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Jessica Kingsley Publishers A Therapeutic Treasure Deck of Grounding, Soothing, Coping and Regulating Cards
A treasure trove of coping, regulating, grounding, and soothing activities and techniques for working with children (aged 6+), teens and adults. This pack of 70 cards and explanatory guide offers a playful, non-threatening way to explore feelings, and to form effective coping, regulating, soothing, and grounding strategies through a range of games and activities. Designed to work with both the brain and body, the cards address a wide range of common issues including anxiety, stress, low mood, sleep difficulties and emotional dysregulation. To do so, they employ a range of proven strategies including cognitive techniques, nurturing activities, sensory strategies, body-based activity and creative exercises. Developed by specialist clinical psychologist, trainer and author Dr. Karen Treisman, this deck is a little treasure for professionals, parents, carers supporting children and adolescents aged 6+.
£22.99
Jessica Kingsley Publishers A Therapeutic Treasure Deck of Sentence Completion and Feelings Cards
The perfect tool to add to any 'therapeutic treasure box', this set of 68 cards provides a way to help open conversations and structure discussions with children and adolescents aged 6+. The treasure deck offers a fun, non-threatening way to help to build understanding and forge relationships. It also provides a safe, playful way for children to articulate and make sense of their feelings, thoughts, experiences and beliefs. The deck comes with two different types of card - the 'feelings cards' and the 'sentence completion cards' - which can be used separately or together, and the cards are accompanied by a booklet which explains some of the different ways in which they can be therapeutically used. Designed and tested by specialist clinical psychologist, trainer and author Dr Karen Treisman, this deck is a little treasure that will have great value for anyone working with children and adolescents aged 6+.
£22.99
Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ollie the Octopus Loss and Bereavement Activity Book: A Therapeutic Story with Activities for Children Aged 5-10
In a magical underwater forest lived a colourful and loveable Octopus called Ollie, who loved swimming with his friends and spending time with his mum and dad, Orla and Orson the Octopuses. Until one day, Orla started to get very sick. The doctors did everything they could to help her, but very sadly, Orla died. Ollie had so many thoughts and feelings spinning around in his head, and his heart was hurting. This activity book has been developed by expert child Psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Karen Treisman. The first part of the book is a colourful illustrated therapeutic story about Ollie the Octopus, with a focus on Ollie making sense of and processing the loss of his mum, Orla. This is followed by a wealth of creative activities and colourful photocopiable worksheets for children and the people supporting them to explore aspects of loss, grief, death, and bereavement, and how to find ways to understand and cope with them.The final section of the book is full of advice and practical strategies for parents, carers, and professionals on how to help children aged 5-10 to begin to understand the complex and multi-layered feelings surrounding loss and bereavement, and what they can do to help navigate them through their grief journey.This activity book is complemented by a standalone picture book of Ollie's story, also available from Jessica Kingsley Publishers (Ollie the Octopus, ISBN 9781839970238).
£24.73
Jessica Kingsley Publishers Presley the Pug Relaxation Activity Book: A Therapeutic Story With Creative Activities to Help Children Aged 5-10 to Regulate Their Emotions and to Find Calm
Like all dogs, Presley the Pug loves to play, run, and snuggle up under his warm blanket. But sometimes, Presley gets gets so excited that his feelings take over.Sometimes it's anger, sometimes stress, sometimes worry. He doesn't know how to calm down! What can Presley do when he feels like this? Luckily Presley's canine friends are nearby with some wise words and they share some of the tricks that have worked for them!This therapeutic activity book was developed by expert child psychologist Dr Karen Treisman. It features a colourful therapeutic story designed to help start conversations about coping with big feelings and how to find calm. It explains how Presley (and the reader!) is able to create a 'mind retreat' - an imaginary safe space where he can relax. The activity book is also packed with creative activities and photocopiable worksheets to help children to explore the ideas raised in the story, including regulating and coping tools like sensory boxes, relaxation exercises and easy yoga poses. It also features advice and practical strategies for parents, carers and professionals supporting children aged 5-10.This activity book is complemented by a standalone picture book of Presley's story, also available from Jessica Kingsley Publishers (Presley the Pug, ISBN 9781839970313).
