The Definitive Guide to Theraplay® for Practitioners, officially endorsed by the Theraplay® InstituteTheraplay is an intervention that focuses on enhancing the connection, trust and joy between a child and a parent. It involves interactive, playful activities using simple face-to-face reciprocal interactions, and involves using all of the senses, including rhythm, movement and touch.This comprehensive guide outlines the theory, reflection, and skill develop...

Theraplay® is an attachment-focused model of parenting that helps parents to understand and relate to their child. Based on a sequence of play activities that are rooted in neuroscience, Theraplay offers a fun and easy way for parents and children to connect. Theraplay is particularly effective with looked after and adopted children.By providing an overview of Theraplay and the psychological principles that it is based on, parents and carers will gain an understanding of the basic ...

The bestselling practical and reassuring guide to overcoming self-defeating thoughts and behaviours, using cognitive behavioural therapy.CHANGE YOUR THINKING is the bestselling guide to managing upsetting emotions by learning to think in a healthy and balanced way. It provides practical strategies for overcoming negative thoughts and behaviours, and taking control of emotions such as anxiety, depression, frustration, anger and guilt. It also describes techniques for enhancing self-...

Completely updated to report the latest research in child development and learning, Positive Discipline for Preschoolers will teach you how to use methods to raise a child who is responsible, respectful, and resourceful.Caring for young children is one of the most challenging tasks an adult will ever face. No matter how much you love your child, there will be moments filled with frustration, anger, and even desperation. There will also be questions: Why do...

For twenty-five years, Positive Discipline has been the gold standard reference for grown-ups working with children. Now Jane Nelsen, distinguished psychologist, educator, and mother of seven, has written a revised and expanded edition. The key to positive discipline is not punishment, she tells us, but mutual respect. Nelsen coaches parents and teachers to be both firm and kind, so that any child–from a three-year-old toddler to a rebellious teenager–can learn creative cooperation and sel...

Overcoming app now available.Fully updated edition of the bestselling self-help book, now recommended on the national Books on Prescription scheme.This ever-popular guide offers a self-help programme, written by one of the UK's leading authorities on anxiety and based on CBT, for those suffering from anxiety problems. A whole range of anxieties and fears are explained, from panic attacks and phobias to obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and generalised anx...

Transform your life with this practical guideto self-acceptance and happinessHave you ever heard someone say just be yourself, as though its the answer toeverything? It can be very difficult to be yourself, especially if you dont really knowwho you are anymore.Learning how to be yourself is the first step towards living a happy and meaningfullife. In How to Be Yourself, psychologist Jane Briscoe and her coauthor,...

Take back the classroom and make a positive difference in your students' lives.Many teachers today are facing problems and discipline issues they never dreamed of when they decided to become teachers. Combine violence, behavioral disorders, and downright defiant attitudes from students with the age-old problems of bullying, poor attendance, and more, and the mix is positively lethal. However, there are effective, positive strategies for restoring order and...

Daniel, the author, was Diagnosed with Aspergers syndrome at the age of 6. Because he has Aspergers, he has been able to draw on a vast wealth of knowledge to make sure that each one of the techniques discussed in this guide are simple and easy to use. He has also "tested" each one of the techniques in his home environment, to make sure they will help, and not hinder.Daniel has run a autism related website and Facebook page since 2010. He was also a "Lead admin" of a Autism related ...

Modern parenting is in crisis. Parents put more time and effort into raising their children than ever before, but children’s self-esteem, resilience and wellbeing don’t appear to be improving. In her work as a clinical psychologist and researcher, Dr Judith Locke sees a disturbing link between high-effort parenting and poor outcomes for children. She believes parents make their children’s lives too easy by doing too much for them and giving too much to them. This type of parenting ...

Does your child have trouble settling at bedtime? Refuse to sit at the table for meals? Ignore you or argue when you say it's time to turn off the TV?Expert parenting and educational consultant Kathy Walker recognises that being a parent is one of the most rewarding jobs you will ever do but that it isn't always easy. In this book she shows you how to create a calmer, more nurturing home environment for you and your children, and gives you her top strategies for ma...

Calmer, Easier, Happier Parenting is a revolutionary programme that gives you simple steps to take the daily battles out of parenting. These strategies resolve one of parents' biggest frustrations: getting your children to listen and do what you ask, the first time you ask.When you use these strategies, not only will your children become more cooperative, but also more confident, self-reliant, and considerate. This ebook contains the first and most powerful strategy - Descriptive P...