Las altas capacidades

What happens when a mind moves faster than the environment that ought to accompany it? High intellectual ability is not a label, a guarantee of success, or a form of superiority. It is a distinct way of thinking, feeling, learning, and engaging with the world. Yet, when it is misunderstood—reduced merely to an IQ score, academic performance, or an expectation of constant excellence—it can become a source of loneliness, frustration, a lack of understanding, and suffering. In this book, Esther Secanilla Campo offers a rigorous, sensitive, and deeply human perspective on high intellectual ability across childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Drawing on psychotherapeutic, systemic, and psychoeducational approaches, the author debunks myths, re-examines key concepts, and provides insights for better understanding the emotional, familial, educational, and relational needs of individuals with high intellectual ability. The work explores how to support children, families, and professionals, and weaves in the story of Kairi as an emotional thread throughout the narrative.