Social Skills: Just a Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Medicine Go Down! by Shawn Amador
Shawn Amador, LCSW, is a school social worker who runs an after school comedy troupe, and is a part time therapist. Her new book, Teaching…
Category: Mental health
Blog posts, articles, think-pieces and Q&A’s presented by Jessica Kingsley Publishers and associated authors on and around the subject of mental health.
“Lap Therapy” Time by Beth Powell, LCSW
Beth Powell, LCSW, is owner of Beth Powell’s In-Family Services, an outpatient psychotherapy private practice specializing in trauma informed care. Her new book, Fun Games…
Simon Faulkner’s 2018 Rhythm2Recovery USA Tour
Simon Faulkner, author of Rhythm to Recovery, will be holding three workshops in the US in April! Learn how to utilize rhythm and reflection in…
Inside food anxiety: Leah’s story
Inside food anxiety: Leah’s story This article on food anxiety is by Jo Cormack, author of Helping Children Develop a Positive Relationship with Food. Have you…
Making therapeutic board games with kids
Dr Fiona Zandt and Dr Suzanne Barrett, authors of Creative Ways to Help Children Manage BIG Feelings, are clinical psychologists who currently work in successful private…
Brexit on the Brain – the implications of the interbrain for the Brexit debate
Are you a Brexiteer or a Remainer? In this exclusive blog piece, author Digby Tantam examines the implications of the interbrain connection for the Brexit debate. …
What exactly is anxiety and why do we need it?
Clinical psychologists Sue Knowles and Bridie Gallagher discuss what anxiety is and how, although it can sometimes feel unbearable for many people, we actually need…
How do we relate to “old age” and aged care?
Felicity Chapman, author of Counselling and Psychotherapy with Older People in Care, is an accredited mental health social worker who has extensive training and experience in…
A Crash Course in Widowed Single Parenting – Top Tips for Keeping It Together
Things Jon Didn’t Know About: Our Life After My Husband’s Suicide is an honest and moving account of the day-to-day practicalities of raising a family as…
Mob-mentality: Why do crowds become dangerous?
When does a crowd of people become a mob? And what makes them act dangerously? In this extract from The Interbrain, Digby Tantam examines the…