£23.83
Jessica Kingsley Publishers A Treasure Box for Creating Trauma-Informed Organizations: A Ready-to-Use Resource for Trauma, Adversity, and Culturally Informed, Infused and Responsive Systems
This Treasure Box book is packed full of valuable resources from bestselling and award-winning author, trainer, organizational consultant, and Clinical Psychologist Dr. Karen Treisman, and will show you how to weave a deep understanding of trauma and adversity into the daily practice and the whole fabric of your organization.This expert knowledge is presented in a bright and easy to understand way. Every chapter contains a huge array of colour photocopiable worksheets, downloadable materials, practical ideas, reflective questions, and exercises ready to use both individually and organizationally. Covering guidance on policies, recruitment, supervision, language, cultural humility, co-production, team meeting ideas, staff wellbeing and more, this is the ultimate treasure trove for getting your organization truly and meaningfully trauma-informed.There are also contributors from all over the world within different contexts, from prisons to social care to schools to residential homes and much more, which illustrate how to take the ideas and apply them into real world practice.
£80.00
Jessica Kingsley Publishers Dr. Treismans Big Feelings Stories
This 6-book collection of therapeutic stories by best-selling author Dr Karen Treisman helps children deal with big feelings and troubles such as night terrors and sleep disturbances, relaxation difficulties, trauma, low self-esteem and grief. With fun characters and bold illustrations these stories are the perfect therapeutic companion.
£50.00
Jessica Kingsley Publishers Binnie the Baboon Anxiety and Stress Activity Book: A Therapeutic Story with Creative and CBT Activities To Help Children Aged 5-10 Who Worry
Binnie is an energetic baboon, who bounces around the lush green mountains of Rwanda in East Africa. But like many of us, Binnie often feels worried and stressed, and these worries can get in her way! What if she gets lost in the jungle, or her family gets sick? What if no one likes her? Sometimes she even worries about the fact she's worried; and if she isn't worried, well why not?! This activity book has been developed by expert child psychologist Dr Karen Treisman. The first part of the book is a colourful illustrated therapeutic story about Binnie the Baboon, with a focus on worry and anxiety. This is followed by a wealth of creative activities and photocopiable worksheets for children to explore issues relating to anxiety, worry, fears, and stress, and how to find ways to understand and overcome them. The final section of the book is full of advice and practical strategies for parents, carers, and professionals on how to help children aged 5-10 to start to understand why they experience feelings of anxiety, and what they can do to help reduce and navigate it.This activity book is complemented by a standalone picture book of Binnie's story, also available from Jessica Kingsley Publishers (Binnie the Baboon, ISBN 9781839970252).
£23.83
Jessica Kingsley Publishers Neon the Ninja Activity Book for Children who Struggle with Sleep and Nightmares: A Therapeutic Story with Creative Activities for Children Aged 5-10
Neon the Ninja has a very special job. He looks after anyone who finds the night time scary. Lots of us have nightmares, but Neon loves nothing more than using his special ninja powers to keep the nightmares and worries far away, and to keep the magical dreams and positive thoughts close by. It combines a fun illustrated story to show children how Neon the Ninja can reduce their nightmares and night worries with fun activities and therapeutic worksheets to make night times feel safer and more relaxed. This workbook contains a treasure trove of explanations, advice, and practical strategies for parents, carers and professionals. Based on creative, narrative, sensory, and CBT techniques, it is full of tried and tested exercises, tips and techniques to aid and alleviate nightmares and sleeping difficulties. This is a must-have for those working and living with children aged 5-10 who experience nightmares or other sleep-related problems.This activity book is complemented by a standalone picture book of Neon's story, also available from Jessica Kingsley Publishers (Neon the Ninja, ISBN 9781839970191).
