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Strengthening family ties

Wherever You Are: My Love Will Find You

“. . . I wanted you more than you’ll ever know,
. so I sent love to follow wherever you go. . . .”

Love is the greatest gift we have to give our children. It’s the one thing they can carry with them each and every day. If love could take shape it might look something like these heartfelt words and images from the inimitable Nancy Tillman. Here is a book to share with your loved ones, no matter how near or far, young or old, they are.
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You

by Emma Dodd (Author)

“I love every bit of you, your eyes and ears and nose. I love every bit of you, from your head down to your toes.”

This funny little monkey has someone special who loves him more and more every day in this picture book treasure from the ever-popular Emma Dodd. Featuring rhyming texts and delightful artwork embellished with foiling throughout, this much-loved title is now available in paperback.

Understanding feelings

In My Heart: A Book of Feelings (Growing Hearts) Hardcover

by Jo Witek (Author), Christine Roussey (Illustrator)

“Sometimes my heart feels like a big yellow star, shiny and bright.
I smile from ear to ear and twirl around so fast,
I feel as if I could take off into the sky.
This is when my heart is happy.”

Happiness, sadness, bravery, anger, shyness . . . our hearts can feel so many feelings! Some make us feel as light as a balloon, others as heavy as an elephant. In My Heart explores a full range of emotions, describing how they feel physically, inside.

When I’m Feeling Angry/ Happy/ Sad/ Jealous/ Scared/ Kind/ Lonely

by Trace Moroney (Author)

Young children know what it is to feel angry and scared, but they don’t always know what to do with those feelings. Moroney offers some help in two entries in the When I’m Feeling series. With beautiful imagery and a lyrical descriptive language, these books are a wonderful poetic introduction that can help children make sense of bodily sensations and the emotions that come with them.

The Way I Feel

by Janan Cain (Author, Illustrator)

This full color book is filled with vivid, expressive illustrations that help children ages 2 to 8 describe their emotions and understand that feelings are a normal part of life.

All My Treasures: A Book of Joy (Growing Hearts)

by Jo Witek & Christine Roussey

From the creators of the bestselling In My Heart comes a picture book exploration of happiness and the true nature of joy.

When a girl receives a beautiful porcelain box from her grandmother, she immediately wants something special to put inside it. But what could it be? What does she love best? She loves jumping in puddles on rainy days, blowing bubbles in the park, and watching her little sister’s first steps. As it turns out, life’s most precious treasures cannot be contained in a box! With a gentle message about the immateriality of happiness, this story reminds us to take pleasure in everyday moments.

Building Resilience

Beautiful Hands

by Bret Baumgarten & Kathryn Otoshi

Little hands can do so many wonderful things: plant ideas; stretch imaginations; and reach for dreams. Based on co-author Bret Baumgarten’s experience of holding his daughter’s hands every morning and asking her, “What will your beautiful hands do today?,” this book was created to inspire children everywhere to use their power to help themselves and others achieve their dreams.

The Wonderful Things You Will Be

by Emily Winfield Martin

From brave and bold to creative and clever, Emily Winfield Martin’s rhythmic rhyme expresses all the loving things that parents think of when they look at their children. With beautiful, and sometimes humorous, illustrations, and a clever gatefold with kids in costumes, this is book grown-ups will love reading over and over to kids—both young and old. A great gift for any occasion, but a special stand-out for baby showers, birthdays, and graduation. The Wonderful Things You Will Be has a loving and truthful message that will endure for lifetimes.

Zero

by Kathryn Otoshi

Zero is a big round number. When she looks at herself, she just sees a hole right in her center. Every day she watches the other numbers line up to count: “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 . . . !” “Those numbers have value. That’s why they count,” she thinks. But how could a number worth nothing become something? Zero feels empty inside. She watches One having fun with the other numbers. One has bold strokes and squared corners. Zero is big and round with no corners at all. “If I were like One, then I can count too,” she thinks. So she pushes and pulls, stretches and straightens, forces and flattens herself, but in the end she realizes that she can only be Zero. As budding young readers learn about numbers and counting, they are also introduced to accepting different body types, developing social skills and character, and learning what it means to find value in yourself and in others.

One

by Kathryn Otoshi

Blue is a quiet color. Red’s a hothead who likes to pick on Blue. Yellow, Orange, Green, and Purple don’t like what they see, but what can they do? When no one speaks up, things get out of hand — until One comes along and shows all the colors how to stand up, stand together, and count. As budding young readers learn about numbers, counting, and primary and secondary colors, they also learn about accepting each other’s differences and how it sometimes just takes one voice to make everyone count.

Two

by Kathryn Otoshi

Two is best friends with One. Whenever they’d get the chance, they’d dance! She’d sing and snap. He’d tappity-tap. What a pair they made! At the end of each day, they’d always say, “ONE, TWO, I’ll count on you, ’til the end, we’ll be best friends.” Until Three jumps in between them . . . Suddenly One only wants to play with Three. “ONE, THREE, odds we’ll be!” they chant. Two feels left out. But what can she do? Another character-building counting book by award-winning author Kathryn Otoshi, Two is a powerful story of friendship, loss, letting go, and self-discovery.

What Do You Do With a Problem?

by Kobi Yamada and Mae Besom

This is the story of a persistent problem and the child who isn’t so sure what to make of it. The longer the problem is avoided, the bigger it seems to get. But when the child finally musters up the courage to face it, the problem turns out to be something quite different than it appeared.

What Do You Do With an Idea?

by Kobi Yamada

This is the story of one brilliant idea and the child who helps to bring it into the world. As the child’s confidence grows, so does the idea itself. And then, one day, something amazing happens. This is a story for anyone, at any age, who’s ever had an idea that seemed a little too big, too odd, too difficult. It’s a story to inspire you to welcome that idea, to give it some space to grow, and to see what happens next. Because your idea isn’t going anywhere. In fact, it’s just getting started.

I Wonder

by Annaka Harris & John Rowe

“I Wonder captures the beauty of life and the mystery of our world, sweeping child and adult into a powerful journey of discovery. Magnificent!”–Daniel Siegel, author of Mindsight and The Whole-Brain Child. Eva takes a walk with her mother and encounters a range of mysteries: from gravity, to life cycles, to the vastness of the universe. She learns that it’s okay to say “I don’t know,” and she discovers that there are some things even adults don’t know–mysteries for everyone to wonder about together! I Wonder is a book that celebrates the feelings of awe and curiosity in children, as the foundation for all learning.

