★ This book is by Dr. Eric Maisel, an internationally renowned psychotherapist, creativity coach, advocate of critical psychology, and best-selling author!
★ How to raise children in the "age of mental disorders"? This book offers a comprehensive analysis of adolescent psychology, encouraging parents and educators to stand united with their children, providing an in-depth understanding of the struggles and behaviors of adolescence, and enabling families, schools, and society to support our children more effectively.
★ It introduces new adaptive concepts in modern psychology such as "God-Bug Syndrome", "Racing Brain", "High Anxiety", and "The Psychology of Teen Solitude", which have been excerpted or published by platforms like Psychology Today.

Get the Inside Scoop on Teenage Psychology
Our teens are our future so it’s only right that we invest in understanding them! This guide book provides solutions to improve teenage issues and interpersonal communication.

Helpful guide to understanding teenage psychology. In Why Smart Teens Hurt, Dr. Eric Maisel, best-selling author of Why Smart People Hurt, and one of the world’s leading experts on the issues of childhood, shares a unique exploration of the teen problems adolescents face. Maisel guides us on what it’s like to inhabit the racing, often troubled realm of teenage psychology, and he provides powerful strategies to help parents and smart teens alike.

Healthy ways to address teenage issues. Teen parenting books usually look at teenagers as objects. But Why Smart Teens Hurt empowers parents to be empathetic towards their teens while also understanding the struggles of adolescence and teenage behavior. Parents will gain a new level of understanding and a new appreciation of their smart teen’s reality.

Inside, you’ll find:

A comprehensive breakdown of teenage psychology
Strategies and solutions to help your smart teen reach their full potential
A uniquely crafted reading experience for both parents and teens

Dr. Eric Maisel
Dr. Eric Maisel is an internationally renowned psychotherapist, creativity coach, author, and advocate of critical psychology. Dr. Maisel is recognized as the leading creativity coach in the United States and the founder of the creativity coaching industry. He not only trains creativity coaches both domestically and internationally but also provides core training for the Creativity Coaching Association. His column "Guiding the Inner Artist" is published monthly in Professional Artist Magazine. He is dedicated to helping people create meaning in their lives, seize opportunities, and break through their limits to maximize their creativity and potential.

As a psychotherapist, Dr. Maisel has extensive clinical experience and has specialized in family therapy for many years. He is also a prominent leader in the critical psychology movement, constantly rethinking mental health and challenging traditional concepts. He writes the "Reinventing Mental Health" blog for Psychology Today, a monthly column for Professional Artist Magazine, and is a regular contributor to Mad in America, through which he spreads his unique psychological ideas.

Dr. Eric Maisel was interviewed by the English edition of Shanghai Daily in April 2021.

Dr. Maisel has delivered keynote speeches at organizations such as the International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry and the American Mental Health Counselors Association, and his speeches and workshops are widely popular. He also holds in-depth writing workshops in various places around the world, including Paris, London, New York, Dublin, Prague, and Rome, collaborating with lawyers, doctors, scientists, writers, painters, businesspeople, and people from all walks of life to enhance their creativity, solve psychological problems, and achieve personal growth.

In addition, Dr. Maisel has taught tens of thousands of students through courses on DailyOM and provided hundreds of articles, radio, and television interviews to journalists, sharing his professional knowledge and insights through multiple channels, with a wide and profound influence.

He has authored over 50 books covering creativity, mental health, critical psychology, writing, cultural trends, and many other fields. His works have been translated into more than a dozen languages and are widely loved by readers. Among them, "Reconstructing Cognition: Using Visualized Imagination to Reshape Thinking", "Are You Really Depressed If You Think You Are?", and "The Self-Help Guide to Quitting Halfway" have been published in China.

His books on creative life challenges include "Fearless Creativity", "Cultivating the Inner Artist", "Creative Recovery", "Van Gogh's Blues", and "Mastering Creative Anxiety".

His books specifically for writers include "Deep Writing", "Writing for Life", "The Writer's Life", "The Writer's Space", "The Writer's Paris", and "The Writer's San Francisco".

Dr. Maisel has also written extensively in the fields of critical psychology and critical psychiatry, and is a thought leader in these areas, advocating for major changes in mental health paradigms and practices. His works in these fields include "Rethinking Depression" (Chinese version: "Are You Really Depressed If You Think You Are?"), "The Future of Mental Health" (Routledge), and "Humanitarian Help" (Routledge).

Other books he has written for mental health professionals include "Helping Parents of Diagnosed, Troubled, and Different Children", "60 Innovative Cognitive Strategies for Smart, Sensitive, and Creative People", and "Helping Survivors of Authoritarian Parents, Siblings, and Partners", all published by Routledge.