£23.83
Jessica Kingsley Publishers A Therapeutic Treasure Box for Working with Children and Adolescents with Developmental Trauma: Creative Techniques and Activities
Like a treasure chest, this resource overflows with valuable resources - information, ideas and techniques to inspire and support those working with children who have experienced relational and developmental trauma. Drawing on a range of therapeutic models including systemic, psychodynamic, trauma, sensory, neurobiological, neurocognitive, attachment, cognitive behavioural, and creative ideas, Dr Karen Treisman explains how we understand trauma and its impact on children, teens and their families. She details how it can be seen in symptoms such as nightmares, sleeping difficulties, emotional dysregulation, rage, and outbursts. Theory and strategies are accompanied by a treasure trove of practical, creative, and ready-to-use resources including over 100 illustrated worksheets and handouts, top tips, recommended sample questions, and photographed examples.
£32.99
Jessica Kingsley Publishers The Trauma Treasure Deck: A Creative Tool for Assessments, Interventions, and Learning for Work with Adversity and Stress in Children and Adults
Dr Karen Treisman has designed this versatile and colourful card deck of 110 cards enabling practitioners to support children, teens or adults who have experienced trauma, stress or adversity.The cards are organized into four different types: sentence completion cards, survival response cards, signals/signs cards and different types of trauma cards. In combination, the cards provide you with a rich resource which enables you to:· Increase understanding of the multi-layered impact of trauma, stress, and adversity - including common sensory, physical, emotional, cognitive and relational aspects.· Deepen assessment and information-gathering· Reflect on progress and the journey· Inform goals and focus interventions· Identify survival responses, feelings and experiences· Use metaphors, analogies and symbols to support Find new ways to name, label or describe experiences or feelings· Increase empathy, understanding and compassion· Support reflection and curiosity· Explore the wider lens of trauma - including cultural, intergenerational, medical, war trauma etc.And much more!Developed to be inclusive of a variety of learning styles, abilities and language skills, the pack can be used with individuals, groups, teams and organizations. Accompanied by a comprehensive explanatory booklet, they will enable you to create assessments, psychoeducation and interventions which are playful, enriching and creative.
£29.99
Jessica Kingsley Publishers Dr. Treismans Therapeutic Activity Books
This 6-book collection of activity books by best-selling author Dr Karen Treisman feature a children's story, a wealth of activities, expansion activities and a dedicated section for adults on how to best support children. Troubles and difficulties addressed include anxiety, grief, trauma, relaxation difficulties, low self-esteem and night terrors.
£120.00
Jessica Kingsley Publishers Gilly the Giraffe Learns to Love Herself: A Story About Self-Esteem
Even though Gilly the Giraffe has many wonderful things in her life, she sometimes lacks confidence. Why does she have to stand out so much with her long neck, her long black tongue and her mosaic patches? Why do some of the other animals point and laugh at her? Can it be possible to be different and to be cool?This story will support children aged 5-10 and the adults around them to celebrate their uniqueness and their strengths, as well as boost their self-esteem, confidence, self-belief, and sense of self-worth.About this series: Dr. Treisman's Big Feelings Stories are written for adults to read with kids aged 5-10 to help children to understand their feelings. If you enjoy this book, why not check out Dr. Treisman's Activity Books series; Gilly the Giraffe Self-Esteem Activity Book features the same story and comes with an abundance of extra guidance for adults and a wealth of creative expansion activities and photocopiable worksheets for children.
£12.03
Jessica Kingsley Publishers Binnie the Baboon and the Big Worries: A Story to Help Kids with Anxiety
Binnie is an energetic baboon, who bounces around the lush green mountains of Rwanda in East Africa. But like many of us, Binnie often feels worried, fearful, and stressed, and these worries can get in her way!What if she gets lost in the jungle, or her family gets sick? What if no one likes her? Sometimes she even worries about the fact she's worried; and if she isn't worried, well why not?!This story will help children aged 5-10 and the adults around them to understand why they feel anxious. It describes what children can do to help reduce these feelings and become their very own worry wizards and worry warriors.About this series: Dr. Treisman's Big Feelings Stories are written for adults to read with kids aged 5-10 to help children to understand their feelings. If you enjoy this book, why not check out Dr. Treisman's Activity Books series; Binnie the Baboon Anxiety and Stress Activity Book features the same story and comes with an abundance of extra guidance for adults and a wealth of creative expansion activities and photocopiable worksheets.