Only One You

by Linda Kranz

There’s only one you in this great big world. Make it a better place. Adri’s mama and papa share some of the wisdom they have gained through the years with their eager son. Their words, simple and powerful, are meant to comfort and guide him as he goes about exploring the world. This exquisitely illustrated book explodes with color and honest insights. Kranz’s uniquely painted rockfish, set against vibrant blue seas, make an unforgettable and truly special impression. Only One You will inspire parents and children of all ages as they swim through the sea of life.

Rosie Revere, Engineer

by Andrea Beaty (Author), David Roberts (Illustrator)

Rosie may seem quiet during the day, but at night she’s a brilliant inventor of gizmos and gadgets who dreams of becoming a great engineer. When her great-great-aunt Rose (Rosie the Riveter) comes for a visit and mentions her one unfinished goal–to fly–Rosie sets to work building a contraption to make her aunt’s dream come true. But when her contraption doesn’t fly but rather hovers for a moment and then crashes, Rosie deems the invention a failure. On the contrary, Aunt Rose insists that Rosie’s contraption was a raging success. You can only truly fail, she explains, if you quit.

Ada Twist, Scientist

by Andrea Beaty (Author), David Roberts (Illustrator)

Inspired by real-life makers such as Ada Lovelace and Marie Curie, Ada Twist, Scientist champions girl power and women scientists, and brings welcome diversity to picture books about girls in science. Touching on themes of never giving up and problem solving, Ada comes to learn that her questions might not always lead to answers, but rather to more questions. She may never find the source of the stink, but with a supportive family and the space to figure it out, she’ll be able to feed her curiosity in the ways a young scientist should.

Sleeping and Settling

The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep : A New Way of Getting Children to Sleep

by Carl-Johan Forssen Ehrlin , Illustrated by Irina Maununen

The groundbreaking number 1 bestseller is sure to turn nightly bedtime battles into a loving and special end-of-day ritual. This child-tested, parent- approved story uses an innovative technique that brings a calm end to any child’s day. Do you struggle with getting your child to fall asleep? Join parents all over the world who have embraced The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep as their new nightly routine. When Roger can’t fall asleep, Mummy Rabbit takes him to see Uncle Yawn, who knows just what to do. Children will join Roger on his journey and be lulled to sleep alongside their new friend. Carl- Johan Forssen Ehrlin’s simple story uses a unique and distinct language pattern that will help your child relax and fall asleep-at bedtime or naptime. Reclaim bedtime today.

What to Do When You Dread Your Bed: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Problems With Sleep (What to Do Guides for Kids)

by Dawn Huebner & Bonnie Matthews

Guides children and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques used to treat problems with sleep. This book tackles fears, busy brains, restless bodies, and overdependence on parents.

The Darkest Dark Hardcover

by Chris Hadfield & The Fan Brothers & Kate Fillion (Contributor)

Chris loves rockets and planets and pretending he’s a brave astronaut, exploring the universe. Only one problem–at night, Chris doesn’t feel so brave. He’s afraid of the dark. But when he watches the groundbreaking moon landing on TV, he realizes that space is the darkest dark there is–and the dark is beautiful and exciting, especially when you have big dreams to keep you company.

The Invisible String Hardback

by Patrice Karst , Illustrated by Geoff Stevenson

In this heartwarming story, Karst delivers a very simple approach to overcoming the fear of loneliness or separation from parents, written with an imaginative flair that children can easily identify with and remember. Specifically written to address children’s fear of being apart from the ones they love, The Invisible String delivers a particularly compelling message in today’s uncertain times that though we may be separated from the ones we care for, whether through anger, or distance or even death, love is the unending connection that binds us all, and, by extension, ultimately binds every person on the planet to everyone else. Parents and children everywhere who are looking for reassurance and reaffirmation of the transcendent power of love, to bind, connect and comfort us through those inevitable times when life challenges us!

Anxiety

Please Explain Anxiety to Me! Simple Biology and Solutions for Children and Parents

by Laurie E Zelinger, Illustrated by Elisa Sabella

What’s happening to me? This book translates anxiety from the jargon of psychology into concrete experiences that children can relate to. Children and their parents will understand the biological and emotional components of anxiety responsible for the upsetting symptoms they experience. “Please Explain Anxiety to Me, 2nd Edition” gives accurate physiological information in child friendly language. A colorful dinosaur story explains the link between brain and body functioning, followed by practical therapeutic techniques that children can use to help themselves. Children will: learn that they can handle most issues if they are explained at their developmental level understand the brain/body connection underlying anxiety identify with the examples given find comfort and reassurance in knowing that others have the same experience be provided with strategies and ideas to help them change their anxiety responses.

Brave As Can Be: A Book of Courage (Growing Hearts)

by Jo Witek & Christine Roussey

The life of a toddler can be full of frightening things: the dark, the neighbor’s dog, and thunderstorms, just to name a few. As children get older, they begin to feel braver around these everyday events, but how do they build this newfound confidence? In this lyrical, insightful picture book, an older sister explains to her younger sister all the things she used to be afraid of, along with some tricks to help, whether it’s a special blanket for bedtime or singing during a storm. Now, big sister assures little sister, the fears that once felt as big as a mountain feel as minuscule as a speck of dust.

Managing Anger

What to Do When Your Temper Flares: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Problems With Anger (What to Do Guides for Kids)

by Dawn Huebner (Author), Bonnie Matthews (Illustrator)

This book guides children and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques used to treat problems with anger. This interactive self-help book teaches children a set of anger dousing methods aimed at cooling angry thoughts and controlling angry actions, resulting in calmer, more effective kids.

ADHD

All Dogs Have ADHD

by Kathy Hoopmann

All Dogs Have ADHD takes an inspiring and affectionate look at Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), using images and ideas from the canine world to explore a variety of traits that will be instantly recognizable to those who are familiar with ADHD. This delightful book combines humor with understanding to reflect the difficulties and joys of raising a child with ADHD and celebrates what it means to be considered ‘different.’ Absorbing and enjoyable, the book takes a refreshing approach to understanding ADHD.

Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker (Little Boost)

by Christianne C. Jones & Richard Watson

Lacey Walker loves to talk. She talks all day, and sometimes all night. But when she loses her voice, Lacey learns the importance of listening.

My Mouth Is a Volcano!

by Julia Cook (Author), Carrie Hartman (Illustrator)

All of Louis thoughts are very important to him. In fact, his thoughts are so important to him that when he has something to say, his words begin to wiggle, and then they do the jiggle, then his tongue pushes all of his important words up against his teeth and he erupts, or interrupts others. His mouth is a volcano! My Mouth Is A Volcano takes an empathetic approach to the habit of interrupting and teaches children a witty technique to capture their rambunctious thoughts and words for expression at an appropriate time. Told from Louis’ perspective, this story provides parents, teachers, and counselors with an entertaining way to teach children the value of respecting others by listening and waiting for their turn to speak.

