The ultimate tool for anyone working with children and adolescents aged between 5 and 17 who have experienced trauma. Featuring over 80 activities tailored to different styles of communication, all requiring minimal preparation, this book aims to guide and inspire practitioners.
This book is intended for lawyers, legal organizations, and law students to provide a touchstone for health and well-being as well as insight into secondary trauma and other mental health concerns that may arise within the work of the law. Readers will be introduced to health, coping, and resiliency and will be provided with tools to measure personal well-being and to help create, motivate, and sustain well-being. Readers will also learn about the outcomes of pressure and stress in the legal profession through case studies and literature reviews. The book will explore the effects of healthy and unhealthy ways of coping, including alcohol and other drug use and abuse issues. Mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, and suicide will be covered, and readers will be exposed to the concept of secondary trauma as it relates to the practice of law. We will also look at the results of case studies and interviews from individuals around the globe.
Offering 101 creative, mindfulness-based activities, this book is a highly useful resource for engaging therapeutically with children aged 5-17 who have experienced severe trauma. With minimal preparation and only everyday objects required, the activities can be used in a number of settings. Case studies throughout show the many positive outcomes.