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Michael Ungar, Ph.D., has worked for over twenty years as a Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist with children and families in child welfare, mental health, educational and correctional settings. Now a Professor at the School of Social Work, at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, Dr. Ungar is the author of dozens of peer-reviewed articles and six books for parents, educators and helping professionals including his most recent, 'Too Safe for their Own Good' and 'Playing at Being Bad'. He is also an internationally renowned researcher on the subject of resilience, and leads a team that spans eleven countries on five continents. In addition to his research and writing interests, Dr. Ungar maintains a small family therapy practice for troubled youth and their families. He lives in Halifax with his partner and two teenaged children.
- We Generation: Raising Socially Responsible Kids. Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart, 2009. ISBN 978-0771087134.
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- "Resilience." N. Carrey. & M. Ungar., Eds. Monograph for the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America. Vol. 16(2). 2007.
- Too safe for their own good: How risk and responsibility help teens thrive. Toronto, ON: McClelland and Stewart, 2007. ISBN: 978-0771087080
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- Playing at being Bad: The hidden resilience of troubled teens. Toronto: ON: McClelland and Stewart, 2007. (First published in 2002 with Pottersfield Press). ISBN 978-0771087110.
- Strengths-based counseling for at-risk youth. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 2006. ISBN 978-1412928199.
- Handbook for working with children and youth: Pathways to Resilience across cultures and contexts. (Ed.)Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2005. ISBN 978-1412904056.
- Nurturing hidden resilience in troubled youth. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004. ISBN 978-0802085658.