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome : A User Guide to Adolescence

by Luke Jackson

Part of the Reading Well scheme. 27 books selected by young people and health professionals to provide 13 to 18 year olds with high-quality support, information and advice about common mental health issues and related conditions. Winner of the NASEN & TES Special Educational Needs Children’s Book Award 2003 Have you ever been called a freak or a geek? Have you ever felt like one? Luke Jackson is 13 years old and has Asperger Syndrome. Over the years Luke has learned to laugh at such names but there are other aspects of life which are more difficult. Adolescence and the teenage years are a minefield of emotions, transitions and decisions and when a child has Asperger Syndrome, the result is often explosive.

All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome

by Kathy Hoopmann

All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome takes a playful look at Asperger Syndrome (AS), drawing inspiration from the feline world in a way that will strike a chord with all those who are familiar with AS. Delightful color photographs of cats bring to life familiar characteristics such as sensitive hearing, scampering at the first sign of being stroked and particular eating habits. Touching, humorous and insightful, this book evokes the difficulties and joys of raising a child who is different and leaves the reader with a sense of the dignity, individuality and potential of people with AS.

Grief and loss

The Little Prince Paperback

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Author), Katherine Woods (Translator)

“You — you alone will have the stars as no one else has them”…”In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night…You — only you — will have stars that can laugh!”

This beautiful book is a well-known classic. Hidden amongst a seemingly simple story, are hidden gems that teach us that we remain connected to those we love even when we can no longer see them.

Bullying and Cyberbullying Resources

General Resources

www.esafety.gov.au/esafety-information/esafety-issues/cyberbullying

Support for Patients

Lifeline

Lifeline is a non-profit organisation that provides free, 24-hour Telephone Crisis Support service in Australia. Volunteer Crisis Supporters provide suicide prevention services, mental health support and emotional assistance, not only via telephone but face-to-face and online.

Website: https://www.lifeline.org.au/Home

Phone Support Line: 13 11 14 (24hrs, 7 days)

Online Chat: Via website (24hrs)

Kids Helpline

Kids Helpline is a free, private and confidential, telephone and online counselling service specifically for young people aged between 5 and 25 in Australia

Website: https://kidshelpline.com.au/

Phone Support Line: 1800 55 1800 (24hrs, 7 days)

Beyond Blue

Beyond Blue is an Australian, independent non-profit organisation working to address issues associated with depression, anxiety disorders and related mental disorders.

Website: https://www.lifeline.org.au/Home

Phone Support Line: 1300 22 4636

Online Chat: Via website (24hrs)

Interactive Online Resources

Keeping it Tame, Website: http://keepittame.youngandwellcrc.org.au

Shows the risks of taking a ‘joke’ too far online, and what to do if you are on the receiving end.

Cyber Smart, Website: https://esafety.gov.au

Information on how to deal with online issues including cyberbullying, trolling, digital reputation and sexting.

Stay Smart Online, Website: https://www.staysmartonline.gov.au/youth

Provides information on online issues including cyberbullying, and links to the cyber safety help button.

Bullying No Way! Website: https://bullyingnoway.gov.au

Provides information on what to do if you are being bullied, been called a bully or know someone who is being bullied.

Law Stuff, Website: http://www.lawstuff.org.au

Know your stuff on a range of issues including bullying and cyberbullying for your state.

Mindfulness for kids

Buddha at Bedtime: Tales of Love and Wisdom for You to Read with Your Child to Enchant, Enlighten and Inspire

by Dharmachari Nagaraja

Many of today’s children face challenges and obstacles far beyond what their parents ever imagined. These 20 thoroughly modern retellings of ancient Buddhist tales give parents a fun, low-pressure way to impart wisdom and moral guidance without preaching. Each story highlights a moral or ethical dilemma that echoes those that children face in their own lives, providing insight and enlightenment that they can use to defuse trying situations. At the conclusion of each story, applicable Buddhist principles are discussed. Featuring engaging characters, enthralling adventures, and modern language that speaks to today’s kids, these beautifully illustrated stories can help children relieve stress, attain greater academic and social achievement, and enjoy a more positive outlook on life.

Sitting Still Like a Frog: Mindfulness Exercises for Kids (and Their Parents)

by Eline Snel, Myla Kabat-Zinn, Jon Kabat-Zinn

Mindfulness—the quality of attention that combines full awareness with acceptance of each moment, just as it is—is gaining broad acceptance among mental health professionals as an adjunct to treatment. This little book is a very appealing introduction to mindfulness meditation for children and their parents. In a simple and accessible way, it describes what mindfulness is and how mindfulness-based practices can help children calm down, become more focused, fall asleep more easily, alleviate worry, manage anger, and generally become more patient and aware. The book contains eleven practices that focus on just these scenarios, along with short examples and anecdotes throughout. Included with purchase is an audio CD with guided meditations, voiced by Myla Kabat-Zinn, who along with her husband, Jon Kabat-Zinn, popularized mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) as a therapeutic approach.

Parenting

General Resources

Becoming a Mother: a Journey of Uncertainty, Transformation and Falling in Love

by Leisa Stathis

Throughout the first difficult year of their babies’ lives, many women secretly doubt that they will emerge as the loving, confident mothers they long to be. Here, Leisa Stathis explores this emotional journey. Through shared stories, women learn that they are not alone and that there is light at the end of the tunnel. A social worker and qualified family therapist, Leisa refers to the early days of being a new mother as the “fourth trimester” and includes chapters on such infrequently discussed topics as “The Unmothered Mother.” Perhaps the most powerful message Leisa gives women is a reminder that, as mothers, in among all that we don’t know and feel we are doing wrong, there are many things we are doing wonderfully right.

The Whole-Brain Child : 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind

by Daniel J Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson

“NEW YORK TIMES “BESTSELLER Simple, smart, and effective solutions to your child s struggles. Harvey Karp, M.D. Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson have created a masterly, reader-friendly guide to helping children grow their emotional intelligence. This brilliant method transforms everyday interactions into valuable brain-shaping moments. Anyone who cares for children or who loves a child should read “The Whole-Brain Child.” Daniel Goleman, author of” Emotional Intelligence” In this pioneering, practical book, Daniel J. Siegel, neuropsychiatrist and author of the bestselling “Mindsight,” and parenting expert Tina Payne Bryson offer a revolutionary approach to child rearing with twelve key strategies that foster healthy brain development, leading to calmer, happier children. The authors explain and make accessible the new science of how a child s brain is wired and how it matures.

