Jessica Kingsley Publishers was founded in 1987 in London by Jessica Kingsley and is committed to publishing books that make a difference. In 2004 we opened our US office in Philadelphia and in 2017 we became part of the John Murray Press division of Hachette Group.
We publish books for professionals and general readers in a range of subjects. We are well known for our long established lists on the autism spectrum, social work, and arts therapies. More recently we have published extensively in the fields of mental health, counselling, palliative care, practical theology and gender diversity. We have a range of graphic novels across these subject areas, and books for children, on issues including bereavement, depression and anger.
The use of lifemaps with people who have learning disabilities has proved particularly effective for a better understanding of their emotional perceptions and needs. In this book, Barry Gray and Geoff Ridden have collected 12 biographies written by people of all ages who have a learning disability. The authors discuss how these stories might be ......
The recognition of children's natural resilience as fundamental to their ability to cope with trauma is central to this book. Deriving from the authors' experience of working with bereaved children after the Hillsborough disaster, the book advocates a model of practice which is based on their findings: the primacy of listening to children, and ......
Caroline Archer is an adoptive parent, an independent consultant in post-adoption support and a therapeutic parent mentor. She is also the bestselling author of Reparenting the Child who Hurts: A Guide to Healing Developmental Trauma and Attachment, First Steps in Parenting a Child who Hurts: Tiddlers and Toddlers 2nd Edition, and Next Steps in ......
Caroline Archer is an adoptive parent, an independent consultant in post-adoption support and a therapeutic parent mentor. She is also the bestselling author of Reparenting the Child who Hurts: A Guide to Healing Developmental Trauma and Attachment, First Steps in Parenting a Child who Hurts: Tiddlers and Toddlers 2nd Edition, and Next Steps in ......
Catherine Sawdon is a training officer at Wakefield Social Services Department. In addition to groupwork, her interests include practice teaching and learning, counselling, anti-oppressive practice and neurolinguistic programming.
This introductory text introduces the reader to major areas of psychology, covering such topics as: individual differences (personality and intelligence testing, studies of racial and gender differences and the nature/nurture debate); cognition (models of thinking, problem-solving and computer simulations of intelligence); social psychology ......
Roger Grainger was a registered Dramatherapist, Chartered Counselling Psychologist and occasional TV actor. He held a PhD in Sociology from Leeds University as well as Doctorates in Theology and Implicit Religion, and worked as a psychiatric chaplain for the Stanley Royd Hospital in Wakefield. He was also one of the founders of the National ......
Comparing European welfare regimes at local, national and international levels, ''Welfare and Culture in Europe'' stresses the need for a concept of culture to be incorporated into welfare studies. The book analyzes the theoretical issues behind the emergence of the concept of culture in welfare during a time of crisis and change in Europe. Part 2 ......
Children have long been the 'forgotten mourners'. This new and revised edition of the highly successful book by Sue Smith and Margaret Pennells raises awareness of the sensitive issues involved for bereaved children, highlighting their needs and their emotional and behavioural responses when a bereavement occurs. The cultural aspects of traumatic ......
