Children and Adolescents
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Presley the Pug Relaxation Activity Book: A Therapeutic Story with Creative Activities to Help Children Aged 5-10 to Regulate Their Emotions and to Find Calm
Our Price: $19.69 (with free worldwide delivery)
Like all dogs, Presley the Pug loves to play, run, and snuggle up under his warm blanket. But sometimes, Presley gets gets so excited that his feelings take over.
Cleo the Crocodile Activity Book for Children Who Are Afraid to Get Close: A Therapeutic Story with Creative Activities About Trust, Anger and Relationships for Children Aged 5-10
Our Price: $19.69 (with free worldwide delivery)
This activity book developed by expert child psychologist Dr Karen Treisman combines a colourfully illustrated therapeutic story about Cleo the Crocodile to help start and enrich conversations, which is followed by a wealth of creative activities and photocopiable worksheets for children to explore issues relating to attachment, relationships, rejection, anger, trust and much more. This title is due to be published on the 21st May 2019. You can if you wish order it now at our special pre-publication price and we will deliver it to you as soon as it becomes available.
Gilly the Giraffe Self-Esteem Activity Book: A Therapeutic Story with Creative Activities for Children Aged 5-10
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Even though Gilly the Giraffe has many wonderful things in her life, she sometimes lacks confidence. Why does she have to stand out so much with her long neck, her long black tongue and her mosaic patches? Why do some of the other animals point and laugh at her? Can it be possible to be different and to be cool?
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Neon the Ninja Activity Book for Children who Struggle with Sleep and Nightmares: A Therapeutic Story with Creative Activities for Children Aged 5-10
Our Price: $19.69 (with free worldwide delivery)
Neon the Ninja has a very special job. He looks after anyone who finds the night time scary. Lots of us have nightmares, but Neon loves nothing more than using his special ninja powers to keep the nightmares and worries far away, and to keep the magical dreams and positive thoughts close by.
Nurturing Children: From Trauma to Growth Using Attachment Theory, Psychoanalysis and Neurobiology
Our Price: $22.34 (with free worldwide delivery)
Nurturing Children describes children’s lives transformed through therapy. Drawing on decades of experience, internationally respected clinician and trainer Graham Music tackles major issues affecting troubled children, including trauma, neglect, depression and violence.
Emily Is Being Bullied, What Can She Do?: A Story and Anti-Bullying Guide for Children and Adults to Read Together
Our Price: $11.42 (with free worldwide delivery)
Meet Emily. She is being bullied by a group of children at school. She describes how this makes her feel, think and act. Eventually, she finds ways to help herself and also realises that she can get help from other people – both adults and other children.
The Simple Guide to Understanding Shame in Children: What it is, What Helps and How to Prevent Further Stress or Trauma
Our Price: $10.15 (with free worldwide delivery)
Betsy de Thierry navigates the need to understand its impact and the reasons behind it, as well as how to reduce its hold on self-confidence. Reassuring advice will also help revitalize adults’ abilities to face the challenges of supporting children affected by shame. It will teach them how to restore self-esteem.
A Therapeutic Treasure Deck of Grounding, Soothing, Coping and Regulating Cards
Our Price: $22.23 (with free worldwide delivery)
A treasure trove of coping, regulating, grounding, and soothing activities and techniques for working with children (aged 6+), teens and adults. This pack of 70 cards and explanatory guide offers a playful, non-threatening way to explore feelings, and to form effective coping, regulating, soothing, and grounding strategies through a range of games and activities.
The Handbook of Counselling Children & Young People
Our Price: $36.82 (with free worldwide delivery)
Expert authors from a wide range of backgrounds bring together the fundamentals of counselling practice with children and young people in this landmark handbook. It covers all your students need to know about theory and practice approaches, the counselling process, and practice issues and settings.
The Mermaid Who Couldn’t: How Mariana Overcame Loneliness and Shame and Learned to Sing Her Own Song!
Our Price: $12.07 (with free worldwide delivery)
Written for children aged 4+, this picture book uses a simple metaphor to show how children who have experienced neglect or who lack confidence can learn to find a sense of self-worth. It will help children explore their feelings and encourage communication.
All About Ben: Helping Children with Attachment Issues to Understand Their Feelings
Our Price: $10.15 (with free worldwide delivery)
When I am ready, I need you to talk to me and help me understand my feelings…’
This reassuring story helps children aged 5+ with attachment issues to understand their feelings, open up to a caring adult and learn how to choose positive behaviours.