The Whole-Brain Child Workbook: Practical Exercises, Worksheets and Activities to Nurture Developing Minds

by Daniel J Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson

Based on their NY Times Best Selling book, The Whole-Brain Child, internationally acclaimed neuropsychiatrist Dan Siegel and brain-based parenting expert Tina Payne Bryson have created a workbook to apply Whole-Brain principles. The Whole-Brain Child Workbook has a unique, interactive approach that allows readers not only to think more deeply about how the ideas fit their own parenting approach, but also develop specific and practical ways to implement the concepts — and bring them to life for themselves and for their children. Dozens of clear, practical and age specific exercises and activities. Applications for clinicians, parents, educators, grandparents and care-givers.

Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child

by John Gottman , Joan Declaire

“Raising an “Emotionally Intelligent Child” is John Gottman’s groundbreaking guide to teaching children to understand and regulate their emotional world. Intelligence That Comes from the Heart Every parent knows the importance of equipping children with the intellectual skills they need to succeed in school and life. But children also need to master their emotions. “Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child” is a guide to teaching children to understand and regulate their emotional world. And as acclaimed psychologist and researcher John Gottman shows, once they master this important life skill, emotionally intelligent children will enjoy increased self-confidence, greater physical health, better performance in school, and healthier social relationships. “Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child” will equip parents with a five-step emotion coaching process that teaches how to: -Be aware of a child’s emotions -Recognize emotional expression as an opportunity for intimacy and teaching -Listen empathetically and validate a child’s feelings – Label emotions in words a child can understand -Help a child come up with an appropriate way to solve a problem or deal with an upsetting issue or situation Written for parents of children of all ages, “Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child” will enrich the bonds between parent and child and contribute immeasurably to the development of a generation of emotionally healthy adults.

Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive

by Daniel J. Siegel & Mary Hartzell

An updated edition of the parenting classic Have you ever thought: ‘I can’t believe I just said to my child the very thing my parents used to say to me! Am I destined to repeat the mistakes of my parents?’ In Parenting from the Inside Out, child psychiatrist Daniel J. Siegel and early-childhood expert Mary Hartzell explore how our childhood experiences shape the way we parent. Drawing on stunning new findings in neurobiology and attachment research, they explain how interpersonal relationships affect the development of the brain, and offer a step-by-step approach to forming a deeper understanding of our life stories, which will help us raise compassionate and resilient children. Combining Siegel’s cutting-edge neuroscience research with Hartzell’s 30 years of experience as a child-development specialist and parent educator.

The Five Love Language for Children: The Secret To Loving Children Effectively

by Gary Chapman & Ross Campbell

Discover and speak your child’s love language in a way that he or she understands. Dr. Gary Chapman and Dr. Ross Campbell help you:

Discover your child’s love language
Assist your child in successful learning
Use the love languages to correct and discipline more effectively
Build a foundation of unconditional love for your child

Plus: Find dozens of tips for practical ways to speak your child’s love language.

Discover your child’s primary language—then speak it—and you will be well on your way to a stronger relationship with your flourishing child.

Attachment

Why Love Matters: How affection shapes a baby’s brain

by Sue Gerhardt

Why Love Matters explains why loving relationships are essential to brain development in the early years, and how these early interactions can have lasting consequences for future emotional and physical health. This second edition follows on from the success of the first, updating the scientific research, covering recent findings in genetics and the mind/body connection, and including a new chapter highlighting our growing understanding of the part also played by pregnancy in shaping a baby’s future emotional and physical well-being.

Raising a Secure Child: How Circle of Security Parenting Can Help You Nurture Your Child’s Attachment, Emotional Resilience, and Freedom to Explore

by Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper, Bert Powell & Christine M. Benton

Today’s parents are constantly pressured to be perfect. But in striving to do everything right, we risk missing what children really need for lifelong emotional security. Now the simple, powerful “Circle of Security” parenting strategies that Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper, and Bert Powell have taught thousands of families are available in self-help form for the first time. Readers learn how to protect and nurture babies through teens while fostering their independence, and what emotional needs a child may be expressing with difficult behavior. Vivid stories and unique practical tools offer insight into how our own upbringing affects our parenting style (and what to do about it). This book puts the keys to healthy attachment within everyone’s reach–self-understanding, flexibility, and the willingness to make and learn from mistakes.

Becoming Attached: First Relationship and How They Shape Our Capacity to Love

by Robert Karen

The struggle to understand the infant-parent bond ranks as one of the great quests of modern psychology, one that touches us deeply because it holds so many clues to how we become who we are. How are our personalities formed? How do our early struggles with our parents reappear in the way we relate to others as adults? Why do we repeat with our own children–seemingly against our will–the very behaviors we most disliked about our parents? In Becoming Attached, psychologist and noted journalist Robert Karen offers fresh insight into some of the most fundamental and fascinating questions of emotional life.

Understanding your Child’s Development

Understanding Your Baby (The Tavistock Clinic – Understanding Your Child) Jun 15, 2004

by Sophie Boswell

Understanding Your One-Year-Old (The Tavistock Clinic)

by Sarah Gustavus-Jones

How does the world look to a one-year-old? When your child doesn’t have words to explain things to you, how can you begin to understand how she feels? How do you support and understand your very young child as his independence increases and he starts to become a toddler, beginning to learn to dress himself, share toys and play with other children? Acknowledging the crucial role of relationships and parenting, Sarah Gustavus-Jones offers guidance and reassurance in this sensitive exploration of the issues central to your child’s developing physical and emotional needs.

Understanding Your Two-Year-Old (Tavistock Clinic)

by Lisa Miller

What makes children in their ‘terrible twos’ behave as they do? How can parents decide when their child is ready for day care, and manage their child’s transition to a trusted child minder? Lisa Miller guides parents through their two-year-old’s development, from how to deal with a ‘bossy boots’ to understanding the central importance of toys, and the development of language and nonverbal communicative skills. She describes ways in which parents can help a young child express or resolve difficult feelings or jealousy, come to accept and welcome a new-born sibling, and negotiate friendships.

Understanding Your Three-Year-Old (The Tavistock Clinic)

by Louise Emanuel

What changes when a young child begins to leave toddlerhood behind? How do you keep track of your child’s good and bad experiences at nursery and kindergarten and support her through them? What is the best way to cope with temper tantrums, and why do they happen? Louise Emanuel presents practical tips and a great deal of emotional reassurance for both the first-time and the experienced parent. She offers helpful guidance on a range of topics, from managing sibling rivalry and ensuring everyone in the family gets a good night’s sleep, to encouraging conversation and imaginative solitary and social play.

Understanding 4-5-Year-Olds (The Tavistock Clinic)

by Lesley Maroni, Jonathan Bradley (Foreword)

Understanding 4-5-year-olds gives a thoughtful overview of the challenges that children face as they gradually move away from a strong attachment to their families and turn towards the wider world of school and life outside the family. Lesley Maroni discusses the critical social and emotional developments at this age, including identity, independence and sibling rivalry, the transition to school and friendships with peers, coping with illness and loss, and gender differences. The author also shows how 4-5-year-olds explore real issues using the protective safety of pretend play and their imagination.

