Returning Home - Reconnecting With Our Childhoods

The only expectation one can have when returning to visit a childhood home is to be deeply moved in the most unexpected ways. For millions of Americans each year, that journey conjures many emotions, offering a psychological exploration unlike any other. This book describes the experiences of adults who visit a childhood home and the psychology behind their visits. Seeing the buildings, schools, parks and playgrounds from their past helps to establish the psychological and emotional link between the child in the old photographs and the person they are today.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Returning Home
Chapter 2 A Theory of Home Attachment
Chapter 3 A Child's World
Chapter 4 A Place to Be
Chapter 5 A Place to Grow
Chapter 6 A Place to Heal
Chapter 7 When There's No Place Like Home
Chapter 8 The Bigger Picture

About the author

Jerry M. Burger is professor of Psychology at Santa Clara University.

Product details

• Authors: Jerry M Burger, Jerry M. Burger, Burger Jerry M.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9781442206816
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-0681-6
• No. of pages: 152
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Lifespan Development, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Adulthood & Aging, Psychology of ageing, Child & developmental psychology, Age groups: children, Age groups: adults, Child, developmental, and lifespan psychology