Maureen Gaffney

Maureen Gaffney is a great Psychologist as we can all understand her take on modern life and the problems we face.
In this selection of her articles from The Irish Times, she writes about everyday problems and communicates up-to-date psychological findings in a popular and accessible way.

The book is divided into four sections: childhood and adolescence; self-efficacy; relationships; and women and men. The author discusses subjects as varied as self-esteem in childhood; teenage sex; the search for intimacy; affairs; dieting; mothers and daughters; negotiation skills, both in the workplace and in personal relationships; and the crisis of sexuality in the Catholic Church.

Full of intelligent observation and sound suggestion, Maureen Gaffney points to possible ways for each of us to address these issues, all of them central to the way we live now.

Maureen Gaffney is a senior lecturer in psychology at Trinity College Dublin. She is chairperson of the National Economic and Social Forum and a member of the Law Reform Commission.