Understanding 6-7-Year-Olds (The Tavistock Clinic)

by Corinne Aves, Jonathan Bradley (Foreword)

What challenges do 6-7-year-olds face as they learn new skills and face different social situations? How do their perceptions of the world change? How can we best support them in their move towards greater independence? This accessible book provides a wealth of information to help parents, educators and carers better relate to children at this exciting, yet demanding, stage of development. From the new-found sense of rivalry between siblings or classmates, to the anxieties children feel when making new friends, Corinne Aves offers guidance on encouraging children’s development and helping them to cope with changing expectations of their behaviour. She discusses the various struggles in these children’s lives – such as the conflict between a child’s continuing desire to please his parents and the pressure to follow the leads of his friends – and gives tips for supporting children’s increasing understanding of morality. Chapters on both school and family life explain the need for discipline and order in ‘middle childhood’, while specific areas of development such as reading skills and learning difficulties are addressed with sensitivity and insight.

Understanding 8-9-Year-Olds (The Tavistock Clinic)

by Biddy Youell & Jonathan Bradley

Understanding 8-9-Year-Olds describes how children grow and change as they move further away from reliance on home and family, out into the world of school and community. Children of this age develop preferences as well as opinions based on their experience of new relationships and activities. For many children, it is a period of relative calm as they develop through new skills while accumulating knowledge. Biddy Youell looks at the ways in which eight and nine year olds experience their world and highlights some of the difficulties that may hinder their emotional, social or educational development.

Understanding 10-11-Year-Olds (The Tavistock Clinic)

by Rebecca Bergese & Jonathan Bradley

Understanding 10-11-Year-Olds introduces the challenges that face children as they start to make their transition from childhood into adolescence. Children at this age begin to express independence and confidence in their capability that may extend beyond their direct experience. Adults caring for their well-being need to monitor the new dimensions in the child’s life, such as competitiveness and its impact on relationships at school and at home. Rebecca Bergese guides the reader through the broad range of emotional and social challenges experienced by children as they are encouraged to take on greater responsibility.

Anxiety

Helping Your Anxious Child: A Step-by-Step Guide for Parents Paperback

by Ronald Rapee PhD (Author), Ann Wignall D Psych (Author), Susan Spence PhD (Author), Heidi Lyneham PhD (Author), Vanessa Cobham PhD (Author)

Now in its second edition, Helping Your Anxious Child has been expanded and updated to include the latest research and techniques for managing child anxiety. The book offers proven effective skills based in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to aid you in helping your child overcome intense fears and worries. You’ll also find out how to relieve your child’s anxious feelings while parenting with compassion.

Discipline

123 Magic: 3-step discipline for Calm, Effective and Happy Parenting

by Thomas Phelan

The sixth edition of the 1.8 million-copy bestseller 1-2-3 Magic by internationally acclaimed parenting expert Thomas W. Phelan, Ph.D. compiles two decades of research and experience into an easy-to-use program designed for parents striving to connect more deeply with their children and help them develop into healthy, capable teenagers and adults. Dr. Phelan breaks down the complex task of parenting into three straightforward steps:

Helping your children learn how to control their emotions and refrain from negative behavior, including tantrums, whining, and sibling rivalry
Encouraging good behavior in your children and providing positive feedback
Strengthening your relationships with your children to reinforce the natural parent-child bond

No Drama Discipline: The Whole Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nutrure Your Child’s Developing Mind

by Daniel Siegel & Tina Bryson

Highlighting the fascinating link between a child’s neurological development and the way a parent reacts to misbehavior, No-Drama Discipline provides an effective, compassionate road map for dealing with tantrums, tensions, and tears—without causing a scene.

Defining the true meaning of the “d” word (to instruct, not to shout or reprimand), the authors explain how to reach your child, redirect emotions, and turn a meltdown into an opportunity for growth. By doing so, the cycle of negative behavior (and punishment) is essentially brought to a halt, as problem solving becomes a win/win situation.

Understanding Teenagers

Brainstorm : The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain

by Daniel J. Siegel

In this “New York Times” bestselling book, Dr. Daniel Siegel shows parents how to turn one of the most challenging developmental periods in their children s lives into one of the most rewarding. Between the ages of twelve and twenty-four, the brain changes in important and, at times, challenging ways. In “Brainstorm,” Dr. Daniel Siegel busts a number of commonly held myths about adolescence for example, that it is merely a stage of immaturity filled with often crazy behavior. According to Siegel, during adolescence we learn vital skills, such as how to leave home and enter the larger world, connect deeply with others, and safely experiment and take risks. Drawing on important new research in the field of interpersonal neurobiology, Siegel explores exciting ways in which understanding how the brain functions can improve the lives of adolescents, making their relationships more fulfilling and less lonely and distressing on both sides of the generational divide.

The Making of Men: Raising boys to be happy, healthy and successful

by Arne Rubinstein

As parents, we all want our boys to grow up to be happy, healthy and successful. For this to happen, it’s vital we understand their world, their challenges, and how our relationship with them must change as they become young men. Using real-life examples, parenting expert Dr Arne Rubinstein clearly explains the risks teenagers face today, including drugs, alcohol, technology and peer group pressure. He then shows how you can equip your son to make safe and sensible choices.

How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk

by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

The renowned #1 New York Times bestselling authors share their advice and expertise with parents and teens in this accessible, indispensable guide to surviving adolescence. Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish transformed parenting with their breakthrough, bestselling books Siblings Without Rivalry and How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk.

Understanding 12-14 Year Olds (The Tavistock Clinic)

by Margot Waddell

How much independence should parents allow teenagers who claim rights and privileges, show excessive confidence and test the boundaries of discipline? How can parents handle the physical and emotional changes in their adolescent child? This book offers helpful advice to parents whose children have reached the turbulent teenage years. From conflict management to issues of bullying, stealing and smoking, it guides parents as their children alternate between maturity and immaturity and develop their own identity. It explains the impact of school life, group pressures and close friendships on 12-14-year-olds’ development and helps parents to offer their child support, while accepting his or her increased need for privacy. Alongside these challenges, the author reveals the rewards of sharing in these young people’s enthusiasm and ambitions, as they grow more confident and responsible. This book provides practical and sensitive advice for parents to help them relate to and communicate with their child at a difficult time of transition, while being prepared to question what they thought they already knew about their son or daughter – and about parenting.

