Mental Health Therapy

This practical guide is full of insight, techniques and activities for managing and helping chronically angry children and ODD children. It provides teachers, counselors, parents and other [...]

What happens in our brains to make us feel fear, love, hate, anger, joy? Do we control our emotions, or do they control us? Do animals have emotions? How can […]

Lesbian and Gay Foster and Adoptive Parents: Recruiting, Assessing and Supporting an Untapped resource for Children and Youth. Six to ten million children of lesbian, gay, and bisexual parents [...]

Being a teenager in today’s complex world is a difficult enough task, but adopted teens have an additional struggle: to discover their identity and a sense of belonging and place […]

Teens write about the violence that surrounds them. Violence is commonplace in many teens’ lives, whether from bullying, gangs, dating, or family relationships. Hear the experiences of [...]

Practical tools for today’s parents. This positive, but realistic book is an important resource for all adoptive families, at any stage of pre and post adoption. The focus on the […]

Bipolar disorder has recently been identified as one of the most misunderstood and underdiagnosed conditions affecting children – and is dramatically on the rise. This book gives parents [...]

Forgiveness has been found to be a pivotal process in helping clients resolve anger over past betrayals, relieve depression and anxiety, heal relationships, and restore peace of mind. In fact, [...]

This book presents critical information on how to understand and surmount the impact of loss, neglect, separation, and violence on children’s development, how to discover and foster [...]

Culls writings from the hearts of girls nationwide, of various races, religions, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Ranging in age from twelve to eighteen, the voices here offer a provocative and [...]