£12.03
Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ollie the Octopus and the Memory Treasures: A Story to Help Kids After Loss or Bereavement
In a magical underwater forest lived a colourful and loveable Octopus called Ollie, who loved swimming with his friends and spending time with his mum and dad, Orla and Orson the Octopuses.Until one day, when Orla started to get very sick. The doctors did everything they could to help her, but very sadly, Orla died. Ollie had so many thoughts and feelings spinning around in his head, and his heart was hurting -- what can Orson and Ollie's friends do to help?This story will help children aged 5-10 to understand big feelings relating to grief and bereavement and explores ways to stay connected to your loved one and to keep them in your heart and in your head.About this series: Dr. Treisman's Big Feelings Stories are written for adults to read with kids aged 5-10 to help children to understand their feelings. If you enjoy this book, why not check out Dr. Treisman's Activity Books series; Ollie the Octopus Loss and Bereavement Activity Book, which features the same story, comes with an abundance of extra guidance for adults and a wealth of creative expansion activities and photocopiable worksheets for children.
£12.03
Jessica Kingsley Publishers Cleo the Crocodile Activity Book for Children Who Are Afraid to Get Close: A Therapeutic Story With Creative Activities About Trust, Anger, and Relationships for Children Aged 5-10
Amongst the beauty of the Okavango delta in Botswana, Cleo the Crocodile loved having fun with all of his animal friends. That is, until one day Hogan the Hippo, who was supposed to look after Cleo, started to act mean and hurt him. Cleohas to leave the swamp to find a safe new home - he's scared and puts his prickles up for protection, so all the other animals are afraid of him. How can Cleo find a new safe home? How can he make new friends when he doesn't know who he can trust?This activity book developed by expert child psychologist Dr Karen Treisman combines a colourfully illustrated therapeutic story about Cleo the Crocodile to help start and enrich conversations, which is followed by a wealth of creative activities and photocopiable worksheets for children to explore issues relating to attachment, relationships, rejection, anger, trust and much more. The activities are accompanied by extensive advice and practical strategies for parents, carers, and professionals on how to help children aged 5-10 to start to name their tricky feelings. It will help children to understand their own prickles, to trust others and begin to invest in relationships so they can let others close again. This activity book is complemented by a standalone picture book of Cleo's story, also available from Jessica Kingsley Publishers (Cleo the Crocodile, ISBN 9781839970276).
£23.83
Jessica Kingsley Publishers Presley the Pug and the Tranquil Teepee: A Story to Help Kids Relax and Self-Regulate
Like all dogs, Presley the Pug loves to play, run, and snuggle up under his warm blanket. But sometimes, Presley struggles with big feelings like anger, stress, and worry and it can be tricky to find ways to be calm. What can Presley do when he feels like this? Luckily Presley's canine friends are nearby with some wise words and share some of the relaxation tricks that have worked for them!This story will help children aged 5-10 to learn about relaxation and how to regulate your feelings. It describes how to create imaginary safe spaces to help you to cope with big feelings and to find an inner sense of calm.About this series: Dr. Treisman's Big Feelings Stories are written for adults to read with kids aged 5-10 to help children to understand their feelings. If you enjoy this book, why not check out Dr. Treisman's Activity Books series; Presley the Pug Relaxation Activity Book features the same story and comes with an abundance of extra guidance for adults and a wealth of creative expansion activities and photocopiable worksheets for children.