Understanding Your 15-17 Year-Olds (The Tavistock Clinic)

by Jonathan Bradley (Author), Helene Dubinsky (Author)

Children with Special Needs

Understanding Your Young Child with Special Needs (The Tavistock)

by Pamela Bartram and Jonathan Bradley

Understanding Your Young Child with Special Needs explores the developmental impact of disability on normal stages of child development, and examines the complex nature of the emotional bonds between parents and their children with special needs. Placing the child and his or her personality, family life, feelings and behaviours in the foreground, Bartram addresses all the ‘ordinary’ challenges and tasks of parenting, such as sibling relationships, nursery and school, toilet training, and healthy aggression, as well as those that are of particular relevance to the parents of young children with special needs.

Developmental Disorders

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence

by Luke Jackson

All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome

by Kathy Hoopmann

Managing Anger

What to Do When Your Temper Flares: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Problems With Anger (What to Do Guides for Kids)

by Dawn Huebner (Author), Bonnie Matthews (Illustrator)

ADHD

All Dogs Have ADHD

by Kathy Hoopmann

Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker (Little Boost)

by Christianne C. Jones & Richard Watson

Lacey Walker loves to talk. She talks all day, and sometimes all night. But when she loses her voice, Lacey learns the importance of listening.

My Mouth Is a Volcano!

by Julia Cook (Author), Carrie Hartman (Illustrator)

All of Louis’ thoughts are very important to him. In fact, his thoughts are so important to him that when he has something to say, his words begin to wiggle, and then they do the jiggle, then his tongue pushes all of his important words up against his teeth and he erupts, or interrupts others. His mouth is a volcano! My Mouth Is A Volcano takes an empathetic approach to the habit of interrupting and teaches children a witty technique to capture their rambunctious thoughts and words for expression at an appropriate time. Told from Louis’ perspective, this story provides parents, teachers, and counselors with an entertaining way to teach children the value of respecting others by listening and waiting for their turn to speak.

Children with Special Needs

Understanding Your Young Child with Special Needs

by Pamela Bartram and Jonathan Bradley

Medicare Information

There are a number of different plans or packages under Medicare which may enable families of children with a diagnoses of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to access services from a private provider and to be rebated by Medicare.

More Information

Developmental Disorders

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence

by Luke Jackson

All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome

by Kathy Hoopmann

Managing Anger

What to Do When Your Temper Flares: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Problems With Anger (What to Do Guides for Kids)

by Dawn Huebner (Author), Bonnie Matthews (Illustrator)

ADHD

All Dogs Have ADHD

by Kathy Hoopmann

Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker (Little Boost)

by Christianne C. Jones & Richard Watson

Lacey Walker loves to talk. She talks all day, and sometimes all night. But when she loses her voice, Lacey learns the importance of listening.

My Mouth Is a Volcano!

by Julia Cook (Author), Carrie Hartman (Illustrator)

Children with Special Needs

Understanding Your Young Child with Special Needs

by Pamela Bartram and Jonathan Bradley

Eating Disorders

Lessons from the Fat-O-Sphere

by Kate Hardin & Marianne Kirby

From the leading bloggers in the fat-acceptance movement comes an empowering guide to body image – no matter what the scales say. When it comes to body image, women can be their own worst enemies, aided and abetted by society and the media. But Harding and Kirby have written a book to help readers achieve admiration for-or at least a truce with-their bodies. The authors believe in “health at every size”-the idea that weight does not necessarily determine well-being and that exercise and eating healthfully are beneficial, regardless of whether they cause weight loss. They point to errors in the media, misunderstood and ignored research, as well as stories from real women around the world to underscore their message. They share with readers twenty-seven ways to reframe notions of dieting and weight, including: accepting that diets don’t work, practicing intuitive eating, finding body-positive doctors, not judging other women, and finding a hobby that has nothing to do with one’s weight.

Fat is a Feminist Issue

by Susie Orbach

Reflecting on our increasingly diet and body-obsessed society, Susie Orbach’s new introduction explains how generations of women and girls are growing up absorbing the eating anxieties around them. In an age where women want to be sexy, nurturing, domestic goddesses, confident at work, and feminine too, the twenty-first-century woman is poorly armed for survival. Never before has the Fat Is A Feminist Issue revolution been more in need of revival.

My Kid Is Back

by June Alexander & Prof Daniel Le Grange

My Kid is Back explains how family-based treatment can greatly reduce the severity of anorexia nervosa in children and adolescents, allowing the sufferer to return to normal eating patterns, and their families to return to normal family life. In this book, ten families share their experiences of living with anorexia. Parents describe their frustrations in seeking help for their child and dealing with their behaviour and sufferers discuss how the illness gets into their mind and takes over their personality. By focusing on the Maudsley family approach and expert advice from Professor Daniel Le Grange, and including clear lists of illness symptoms, strategies for parents and carers to follow, and information on getting further treatment and support, this book proves an essential resource for families who want to win the battle with anorexia nervosa.

Promoting health body image and acceptance

Your Dieting Daughter: Antidotes Parents can Provide for Body Dissatisfaction, Excessive Dieting, and Disordered Eating

by Carolyn Costin

Your Dieting Daughter is a must read for anyone wanting to help contribute to a young woman’s development of a healthy self and body esteem, whether she is 13 or 30. It covers a range of subjects including dealing with the tricky issues of body image, food, and weight in a culture that places an unhealthy emphasis on being thin. From aiding a young girl to lose weight for health reasons; to encouraging a young woman to accept her natural body size; to helping detect, prevent, and understand eating disorders, this second edition is full of practical and invaluable information. Chapters guide parents in the Do’s and Don’ts that will help a daughter to accept, respect, and care for her body. Whether you are interested in being a good role model for you daughter, helping girls and women who are currently suffering from an eating disorder or body image issues, or raising the next generation of girls to value the size of their heart over their body size, this is a book not to be missed.

Health At Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight

by Linda Bacon

Fat isn’t the problem. Dieting is the problem. A society that rejects anyone whose body shape or size doesn’t match an impossible ideal is the problem. A medical establishment that equates “thin” with “healthy” is the problem. The solution? Health at Every Size.

embody: Learning to Love Your Unique Body (and quiet that critical voice!)

by Connie Sobczak & Elizabeth Scott (Foreword)

This book’s message is rooted in the belief that people inherently possess the wisdom necessary to make healthy choices and live in balance. It emphasizes that self-love, acceptance of genetic diversity in body size, celebration of the unique beauty of every individual, and intuitive self-care are fundamental to achieving good physical and emotional health. Rather than receiving a prescriptive set of rules to follow, readers are guided through patient, mindful inquiry to find what works uniquely in their own lives to bring about — and sustain — positive self-care changes and a peaceful relationship with their bodies.

