Counseling Families: Play-Based Treatment offers an engaging and practical integration of expressive arts and play therapy within family counseling. Building upon the most current research in family counseling, this volume presents new and humanistic approaches of family play therapy, including family-based cognitive behavioral therapy, family theraplay, and filial therapy. Application of these methods is explored with children and families affected by autism, divorce, and trauma. Essentia...

Haunted by fears and supernatural signs, young Lucas Mofit must face his demons or risk losing his mind. Having found a way to escape the pressures of the day, sixteen-year-old Lucas looks forward to a night of self-indulgence. What he gets is more than he wants. In the woods, a dog is chasing its tail in a ring of smoke. "The Devil?" It's the first sign. Day after day and night after night, they continue—visions and voices, omens and nightmares. His friends seek to console him, but to no ...

From Pain to PurposeThe Journey of Eric and Kathyann GreeneDiscover an extraordinary story of resilience, healing, and faith as Eric and Kathyann Greene share their journey from personal heartbreak to triumph. Through the trials of divorce, blending families, and rediscovering love, they built a life of purpose and fulfillment together.This inspiring memoir is a testament to the power of faith and persever...

When a middle-school science rivalry leads a boy to tamper with his mentor’s experimental microwave projector, an accidental discovery launches an adventure far beyond anything he imagined. The device produces a seemingly indestructible force field bubble—and soon, that invention is the only thing standing between a small group of young scientists and the molten heart of an active Costa Rican volcano.Invited to join a volcanologist’s research expedition, the three friends find them...

The girl’ heroine’s journey is distinct from a boy’s heroic journey in sandplay therapy. A Therapist’s Guide to Mapping the Girl Heroine’s Journey in Sandplay highlights crucial aspects of these journeys through the Sandplay Journey Map and assists clinicians to gain perspective on the girl’s journey towards self-confidence, mastery of challenging tasks of psychological development and behavioral competence. Mapping this journey with the mandala form, provides beginning as well as seasoned...

Play Therapy with Preteens presents integrative models of play therapy that incorporate expressive arts and evidence-informed interventions into working with preadolescents. The current research demonstrates treatment efficacy in incorporating creative, dynamic interventions into work with preadolescents and their families. This unique book is written specifically on play therapy with preadolescents, presenting a comprehensive yet practical approach that integrates expressive arts like mus...

Make learning to read fun for children with this decodable fiction book about what Meg and Sam do on a very hot day! This book provides a built-in phonics review for young readers. Today, students need help with phonics concepts more than ever before. This illustrated book will excite and engage young readers while they gain practice with several high-frequency words: begin, cut, move, once, page. Each book includes family engagement activities to extend phonics learning and has a specific...

We live in a very chaotic society and all of us have experienced stress at one time or another. We focus our attention on such things as traveling to and from work, performing tasks that are related to our jobs, paying bills, meeting the obligations to our families, our significant others and the list goes on. We are so caught up that we rarely find the time to recharge our batteries because we are always on the go, always doing something, and the result of this chaos is, we never really g...

This book provides a comprehensive practical guide to the plethora of devices that have been developed to support the failing heart. It features easy to follow clinically relevant guidance on mechanical devices used for improving cardiac electrical conduction and cardiac output. Chapters cover indications and implant considerations for the implantable cardioverter defibrillator and cardiac resynchronization therapy devices and hemodynamic monitoring in the intensive care unit.C...

Isaac Baxter is one of Zodiac Tactical's secret weapons: an operative who looks like a movie star but fights like a SEAL. Charming when it suits him. Lethal when it doesn't.Black-tie security for wealthy clients isn't exactly thrilling. Spotting a pickpocket and cornering her on the dance floor changes that.Especially when she steals his watch right off his wrist.Fallon Hemingway isn't just a thief, but she's happy to let a handsome security agent think she...

When George W. Bush became president in January 2001, he took office with a comfortably familiar surname, bipartisan rhetoric, and the promise of calming a public shaken by the convulsions of impeachment and a contested election. Then nine months later, after the tragedy of 9/11, both the country and the world looked to him for leadership that could unite people behind great common goals. Instead, three years into his term, George W. Bush squandered the goodwill felt toward America, turned...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. You've seen the gurus with their luxury cars and AdSense screenshots, but their advice is hopelessly incomplete. They tell you to "post consistently" and "make engaging content," but they never explain the math. Without understanding the math, you could be doing everything right and still earning just $27 a month, left wondering why the system isn't working for you. This book changes that.This is not a book about getting famous or going vi...