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Daniel O'Shaughnessy combines his personal experience with body dysmorphia and his training as a nutritionist and therapist to share how to tackle the unique challenges of body dysmorphia as a queer man. This book explores body dysmorphia in the queer community, and offers ways to redefine your self-image and find a balance that works for you.

Everything parent carers need to know about engaging with health, social care and education systems for autistic children and young people with developmental delay. Written by a highly experienced team of mental health professionals and parent carers, it shows you how to advocate for your child and create a support system for your family.

Open your yoga practice to every body with this essential guide to accessible chair yoga. Whether you're new to yoga or an established teacher looking to create an inclusive practice, this guide explores ways to adapt chair yoga to suit every practitioner, whatever their abilities or limitations.

This book presents a model of safe, effective yoga therapy for the treatment of Complex Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD). It is a groundbreaking guide for yoga professionals seeking to deepen their trauma-sensitive practice and provide high-quality guidance.

Unlock improved sleep health for women. This practical guide delves into this foundational pillar of health, equipping health professionals with insight on how life stages such as menstruation, fertility, and menopause impact sleep, plus strategies for improving sleep health, managing disorders, and knowing when intervention is needed.

Learn how current relationship counselling can be improved for couples where one or both partners are autistic with this essential guide by world-leading Autism experts Tony Attwood and Maxine Aston. Couples where one or both partners are autistic may face unique challenges in the therapy room. There can be differences in expectation and communication styles not only between partners but also their therapist. Without expert knowledge of autism, couples often feel let down by their therapists or experience negative therapeutic advice resulting in the further strain or breakdown of their relationship. This book provides everything you need to know to become a well-equipped, affirming therapist and addresses the knowledge gap between standard therapy and therapy for neurodiverse couples. Based on research and responses from autistic neurodiverse couples themselves, this book gives a voice to all those that have been let down by the counselling support they received.Thoughtfully covering a wide range of topics from supporting a neurodiverse couple in therapy, recognising autism in the counselling room, the effects of autism on a relationship and how to make adaptations in a counselling session to Intimacy, sex, and sensory sensitivity and how to initiate and end sessions gives you the practical know-how to add to your therapeutic tool-kit that will be invaluable in supporting neurodiverse clients.

An ACT workbook for adults and young adults struggling with procrastination and avoidant behaviors. No-nonsense and compassionate, it targets both the core psychological processes that drive procrastination, and gives practical planning and time management advice to deal with the resultant behaviors.

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) affects up to 1 in 20 people, and is particularly prevalent among young people in the adoption and fostering system. As a hidden brain injury, FASD can manifest in ways that often lead to challenging behaviors, which can feel overwhelming for caregivers relying on traditional parenting strategies. In this supportive guide, Barb Clark shares her experiences raising a child with FASD - what she got wrong, what she got right, and what you can do to support your own family. Through chapters including plain-English explanations of what FASD actually is, the strengths and struggles of kids with FASD, and strategies for keeping your head above water, Barb offers practical advice for looking after yourself and your family.This is an essential read for parents and carers of kids and teens with FASD, as well as the professionals supporting them.

Using polyamory to cast a new light on faith and sexuality, this book reveals the richness that can come from reevaluating our relationships to ourselves, each other and our entrenched ideas about spirituality and queerness. By tracing key concepts across relationship-building and faith, the enriching potential of polyamory is revealed.

The ideal blend of first-hand experience and psychological theory, this essential guide shares what children and young people in care really need parents, carers and professionals to know about foster and kinship care.

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This vital daily practice guide provides targeted wisdom on common symptoms of the menopause, as well as clear, actionable lifestyle advice. It is supplemented with illustrations, 18 class videos, specifically curated 15-30-minute capsule practices, and contributions from leading figures such as Jo Darling and Dr Radhika Vohra.

Bringing together clear practical guidance, case studies, core skills and research, this book explores the development of creative arts practices for people living with dementia. Keeping the voice of people living with dementia at the forefront, it is an essential resource for creative practitioners and arts organisations.

By introducing fresh perspectives from Latin American professionals, this book aims to capture the advances in occupational therapy being made in the region and to use those to encourage change in the profession elsewhere in the world.

This illustrated story helps children aged 3-6 understand the intrusive thoughts that come from OCD, and gives them age-appropriate tools to handle compulsions. It also includes a caregivers' guide to show adults how to talk to children about OCD and ways to help them overcome it.

How do I survive and thrive as a bi+ young person? LGBTQIA+ sex educator Laura Clarke has the answers on everything from coming out, dating and sex to myths, misconceptions and biphobia. With advice from bi+ activists and influencers including Pearl Mackie, Megan Jayne Crabbe, and Sofie Hagen - and many more.

Children on the autism spectrum can find playing with other children difficult. This colourful and fun visual guide, full of examples and activities, shows how they can find common interests with their friends, peers and family, so that they can have more fun playing and hanging out together.

A guide for family and friends of polyamorous people so that they can better understand and support their loved one. Advice includes: how to listen non-judgementally, how to show appropriate interest, and how to navigate meeting multiple partners.

Based on the trauma-informed GreenTREE Yoga® Approach of building safety, supporting empowerment, and maintaining simplicity, this book provides an easy-to-use art and yoga program for autistic children and those with differing needs.The structured program guides teaching six classes to introduce the benefits of yoga in any setting, including schools, residential centers, camps, and homes. It also can be adapted to your changing program needs.The program includes simple art projects, yoga poses, and breathwork components, guided by charming illustrations of Shanti the Monkey to lend structure, predictability, consistency, and fun. The simple yoga can be done standing, seated, or lying down. With session plans, scripts, and visual prompts for artwork and yoga poses, this book gives you everything you need to provide a fun program and share resources with parents and teachers to do at home or in the classroom. You can give children tools to build body awareness and emotional regulation skills.

A collection of 5 workbooks for helping children aged 10+ use CBT to manage difficult emotions. Each workbook covers a different feeling: Anger, Anxiety, Stress, Exam Stress, and Depression. Designed for kids to use alone or with a parent or care professional, the books provide explanations and tools for handling tough feelings.