The Body Lovin’ Guide2

by Taryn Brumfitt

A negative perception of our own body is both destructive and unhealthy and can result in a damaged sense of self or poor self esteem. So the message here is – accept your body. The guide is a 40-page digital e-book available only as an adobe acrobat PDF file from www.bodyimagemovement.com

After purchase you can download the file to read on your computer, iPhone, iPad or laptop.

Feed Your Instinct

Feed Your Instinct (FYI) is an early intervention resource for eating disorders. This interactive resource has been developed for parents of a young person who may be at risk of developing an eating disorder and provides education about eating disorders and their warning signs, self-help strategies and guidance on how to seek the right support.

The aims of this resource are to reduce the risk of a young person developing a clinically diagnosed eating disorder, and if an eating disorder does develop, promote early identification and rapid access to evidence based treatment, increasing the likelihood of recovery.

Website: http://feedyourinstinct.com.au/eating

Email: Email direct through website.

Children & Young People

Support for Carers

Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder

by James Lock MD PhD & Daniel Le Grange PhD

Top experts James Lock and Daniel Le Grange explain what you need to know about eating disorders, which treatments work, and why it is absolutely essential to play an active role in your teen’s recovery–even though parents have often been told to take a back seat. Learn how to monitor your teen’s eating and exercise, manage mealtimes, end weight-related power struggles, and partner successfully with health care providers. When families work together to get the most out of treatment and prevent relapse, eating disorders can be beat. This book is your essential roadmap

Skills-based Learning for Caring for a Loved One with an Eating Disorder: The New Maudsley Method

by Janet Treasure, Gráinne Smith, & Anna Crane

Through a coordinated approach, this book offers information alongside detailed techniques and strategies, which aim to improve professionals’ and home carers’ ability to build continuity and consistency of support for their loved ones. The authors use evidence-based research and personal experience, as well as practical support skills, to advise the reader on a number of difficult areas in caring for someone with an eating disorder. These include:

working towards positive change through good communications skills
developing problem solving skills
building resilience
managing difficult behaviour.

Brave Girl Eating: A Family’s Struggle with Anorexia

by Harriet Brown

“One of the most up to date, relevant, and honest accounts of one family’s battle with the life threatening challenges of anorexia. Brown has masterfully woven science, history, and heart throughout this compelling and tender story.”

—Lynn S. Grefe, Chief Executive Officer, National Eating Disorders Association

Websites for Carers

www.feast-ed.org

www.aroundthedinnertable.org

www.maudsleyparents.org

www.nedc.com.au

Support For Patients

The Butterfly Foundation

This organisation represents all people affected by eating disorders and negative body image, including friends and family and a range of resources including a support line.

Website: www.thebutterflyfoundation.org.au

Email:

Support Phone Line: 1800 33 4673 (9am – 5pm)

National Eating Disorders Collaboration

The National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC) brings research, expertise and evidence from leaders in the field together in one place. It’s a one stop portal to make eating disorders information a lot more accessible for everyone.

Website: www.nedc.com.au

(QLD) Eating Issues Centre:

The Eating Issues Centre is a community based non-profit charity funded by Queensland Health promoting positive body image and prevention of eating issues as well as offering supportive therapeutic options for people affected by eating issues.

Website: http://www.eatingissuescentre.org.au/

Email: Email direct through website.

Phone: 3844 6055

(QLD) Eating Disorder Association

The Eating Disorders Association Inc (Qld) is a non-profit organisation funded by Queensland Health, to provide information, support, referrals and support group services for all people affected by eating disorders in the state of Queensland, Australia.

Website: www.eda.org.au

Email:

Other websites

www.eda.org.au

www.isis.org.au

www.eatingdisorders.org.au

www.thebutterflyfoundation.org.au

www.nedc.com.au

www.recoveryispossible.com.au

www.bulimiahelp.org

www.smart-eating.com

www.oabrisbane.com

www.mentorconnect-ed.org

www.somethingfishy.com

www.b-eat.co.uk

www.thebutterflyfoundation.org.au

www.eatingdisorders.org.nz

www.anzaed.org.au

Workbooks & Self-help materials

The Binge Eating and Compulsive Overeating Workbook: An Integrated Approach to Overcoming Disordered Eating (The New Harbinger Whole-Body Healing Series)

by Carolyn Ross

In The Binge Eating and Compulsive Overeating Workbook, you’ll learn skills and nutrition guidelines recommended by doctors and therapists for healthy eating and how to quell the often overpowering urge to overeat. Using a variety of practices drawn from complementary and alternative medicine, you’ll replace unhealthy habits with nourishing rewards and relaxation practices. This potent combination of therapies will help you end your dependence on overeating as a way to cope with unpleasant feelings and shows you how to develop new strategies for a healthier lifestyle.

This workbook will help you:

Identify the trigger foods and feelings that spur you to binge or overeat
Determine how stress, depression, and anxiety may be affecting your eating
Calm yourself in stressful times with nourishing self-care practices
Learn to appreciate and accept your body

8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder: Effective Strategies from Therapeutic Practice and Personal Experience (8 Keys to Mental Health)

by Carolyn Costin, Gwen Schubert Grabb & Babette Rothschild (Foreword)

A unique and personal look into treatment of eating disorders, written by a therapist and her former patient, now a therapist herself. The authors bravely share their unique stories of suffering from and eventually overcoming their own severe eating disorders. Interweaving personal narrative with the perspective of their own therapist-client relationship, their insights bring an unparalleled depth of awareness into just what it takes to successfully beat this challenging and seemingly intractable clinical issue.

Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too

by Jenni Schaefer & Thom Rutledge

“[Life Without Ed] was the first [book] to teach readers that they can not only separate from their eating disorder, but also disagree with and disobey it. I wholeheartedly recommend this witty, hopeful guide to patients, carers, professionals, and anyone else who wants to understand what it’s really like to live with an eating disorder and ultimately triumph over it.”

―Jennifer J. Thomas, PhD, assistant professor of psychology at the Harvard Medical School; co-director of the Eating Disorders Clinical and Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital

Support for Men

General Adult

Consumer Resources – lived experience

An Unquiet Mind

by Kay Redfield Jamieson

In her bestselling classic, An Unquiet Mind, Kay Redfield Jamison changed the way we think about moods and madness. Kay Jamison examines bipolar illness from the dual perspectives of the healer and the healed, which results in a memoir of enormous candor – a deeply powerful book that has both transformed and saved lives.

Out of Her Mind: Women Writing on Madness

Edited by Rebecca Shannonhouse

A remarkable chronicle of gifted and unconventional women who have spun their inner turmoil into literary gold, the collection features classic short stories, breathtaking literary excerpts, key historical writings, and previously unpublished letters by Zelda Fitzgerald.

