Stories of Mental Health, Mental Illness and Being Autistic
A selection of reflective essays about mental health on the autism spectrum from a diverse range of people. Each contributor follows the topics of hurt (their experience and how they felt), help (tools that have aided them), and hope (looking forwards). Covering trauma, relationships, the carer perspective, healthcare, intersectionality and more.
A guide for educators and therapists to engage children in social-emotional learning through structured activities. The social skill-based improv games, participant written plays, and basic plays are accompanied with downloadable materials, and offer a graduated exposure of techniques for different participant comfort levels
A powerful and frank account of a trans woman's journey of recovery from addiction and depression. Beginning her journey the same year as she began her transition, Rhyannon Styles explores the simultaneous transitions in her life with searing honesty and insight.
A book about anxiety, courage, and being already awesome
This book is a reminder for all kids that everything they need to be brave, strong, and brilliant is already in them. They would feel bigger than everything - as though a tiny, tip-toed stretch could have them touching the top of the world from where they are.
Kids can do amazing things with the right information. Understanding why anxiety feels the way it does and where the physical symptoms come from is a powerful step in turning anxiety around. Anxiety explained, kids empowered.
School can be a scary place. But you're not alone. This interactive workbook, complete with a parent's guide and professional's guide for teachers and therapists, will help you feel more confident about asking for help, as well as provide techniques that might make going to school easier for you.
Overcoming Social Anxiety from Childhood to Adulthood
Look around you at all the people connecting and socializing. And you are just standing here alone, like a social reject, again. Nobody likes you. Why would they want someone like you around? For years, social anxiety whispered its way into Natasha Daniels' mind and quietly sabotaged her life. Even while working as a therapist, helping children ......
Once upon a time, there lived a happy family called the Maitlands. Iain, the father, was a writer. Tracey, the mother, worked at a nearby school. They had three bright and charming children, Michael, Sophie and Adam. It looked like the perfect family life.
Communication and confidence tools for shy people! Is your shyness holding you back from going after what you want? Are you tired of feeling like you aren't good enough? Do your self-limiting beliefs sabotage you from speaking up and owning your story? In Shy by Design, career coach and leadership and communications lecturer, Michael Thompson, ......