Bøger udgivet af Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Dolores and Tristan Glumm are smart and full of good ideas. But when sadness shows up, they both struggle: Tristan retreats into avoidance and Dolores tries to control everything. This story and workbook with ACT activities helps children aged 8-12 to understand their sadness and teaches them how to reach out for help.

Written for movement professionals, this book is packed full of research and practices that take a whole body approach to working with pregnant clients.

This book addresses and responds to the forced displacement crisis by exploring how music and music therapy can assist people in a range of settings around the globe. It offers a further understanding of practice and the opportunity to stimulate critical exploration of this area of work.

This book encourages yoga professionals to delve deeply into a place of self-exploration and self-inquiry. Readers can learn how to be present with themselves and their needs whilst also nurturing a meaningful environment for their clients. It provides reflection exercises and practical tips focussed on holistic and sustainable self-development.

Based on the author's lived experience and expertise as a therapist, this guide offers practical support for the realities of eating disorder recovery. From advice on making sustainable changes to tips for avoiding pitfalls like food-centric holidays, this book offers real help to get started, stay motivated, and make improvements that last.

An ACT-based guide for practitioners working with adults with intellectual disabilities, with the aim of fostering self-advocacy and individual empowerment and centring their needs. With case studies and ideas for exercises, this is a clear roadmap for accessible ACT interventions.

This is an impactful and innovative A-Z social work reference guide through the lens of the lived experience and realities of social workers. A diverse range of real-life cases are paired with critical reflections and relevant case law from a Principal Social Worker allowing for legal literacy and practice wisdom within a relational framework.

A beautifully-illustrated introduction to trans and non-binary people through history, for children aged 7+. Featuring Marinos the Monk, the Chevalier d'Eon, James Barry, Marsha P. Johnson, Lucy Hicks Anderson and more, this book explores the lives of gender-nonconforming icons and includes activities for kids to discuss with parents and educators.

An introduction to the concept of energy management for neurodivergent children, told through a rhyming story based on the child-friendly concept of battery packs and with warm, engaging illustrations.

In this vibrant insight into life with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, Rossi shares the tough bits, the highlights, and advice for other young people to live fabulously with FASD. Chapters from a specialist psychologist and Rossi's birth mum give context for parents and professionals supporting young people living with FASD.

This introduction to the groundbreaking Alexander Technique shows all types of healthcare and movement professional how to improve their clients' posture, liberate their range of motion, and reduce joint pain caused by bad postural habits.

How do I know if I'm sexually fluid? How do I navigate life as a fluid person? This guide to fluid sexuality, written by an integrative coach specialising in fluid sexuality has the answers. With lived experience testimony, theoretical context, and practical tips on everything from love, sex and relationships to looking after your mental health.

What are the new roles in primary care, and what do they mean for healthcare professionals? In this straightforward guide, experienced GP and educator, Dr Clare Etherington, explains how health professions can make the most of ARRS (Additional Role Reimbursement Scheme) for better continuity of care and health equality for patients.

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The way we communicate with people matters, and the way we communicate about people, and about the purpose and practice of social care and social work matters too. The words we use reflect our values and feelings which influences the way we think and behave.This is a book about language, and how the words we hear, read and choose to use both expose and perpetuate attitudes and behaviours. It's about the words that are too dominant in our narrative and practice, and the words that should dominate.It's also a book about change. Changing how we communicate about people. Changing how we understand and articulate the purpose of social care. Changing how we practice. And ultimately changing the story of social care.And mainly it's a book about being human. About recognising each other as equal, valued human beings, and about creating a more human, humane future for us all.

Navigating the journey of supporting an autistic teenager through to adulthood comes with many challenges. This book offers an holistic family view of how to face these challenges head-on, weaving personal anecdotes alongside practical advice so you can feel sure-footed in this next step of your parenting journey.

A guide to building healthy and meaningful relationships for gay men, written by a Marriage and Family Therapist specialising in LGBTQ+ partnerships. With case studies, practical exercises, and lived experience testimony - this is an invaluable companion for any stage of a gay relationships - whether you're monogamous, polyamorous, or inbetween!

Not a wellness diary. Not a symptom-tracker. Instead, this bespoke journal offers a safe space where people with chronic illness can learn to look inwardly and reconnect with themselves in bitesize, energy-friendly ways.

Inspire creative healing through 50 art therapy directives which work alongside established grief therapy models, helping you provide practical, flexible support for your clients through their journey with loss. Each directive is intertwined with Worden's tasks of mourning to provide a structured, empirically-supported framework for counseling.

A practical, inspiring collection of essays and case studies on leadership excellence from experts across the public sector. With chapters on: leading in social care after Winterbourne; pioneering simulation experiences in child protection; being a black leader in a white organisation - and leading in a trauma-informed, emotionally literate ways.