Based on many years' experience working with young people, this reassuring guide explores the individual and environmental reasons why teens self-harm and shows parents, carers, and teachers how to regulate their own responses. Advice on providing calm, validating support allows carers to help teens feel heard and reduce self-harming behaviour.
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- 2024
- 2022
Co-authored by clinicians specialising in anxiety, this guide for teens struggling with panic symptoms or panic disorder uses strategies from CBT, ACT and CFT. It is particularly useful for those who have yet to receive professional treatment.
- 2020
Brief Behavioural Activation for Adolescent Depression
- 272 pages
- 10 hours of reading
A comprehensive, accessible guide to Brief Behavioural Activation, a structured intervention for treating adolescents with depression. It provides guidance on every stage of delivering the process in practice, with photocopiable worksheets, and a section on the theory behind the approach. Suitable for both new and experienced practitioners.
- 2015
Am I Depressed And What Can I Do About It?
- 384 pages
- 14 hours of reading
An age-appropriate self-help guide based on current research that fills a significant gap in the market
- 2014
Teenage Depression - A CBT Guide for Parents
- 416 pages
- 15 hours of reading
An indispensable guide for parents of a depressed teenager