£12.03
Jessica Kingsley Publishers Cleo the Crocodile's New Home: A Story to Help Kids After Trauma
Amongst the beauty of the Okavango delta in Botswana, Cleo the Crocodile loved having fun with all of his animal friends. That is, until one day Hogan the Hippo, who was supposed to look after Cleo, started to act mean and hurt him. To keep safe, Cleo has to leave the swamp to find a new home - he's scared and snaps and snarls to keep the other animals away from him so that they can't hurt him like Hogan did. How can Cleo find a new safe home and start to let others in?This story has been written to help children aged 5-10 who have experienced trauma to begin conversations around big feelings around hurt, anger and trust.About this series: Dr. Treisman's Big Feelings Stories are written to help kids aged 5-10 to understand their feelings. If you enjoy this book, why not check out Dr. Treisman's Activity Books series; Cleo the Crocodile Activity Book for Children Who Are Afraid to Get Close features the same story and comes with an abundance of extra guidance for adults, and a wealth of creative expansion activities and worksheets.
£12.03
Jessica Kingsley Publishers A Therapeutic Treasure Deck of Strengths and Self-Esteem Cards
Dr Treisman's deck of 70 cards offers creative ways to help develop self-esteem, strengths and resilience.Suitable for use with all ages - from children aged 6+ to adults - and for one-to-one, group or team settings, the cards provide an approachable way to explore wishes, hopes, dreams, identity and much more. The pack is organized into three different card types: 1) illustrated strengths cards; 2) strengths-based sentence completion cards; and 3) fun activities. Together, they provide an easy way to engage in self-reflection, whether through inspiring conversations or a more structured activity.The deck is accompanied by a helpful booklet which explains the many ways in which the pack can be used - from the simple to the inspiring and creative.
£22.99
Jessica Kingsley Publishers Neon the Ninja Meets the Nightmares: A Story to Help Kids to Sleep
Neon the Ninja has a very special job. He looks after anyone who finds the night time scary. Lots of us have nightmares, but Neon loves nothing more than using his special ninja powers to keep the nightmares and worries far away, and to keep the magical dreams and positive thoughts close by.This story will help to make night times feel safer and more relaxed for children aged 5-10 who experience nightmares and other sleep-related difficulties, helping them to connect with their inner ninja!About this series: Dr. Treisman's Big Feelings Stories are written for adults to read with kids aged 5-10 to help children to understand their feelings. If you enjoy this book, why not check out Dr. Treisman's Activity Books series; Neon the Ninja Activity Book for Children who Struggle with Sleep and Nightmares features the same story and comes with an abundance of extra guidance for adults and a wealth of creative expansion activities and photocopiable worksheets for children.
£12.03
Jessica Kingsley Publishers The Parenting Patchwork Treasure Deck: A Creative Tool for Assessments, Interventions, and Strengthening Relationships with Parents, Carers, and Children
This versatile deck features 100 colourful cards and a detailed instruction manual. Developed by Dr. Karen Treisman for professionals working with parents, carers and families, it is a proven, easy to use tool to help explore relationships and aid assessments and interventions.The deck is designed to be comprehensive and adaptable, covering child-parent/carer relationships; parenting experiences; parenting capacity; trauma; and childhood development. It is divided into three sections. The first explores children's needs and parenting skills. The second offers sample questions to help adults to learn about child development and the impact of trauma. The third provides questions to ask during psychoeducation, interventions and assessments.A valuable tool which covers the breadth of the 'Parenting Patchwork', this deck will provide opportunities for reflection, and encourages empathic, curious, compassionate practice.
£29.99
Jessica Kingsley Publishers The Simple Guide to Emotional Neglect: What It Is and How to Help
What is emotional neglect? How does it affect children and the adults they become? What can we do to help?In The Simple Guide to Emotional Neglect, Betsy de Thierry provides clarity and guidance on the complex subject of emotional neglect, including how it impacts emotional connection and behaviour in the children who experience it.Betsy de Thierry has spent years working with children and adults impacted by emotional neglect from all walks of life, and combines her experience with the latest research evidence to provide you with a concise overview of what emotional neglect looks like, and the issues it can create, including its impact on the developing brain, the development of trauma-based behaviours and challenges to forming emotional connections.The practical advice in this book guides parents, carers, and professionals involved in child welfare on how to provide informed and empathic support.
£13.61
