functioning over time. Sarah’s books include \u003ci\u003eThe Spark of Learning: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHIVEMIND: The New Science of Tribalism in Our Divided World\u003c\/i\u003e. 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