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  • Helping Children to Manage Friendships. Photocopiable Activity Booklet to Support Wellbeing and Resilience

    Helping Children to Manage Friendships. Photocopiable Activity Booklet to Support Wellbeing and Resilience

    by Deborah Plummer

    Friendships and community are very important for the healthy social, psychological, and emotional development of young children. In this fun and accessible activity book, Deborah Plummer deploys over thirty years of expertise for parents, teachers, and therapists to facilitate healthy friendships between children. This activity book explores concepts around child friendships, community, and being part of a group whilst also including sections on cooperation, negotiation, and conflict resolution. This book is one of a series based on the use of imagination (I), mindful play (MP) and creative thinking (CT) to...

  • How Life Works

    How Life Works

    by Andrew Matthews

    How Life Works is about why the same things keep happening to you. *The new #1 bestseller!* *It is about:* how to find the love of your life how to find the work you love Why some people always fall on their feet – and how you can be like them. * How Life Works explains why:* it’s not WHAT you know it’s not WHO you know It’s all about how you FEEL. 144 pages with 90 cartoon illustrations *Contents:* When Bad Things Happen What Controls...

  • Mood Dudes Poster - Self-Esteem

    Mood Dudes Poster - Self-Esteem

    by Illustrator: Jim Borgman

    Well how are you? It could even be asked: who are you? This quirky poster not only celebrates great character, it also gives positive reminders of many of the qualities that make you YOU. Name your colleagues’ strengths Appreciate their qualities Consider a raft of important traits that build relationships and make them so worthwhile. 43x56cm Wall poster Laminated.

  • No Body's Perfect: A helper's guide to promoting positive body image in children and young people

    No Body's Perfect: A helper's guide to promoting positive body image in children and young people

    by Vivienne Lewis

    Body image doesn't discriminate gender or age. Yet its importance to our health, both mental and physical, is vital. A negative body image in childhood can lead to a lifetime of struggle and self-doubt. In today's image-conscious world, it is important that we help children and youngsters feel better about their bodies. No Body's Perfect is designed to do just that. Written for teachers, counsellors, parents, and carers it promotes positive body image and good mental health using easy to implement evidence-based strategies. It is appropriate for use with children...

  • Positive Body Image in the Early Years: A Practical Guide

    Positive Body Image in the Early Years: A Practical Guide

    by Ruth MacConville

    Promote positive body image, build self-esteem and tackle body confidence issues in young children with this practical guide. Over a quarter of childcare professionals have seen body confidence issues in children aged 3-5 years old. This book explains how body image develops, highlights the warning signs of body dissatisfaction in children and provides guidance for early years practitioners on how to safeguard positive body image by building self-esteem and resilience. It also provides practical guidance and ideas for supporting healthy habits in children and creating bias-free settings. *Contents:* 1. What...

  • Positive Body Image: Issues in Society - Volume 372

    Positive Body Image: Issues in Society - Volume 372

    by Editor: Justin Healey

    Body image describes the perception that a person has of his or her physical appearance. Body image can be influenced by a complex interaction of factors ranging between a person’s individual thoughts, beliefs, feelings and behaviours regarding their own body, and their perception of what counts as the ideal body within their own social and cultural environment, and in the media. Disordered eating, body dysmorphic disorder, over-exercise and cosmetic surgery can all be manifestations of unhealthy body image. This book explains body dissatisfaction and eating issues, including eating disorders. The...

  • Raising Self-Esteem in Adults: An Eclectic Approach With Art therapy, CBT and DBT Based Techniques

    Raising Self-Esteem in Adults: An Eclectic Approach With Art therapy, CBT and DBT Based Techniques

    by Susan Buchalter

    Self-esteem is the building block of therapy and wellness and is crucial in overcoming depression and anxiety and in leading a fulfilling, functional life. Filled with hundreds of practical activities to help clients build their self-esteem as they become increasingly mindful and self-aware, this book contains a rich assortment of approaches from art therapy, dialectical behavioral and cognitive behavioral therapy. The innovative and established methods examined in the book are based on sound, evidence-based techniques, illustrated with real client experiences, to help therapists gain a greater understanding of how the approaches...

  • Social Skills Developing Effective Interpersonal Communication

    Social Skills Developing Effective Interpersonal Communication

    by Alex Kelly

    What can we do to help those who struggle to develop effective social skills? Social Skills: Developing Effective Interpersonal Communication is a definitive guide to understanding and meeting the needs of those who have difficulty with social skills. Written in a clear and accessible manner, this book provides a theoretical framework to the teaching of social skills alongside a range of practical ideas for practitioners. The book offers a four-step plan that can be adapted for use with young people or adults who are struggling with any aspect of their social...

  • Teen Substance Use, Mental Health and Body Image: Practical Strategies for Support

    Teen Substance Use, Mental Health and Body Image: Practical Strategies for Support

    by Ian MacDonald

    This practical resource for schools looks at the relationship between mental illness and substance use disorders in young people. While studies show the link between the two, drug use is often mistakenly viewed as 'deviant' behaviour rather than as a coping mechanism for unmet needs. This book offers schools and youth settings a different approach to both supporting young people with mental health and substance use issues and implementing preventative measures. The concept of risk taking in young people is explored, with particular reference to risk taking behaviours as coping...

  • The Mental Health and Wellbeing Workout for Teens: Skills and Exercises from ACT and CBT for Healthy Thinking

    The Mental Health and Wellbeing Workout for Teens: Skills and Exercises from ACT and CBT for Healthy Thinking

    by Paula Nagel

    This easy-to-understand, engaging guide arms teens with healthy thinking habits and coping strategies for staying on top of their mental health. Using tried and tested therapeutic techniques, readers are given the tools to build their own personalised mental health 'workout' to boost their emotional resilience and wellbeing. Informed by the experiences of teens themselves, this friendly guide gives practical tips and strategies on how to overcome everyday stresses and ditch negative thinking 'frenemies' before they develop into more serious issues. Teens will be better equipped to recognise negative thoughts and emotions,...

  • The Positivity Workbook for Teens Skills to Help You Increase Optimism, Resilience, and a Growth Mindset

    The Positivity Workbook for Teens Skills to Help You Increase Optimism, Resilience, and a Growth Mindset

    by Goali Saedi Bocci

    *Discover the secret to positivity by tapping into your inner strengths!* As a teen, your brain is changing every day. You’re more aware of the challenges and difficulties of life. You’re questioning everything. And you can tell when grownups are being fake or dishonest. All of these sudden realizations can be overwhelming, and as a result, you may fall into a “negativity trap.” And while there’s nothing wrong with a little sarcasm or skepticism—after a while, negative thoughts have a way of turning inward, causing stress, damaging your self-esteem, and...

  • The Therapist's Ultimate Solution Book: Essential Strategies, Tips & Tools to Empower Your Clients

    The Therapist's Ultimate Solution Book: Essential Strategies, Tips & Tools to Empower Your Clients

    by Judith Belmont

    Simple psychoeducational strategies to keep clients on track during and in-between sessions. Clients go to therapy wanting to change, but often they have no inherent knowledge of how to change. It’s up to the therapist to build a well-stocked toolkit of life skills and psychoeducational strategies. This book answers the call, delivering an array of basic “solutions”—in the form of handouts, worksheets, exercises, quizzes, mini-lessons, and visualizations—to use with your clients and tailor to fit their needs. No matter your preferred course of therapy—whether it’s CBT, DBT, EMDR, or EFT—having at...

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