Böcker utgivna av Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Providing a new framework for treating patients holistically, this book offers a novel way of organizing movement therapy intake analysis. It is an innovative and integrative approach to assessment and treatment of musculoskeletal injuries, linking posture, movement, breath and wellness and lends itself to creating effective treatment plans.

This is a comprehensive and inclusive guide that explores how yoga therapy can be practiced with children and teens with complex needs and conditions including autism and other neuro differences, trauma, depression, anxiety, and Down syndrome. It includes comprehensive theory on child development as well as practical tools and resources.

A music therapy resource of 32 songs designed to aid educational and therapeutic goals of children and adults with special educational needs and on the autism spectrum. Developed by experts at the Music Therapy Program at The Center for Discovery, all music sheets are adaptable, downloadable, and ready to use in therapy and classrooms.

The Simple Guide to Emotional Neglect provides you with a concise explanation of the impact of emotional neglect in childhood. Easy to read and digest, it is a trusted introduction for any parent, carer or child welfare professional supporting children or adults affected by emotional neglect.

This empowering guide offers young people an interactive resource to help them explore their gender identity. with practical tips on understanding gender expression and mental health to advice on how to support friends and build confidence, this is the perfect guide for those at the beginning of their journey looking to live more authentic lives

Written by an author who is both neurodivergent and the parent of an autistic child, this guidebook supports parents and carers as they navigate their child's autism diagnosis. Tips and strategies help them find ways to look after their own mental health while supporting their child and building a plan for the future.

Sophie Gaston's offers the first honest and poignant depiction of autistic regression and provides invaluable advice on understanding and identifying the symptoms and how to find acceptance and happiness following diagnosis.

This guide has been developed to answer the more complex questions that those with eating disorders and their families might be struggling to get answers to. The conversational style and emphasis on lived experience make it a great resource for anyone struggling with disordered eating.

A guide to aromanticism, with chapters on microlabels, different forms of love and partnership and the split attraction model, as well as advice on how to manage your mental health as an aro person, and dealing with arophobia.

In confronting bereavement head-on, Trickey and Ferrari have created a supportive and encouraging handbook that explains grief theories to children in an accessible way. Based on research and lived experience, it acknowledges the unique circumstances of every child, so that all can find advice that is meaningful and helpful.

A practical guide packed with a wealth of strategies and principles for supporting dyslexic students in any educational setting.

This is an essential book for occupational therapists and students seeking knowledge and practical information on creating antiracist practices. Compiled of a collection of global voices active in the OT community, this book addresses key concerns faced by minority ethnic groups and provides sustainable advice in tackling inequalities.

This is an intimate, empowering collection of stories focussing on Black experiences of menopause. Each story centres lived experiences and contains contributions from a diverse range of people spanning various heritages, sexual orientations, gender identities, and ages allowing for a nuanced understanding of this rite of passage.

I am great at thinking quickly! I have a greatsense of humour! What are you really great at? I have trouble finishing my homework... I get distractedeasily... Do similar things happen to you? Learn more about ADHD and what itmeans for you, with fun facts that you can share with your family and teacherstoo.

A whole school approach to contemporary dynamic assessment with easy-to-implement classroom strategies. Functional downloadable resources including checklists, goal ladders, rating scales and more paired with simple theory and framework helps you turn your classroom and school into a dynamic one to improve how children learn.

This book provides both the scientific underpinnings of the link between movement and mental health, and practical advice to help individuals achieve their goals. Inspired by the author's 17 years' experience in movement therapy, it is professionally focussed and broadly applicable across a range of different disciplines.

This comprehensive guide creates a straightforward and accessible resource for anyone interested in Nei Dan inner meditation. Focussing on the channels and the benefit of breathwork, meditations and qi gong movements, this book encourages a rebalancing of emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual health.

Based on an 8-week Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy programme, this guide addresses the increasing need for adapted mindfulness in the management of ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, Long Covid, and other chronic fatigue conditions. Using current understanding and theoretical approaches to Long Covid and ME/ CFS, this book allows practitioners to understand how they can adapt their teaching to accommodate patients with specific needs and challenges, including adaptations for brain fog, approaches to rest, movement, daily activity and accompanying difficult thoughts and emotions. Contributions from people who manage ME, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue through mindfulness are included alongside practical guidance and detailed week-by-week session plans whether that's in-person or online. Filled with helpful diagrams and illustrations, practitioners can use this guide to greatly widen the scope of who they can reach and gently empower clients living with often isolating conditions on how to apply this approach in the long-term to their everyday lives.

Transform your use of Theraplay® in combination with other modalities to address your clients' individual needs. From advice for working with special populations to synchronising Theraplay® with other therapeutic models, this guide will help you to develop innovative practice informed by the latest research.

A guide for acupuncturists to help them understand the issues faced by people living with and beyond cancer and equip them to support patients in their process of recovery, renewal and transformation to the 'new normal' of life after cancer treatment.

Bestselling informal guide to trauma and attachment theory, with accessible and engaging doodles. It explains how to recognize different attachment patterns and to help children who have experienced trauma. Ideal for parents or professionals caring for fostered and adopted children.

This mental health workbook is designed specifically for teenagers and young adults with psychosis. Written by a professional therapist with personal experience of living with psychosis, it includes activities to help you set goals for recovery, manage symptoms, create a crisis plan, and more.

This exposure-based workbook for selective mutism is designed for children and caregivers to work through together. With relatable characters and examples throughout, it guides you step-by-step through different exposure activities and helps you to build an achievable action plan to ease fears around talking in different situations.

Filled with practical tips and fun facts, this book eases over-size fears about making mistakes, helping 6-10-year-olds live happier lives. Supplemental guidance for parents and caretakers ensures maximum effectiveness.

Witness first-hand how the ground-breaking method of Expressive Art Therapy was conceptualized with Herbert Eberhart and Paolo Knill, translated into English for the first time. Understand where the origins of expressive arts therapy were established and develop your practice with case studies and theoretical framework.

The neurotypical world doesn't always work for autistic people, but that's about to change! By helping readers write their own blueprint for life, Autistic World Domination empowers autistics to create the world they want for themselves. Vibrant, fresh and inspiring - this book is full of energy and actionable plans. It's time to rewrite normal!

Spoiler alert: gender norms might not be so "normal" after all. Gender is a self-understanding influenced by society, culture and personal experiences. Sex, in contrast, is a biological term. Neither of which is binary! This graphic medicine comic is a unique exploration into the intersection of gender identity, sex and their inherent strangeness.

LaTonya Summers knows the psychological impact of cultural assimilation and internalized racism all too well. In this inspiring memoir she explores how denying and suppressing her true black self, did her nothing but harm, and how through embracing her Blackness she could return to peace and healing.