"Did I sound stupid?" "Should I have sent that email?" "How do I look?" Many of us spend a lot of time feeling self-conscious and comparing ourselves to others. Why do we judge ourselves so relentlessly? Why do we strive so hard to be special or successful, or to avoid feeling rejected? When psychologist and mindfulness expert Dr. Ronald Siegel ......
Strategies to Help Kids Express Anger Constructively
This expert guide provides step-by-step guidelines for building anger management and assertive emotional expression skills through tailored lessons, group activities and thought-provoking discussions. Suitable for use with children and teenagers aged 5 - 18, this resource will help children to overcome self-destructive patterns of behaviour.
After family violence, very young children and babies benefit from child-led therapy, but how do you achieve this? Dr. Wendy Bunstons 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 ......
Culturally Alert Counseling: A Comprehensive Introduction is a reader-friendly introduction to the cultural dimensions of counseling and psychotherapy. Editor Garrett McAuliffe, along with international experts in their fields, provides an accessible presentation of culturally alert counseling techniques that broadens the discussion of culture from ethnicity and race to include social class, religion, gender, and sexual orientation.
Parenting a daughter with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is no easy path—especially because of the myth that the disorder is rare to nonexistent in girls. Pioneering researcher Stephen P. Hinshaw provides parents of preschool through high school age girls with vital information and advice in this empathic, empowering guide. Dr. ......
A Guide to Working with Diversity and Developing Cultural Sensitivity
Award-winning social worker and diversity trainer Vivian Okeze-Tirado has developed the perfect tool to increase and develop your cultural competence. With practical, easy-to-implement steps for a wide range of professions, you can take active steps.
Essential reading for all new social workers, this guide channels a wealth of experience into key strategies for thriving under pressure. Clear, practical advice for dealing with challenges - including increasing political, social, and economic pressure.
Experienced researcher and clinican Keith Morgen summerizes cutting-edge research into an applied introduction in Substance Use Disorders and Addictions, Second Edition. Updated with the DSM-5-TRs diagnostic criteria, Morgen provides a holistic approach to treating individuals with addiction and co-occurring psychiatric disorder.
Boost Your Therapeutic Parenting Through Ten Transformative Steps
Tried nagging, shouting, taking away screen time, but with no success?
Dr Amber Elliott explains why children who have experienced early trauma need something different - therapeutic parenting - a kind of everyday 'superparenting' which champions empathy over punishment.
Trying to parent children who have trauma-triggered behaviours is tough, ......