The Essentials of Counselling and Psychotherapy in Primary Schools
Our Price: $22.23 (with free worldwide delivery)
The book is targeted at all practitioners in the helping and enabling professions working with children and young people, especially teachers, and is essential reading for anyone undertaking training where elements of psychotherapy and counselling are requisite to practice.
Carlos the Chameleon: A Story to Help Empower Children to be Themselves (Hardback)
Our Price: $11.42 (with free worldwide delivery)
As a chameleon, it’s in Carlos’ nature to change his colours in order to fit into his surroundings. Carlos is usually green, but can turn pink to join the flamingos, blue to match the frogs, and spotty to resemble the jaguars.
Vincent the Vixen: A Story to Help Children Learn About Gender Identity (Hardback)
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Vincent is a fox who loves to play dress-up with their brothers and sisters, but when they always choose to dress up as female characters, Vincent’s siblings begin to wonder why. Vincent knows they are actually a girl more than anything else, and with the support of friends and family they transition to living as their true self.
Molly the Mole: A Story to Help Children Build Self-Esteem
Our Price: $12.69 (with free worldwide delivery)
Molly is a mole with many friends, including a deer, a butterfly, and an owl. Sometimes Molly feels sad because she doesn’t look the same as her friends, and feels very different to them. By helping each of them out with a task, Molly learns that her friends love her for the amazing qualities that are unique just to her.
Fun Games and Physical Activities to Help Heal Children Who Hurt: Get On Your Feet!
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Develop children’s brains and bonds with this collection of no-tech, physical games, strategies and activities. Ideal for children who have experienced neglect, abuse and trauma, these “real-world” experiences draw on therapeutic, trauma-focused-care play principles and promote positive attachment between child and caregivers.
A Therapeutic Treasure Deck of Feelings and Sentence Completion Cards
Our Price: $22.23 (with free worldwide delivery)
The perfect tool to add to any ‘therapeutic treasure box’, this set of 68 cards provide a way to help open conversations and structure discussions with children and adolescents aged 6+. The treasure deck offers a fun, non-threatening way to help to build understanding and forge relationships.
Counselling Children: A Practical Introduction (5th Edition)
Our Price: $31.74 (with free worldwide delivery)
A Therapeutic Treasure Box for Working with Children and Adolescents with Developmental Trauma: Creative Techniques and Activities
Our Price: $30.47 (with free worldwide delivery)
Like a treasure chest, this resource overflows with valuable resources – information, ideas and techniques to inspire and support those working with children who have experienced relational and developmental trauma.
The Clinician’s Guide to Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Childhood Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Our Price: $81.27 (with free worldwide delivery)
The Clinician’s Guide to Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Childhood Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder brings together a wealth of experts on pediatric and adolescent OCD, providing novel cognitive behavioral strategies and considerations that therapists can immediately put into practice. The book provides case studies and example metaphors on how to explain exposure models to children in a developmentally appropriate manner.
Engaging Infants: Embodied Communication in Short-Term Infant-Parent Therapy
Our Price: $29.13 (with free worldwide delivery)
The book begins by describing, within a psychodynamic approach, some traits an infant may bring to an intervention, followed by descriptions of interventions in several specialised perinatal settings.
Innovative Therapeutic Life Story Work: Developing Trauma-Informed Practice for Working with Children, Adolescents and Young Adults
Our Price: $27.93 (with free worldwide delivery)
Life story work is an approach designed to enable traumatized children to explore, question and understand the past events of their lives. It aims to secure their future by strengthening attachment with their carers and providing the opportunity to develop a healthy sense of self and a feeling of wellbeing.
Helping Babies and Children Aged 0-6 to Heal After Family Violence: A Practical Guide to Infant- and Child-Led Work
Our Price: $21.21 (with free worldwide delivery)
Dr. Wendy Bunston’s guide is here to help you to meet the emotional needs of children who are experiencing trauma, and to enable them to form healthy attachments, both within their families and beyond.
Creative Play with Children at Risk (2nd edition)
Our Price: $41.90 (with free worldwide delivery)
This second edition is fully updated with the latest good practice in play. Based on an understanding of ‘Neuro-Dramatic-Play’, the book shows that play is an essential part of children’s healthy development and many children ‘at risk’ are those who are unable to play. It includes work with children with learning difficulties as well as those with developmental delay.