Anxiety and Depression

The Essential Laws of fearless Living

by Guy Finley

Through forty concise, incisive essays in The Essential Laws of Fearless Living, Guy Finley provides readers a picture of what they can all aspire to. The lessons in this book are for readers to take into their hearts, to help lighten their loads of fear and suffering and enlighten their days. They are modern day parables, contemporary renderings of universal and ancient truths, and aphorisms to live by.

Feel the Fear . . . and Do It Anyway

by Susan Jeffers

Dynamic and inspirational, FEEL THE FEAR AND DO IT ANYWAY teaches you how to stop negative thinking patterns and reeducate your mind to think more positively. You will learn: the vital 10-Step Positive Thinking Process; how to risk a little every day; how to turn every decision into a “No-Lose” situation, and much more.

Brain Lock, Twentieth Anniversary Edition: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior

by Jeffrey M. Schwartz (Author)

In Brain Lock, Jeffrey M. Schwartz, M.D., presents a simple four-step method for overcoming OCD that is so effective, it’s now used in academic treatment centers throughout the world. Proven by brain-imaging tests to actually alter the brain’s chemistry, this method doesn’t rely on psychopharmaceuticals. Instead, patients use cognitive self-therapy and behavior modification to develop new patterns of response to their obsessions. In essence, they use the mind to fix the brain.

The Happiness Trap

by Russ Harris

The Happiness Trap is based on the principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a mindfulness-based model, developed from cutting-edge research in behavioural psychology. The aim of ACT is to maximise human potential for a rich and meaningful life, and a wealth of published scientific studies prove its effectiveness. So if you want to escape “the happiness trap” and find meaning and fulfillment in life, this book is for you.

The Brains Way of Healing, and the Brain that Changes Itself

by Norman Doidge

The Brain’s Way of Healing explores the astonishing advances in the discovery of neuroplasticity, showing that the brain has its own unique way of healing, only recently uncovered. Norman Doidge discusses a series of remarkable recoveries: patients told they would never improve have years of chronic pain alleviated or damage from debilitating strokes undone, and symptoms of multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, brain injury, autism or learning disorders are reversed. He also shows how the risk of dementia can be lowered by 60%. Using stories to present cutting-edge science, Doidge illustrates principles that everyone can apply to improve their brain’s performance

Change Your Thinking (CBT Strategies)

by Sarah Edelman

Practicing psychologist Sarah Edelman clearly lays out how to use CBT to develop rational thought patterns in response to upsetting emotions and situations. By following the practical, easy-to-follow exercises and examples, you can take control of your thoughts, emotions, and feelings, and find more positive ways of dealing with life’s hurdles-and a happier you.

Mindfulness/ DBT resources

The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Depression: Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Move Through Depression and Create a Life Worth Living

by Patricia J. Robinson & Kirk D. Strosahl

The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Depression” offers a new approach to depression. When readers use the techniques in this book to evaluate their own experiences of depression, they will find out how to make changes that may or may not decrease their depressed feelings but will most certainly enrich and improve their total life experience

The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD: A Guide to Overcoming Obsessions and Compulsions Using Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (New Harbinger Self-Help Workbooks)

by Jon Hershfield & Tom Corboy

Combining mindfulness practices with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD offers practical and accessible tools for managing the unwanted thoughts and compulsive urges that are associated with OCD. With this workbook, you will develop present-moment awareness, learn to challenge your own distorted thinking, and stop treating thoughts as threats and feelings as facts.

Simply Being, Website: https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/simply-being-guided-meditation

Headspace, Website: https://www.headspace.com

Sleepstream 2, Website: http://sleepstream.explosiveapps.com

For professionals

Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents

Edited by Daniel Le Grange and James Lock

Bringing together leading authorities, this comprehensive volume integrates the best current knowledge and treatment approaches for eating disorders in children and adolescents. The book reveals how anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and other disorders present differently developmentally and explains their potentially far-reaching impact on psychological, physical, and neurobiological development. It provides guidelines for developmentally sound assessment and diagnosis, with attention to assessment challenges unique to this population. Detailed descriptions of evidence-based therapies are illustrated with vivid case examples. Promising directions in prevention are also addressed. A special chapter offers a parent’s perspective on family treatment.

Chronic Pain

Persistent Pain Resources

Explain Pain Book (2^nd Edition, 2013)

by David Butler & Lorimer Mosley

Designed to be used as a manual for clinicians to explain pain to patients, this can be used as a workbook as a part of a cognitive-behavioural multidisciplinary pain management program or as a take-home resource.

The Explain Pain Handbook Protectometer

by Lorimer Moseley and David Butler

Based on the most up-to-date research and the Explain Pain book, this book allows patients experiencing pain to explore their unique pain story. Most patients value the interactive device that allows patients and therapists to gain a deeper understanding of the experience and establish an individualized treatment and education plan.

The Chronic Pain Care Workbook: A Self-treatment Approach to Pain Relief Using the Behavioural Assessment of Pain Questionnaire (2006)

by Michael Lewandowski

Based on the author’s ‘Behavioural Assessment of Pain’ questionnaire, used by pain care clinics and professionals worldwide, this text offers a clinically proven management technique that addresses the physical, psychological and social aspects of living with chronic pain.

Manage Your Pain (3^rd Edition, 2011)

by Michael Nicholas, Allan Molloy, Lois Tonkin, Lee Beeston

This wonderful resource provides practical and positive ways of adapting to chronic pain. The combination of approaches provided by MANAGE YOUR PAIN can help you learn to minimise the impact of pain, and put persisting pain where it belongs – in the background of your life.

How to Live Well with Chronic Pain and Illness

by Toni Bernhard

Comfort, understanding, and advice for those who are suffering–and those who care for them. Chronic illness creates many challenges, from career crises and relationship issues to struggles with self-blame, personal identity, and isolation. Beloved author Toni Bernhard addresses these challenges and many more, using practical examples to illustrate how mindfulness, equanimity, and compassion can help readers make peace with a life turned upside down. In her characteristic conversational style, Bernhard shows how to cope and make the most of life despite the challenges of chronic illness.

Websites

The Pain Toolkit, Website: http://www.paintoolkit.org

painHEALTH (Western Australia Government Site) Website: https://painhealth.csse.uwa.edu.au/

Beyond Blue, Website: http://www.beyondblue.org.au

Hunter Integrated Pain Service, Website: http://www.hnehealth.nsw.gov.au/pain

Australian Pain Management Association, Website: http://www.painmanagement.org.au

The Conversation, Website: http://theconversation.com/explainer-what-is-pain-and-what-is-happening-when-we-feel-it-49040