Creative Arts Therapies and Clients with Eating Disorders
Trigger Warning: Eating Disorders This post was written by JKP author Annie Heiderscheit. Eating Disorders Awareness Week is February 26 – March 3, 2024 in order…
Category: body image
Society, it’s not me, it’s you: The impact of societal messages on body image
This blog post was written by Dr. Sarah Pegrum, author of Break the Binds of Weight Stigma: Free Yourself from Body Image Struggles Using Acceptance…
Why Gender Affirming Care is Critical
Why Gender Affirming Care is Critical This blog post was written by JKP authors Kelly Darke and Shannon Scott-Miller Gender affirming therapy is part of…
“It’s okay to accept myself as I am” – Q&A with Cara Lisette
“It’s okay to accept myself as I am” – Q&A with Cara Lisette Journaling the way to recovery … With 19-years lived experience of anorexia,…
How did coming out as queer help me come to terms with my body?
Essie Dennis is a queer author, artist and body positivity advocate. Her first book, Queer Body Power, challenges accepted beauty standards and the concept of…
Talking Consent
Talking Consent authors Pete and Thalia Wallis discuss how their book can facilitate difficult but necessary conversations with young people. Can you briefly outline your…
Relationship and sex education: why’s it so important?
Today JKP is celebrating Relationship and Sex Education Day; a time for all teachers, educators and parents to promote the teaching of happy relationships, positive…
Autism, Bullying and Me
Dr Emily Lovegrove – aka The Bullying Doctor – has written this accessible guide for autistic children and teens, full of advice for coping successfully…
Body Positivity in the Classroom
National Eating Disorder Awareness Week for the US takes place February 24th-March 1st, 2020, so Signe Darpinian , co-author of No Weigh!, stopped by to…