Self-help exercises to help older children manage worry and anxiety
Age range: Ages 9+ Description: An engaging, self-help guide based on cognitive behavioural therapy that teaches young people mindfulness techniques to alleviate their worry and…
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.
Stop imposing masculine stereotypes on sensitive boys
Betsy de Thierry talks about her her new book, The Simple Guide to Sensitive Boys, and discusses the need for society to stop imposing male…
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“Getting over it” – Processing grief in a way that works for you
An extract from chapter 1 of Gone in the Morning: A Writer’s Journey of Bereavement by Geoff Mead. Recently, I was having a beer with…
Parting Gifts – Geoff Mead reflects on the value of palliative care for a loved one
Anyone who has been bereaved through chronic illness will know that anticipating the death of a loved one prefigures the grief that is to come.…
Creative extensions of the safe place exercise
Karen Treisman, author of A Therapeutic Treasure Box for Working with Children and Adolescents with Developmental Trauma: Creative Techniques and Activities, is a specialist clinical…
How can we help children with body image issues to see themselves more positively?
Chris Calland and Nicky Hutchinson, authors of Minnie and Max are OK!, discuss the rising issue of body confidence in children and ways we can…
Video – What are continuing bonds and how can they be used to help bereaved parents through the grieving process?
In this video Catherine Seigal talks to Sue Nuttall about her book Bereaved Parents and their Continuing Bonds. For bereaved parents the development of a…
Self-harm, autism, and the desperate need to be understood
The heartbreaking motivation that compelled Åse Brunnström to find a way to help carers communicate visually with hard to reach children. One day in 2009 sparked the…
Why healthcare practitioners must learn to self-care
Sarah Parry is a senior lecturer in Clinical and Counselling Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her new book, ‘Effective Self-Care in Clinical Practice,’ explores how compassion can…