Publications
SMART LOVE PUBLICATIONS
Smart Love offers a range of publications for those interested in learning more about how to apply the Smart Love™ principles in their own lives and families.
PARENTING TITLES
Smart Love: The Comprehensive Guide to Understanding, Regulating and Enjoying your Child
by Martha Heineman Pieper, Ph.D., and William J. Pieper, M.D. (Smart Love Press, 2011)
Smart Love is a caring and patient approach to parenting created and tested by the husband-and-wife team of Dr. Martha Heineman Pieper and Dr. William J. Pieper. It replaces the old rewards-and-punishments style of parenting parenting as behavior modification which turns parents into disciplinarians, which they don t want to be, and which treats children as miniature adults, which they aren't. Smart Love enables parents to understand the world through the eyes of their child at each stage of development. To "Smart Love" is to cultivate children's inner happiness while managing their behavior in age-appropriate ways, which ensures that children will grow up well behaved, responsible, self-confident, and able to reach their full potentials.
This remarkable book is enlightening parents everywhere about the Smart Love approach to parenting. Sesame Street creator Joan Ganz Cooney praises Smart Love as “a terrific book of practical tips, psychological insights, and wise child-rearing philosophy for parents and other caregivers of children.”
Smart Love Solutions in Early Childhood: A Handbook for Parents, Teachers, and Caregivers
by Martha Heineman Pieper, Ph.D., and William J. Pieper, M.D. (Smart Love Family Services, April 2010)
Complementing the opening of Smart Love Preschool, the Piepers present Smart Love Solutions in Early Childhood: A Handbook for Parents, Teachers, and Caregivers. Many parents turned to the Piepers with their most pressing parenting questions. This book contains the answers they have provided to guide parents, teachers and caregivers through children's early years.
Smart Love Solutions for School-Age Children and Teens: A Handbook for Parents, Teachers, and Caregivers
by Martha Heineman Pieper, Ph.D., and William J. Pieper, M.D. (Smart Love Family Services, 2012)
This companion title to Smart Love Solutions in Early Childhood offers the same insightful and useful advice for the older child.
Mommy, Daddy, I Had a Bad Dream!
by Martha Heineman Pieper, Ph.D. (Smart Love Press, 2012)
This endearing children’s story helps children and parents alike make sense of the nearly universal experience of having a bad dream. Winner of the Bronze Award from the Independent Publisher (IPPY) in the National Category of Children’s Books and the Mom's Choice Awards Highest Honor, Gold Seal of Excellence, this story tells of Joey, a happy bouncy kangaroo, who has a series of bad dreams and how his parents lovingly help him understand them. “Dreams are stories we tell ourselves for a reason,” says Joey’s father. Children will be fascinated and enlightened as Joey learns to put himself back to sleep feeling comforted and in charge.
Jilly’s Terrible Temper Tantrums: And How She Outgrew Them
by Martha Heineman Pieper, Ph.D. (Smart Love Press, 2017)
When Jilly, a happy little kangaroo, has a series of Terrible Temper Tantrums, her parents lovingly help her through them. Children will be very familiar with the frustrations that trigger Jilly's upset feelings, and will applaud her dawning understanding that seeking help and a hug is far superior to the misery of a temper tantrum. Winner of a Gold Mom's Choice Award and First Place in Purple Dragonfly Awards in the categories of Picture Books and Growing Pains.
ADULT SELF-HELP
Addicted to Unhappiness: How Hidden Motives For Unhappiness Keep You From Creating The Life You Truly Want, And What You Can Do
by Martha Heineman Pieper, Ph.D., and William J. Pieper, M.D. (McGraw-Hill, 2002, 2004, 2019).
Everyone is born with the potential to live fulfilled lives, but many find it difficult to realize that potential. Using real-life examples, the authors provide insights and effective strategies that will help anyone choose and maintain the happiness he or she deserves.
PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC
Intrapsychic Humanism: An Introduction to a Comprehensive Psychology and Philosophy of Mind
by Martha Heineman Pieper, Ph.D., and William J. Pieper, M.D. (Falcon II Press, 1990)
This groundbreaking book provides readers with a unified and inclusive theory of paradigmatic human experience, psychopathology, and psychological treatment. Intrapsychic Humanism presents a uniquely positive view of human nature.
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