Theraplay a pioneering application of attachment theory to clinical work--helps parents learn & practice how to provide the playful engagement empathic responsiveness & clear guidance that lead to secure attachment & lifelong mental health in their children. This third edition of the groundbreaking book Theraplay shows how to use play to engage children in interactions that lead to competence self-regulation self-esteem & trust. Theraplays relationship-based approach is uniquely designed to help families facing todays busy & often chaotic lifestyle challenges form joyful loving relationships. ...

Investigating the case of a lovers' lane murder of a pair of college students Homicide Lieutenant Milo Sturgis enlists the help of Alex Delaware. As the two peel back layer upon layer of deception they encounter shocking truths that extend way beyond the slaughter of two young lovers. Something other than therapy has been taking place within the plush soundproof chambers of the young man's therapist... ...

Therapy with Children is a vital resource for any practitioner navigating the legal minefield of working with children & young people. Prioritising the needs of the child as the client the authors explore the legal & professional

Dimensions of working therapeutically with children. This long-awaited second edition responds to significant shifts in policy & the revised text in addition addresses:
- the importance of confidentiality in establishing a working alliance & maintaining a secure environment for therapy with children
- the conflicting pressures faced by therapists concerning issues of parental involvement & children at risk
- changes in light of the Children Act 2004 Mental Health Act 2007 & the Axon case
- changes in the organisation of child protection
- increased provision of therapeutic services for children particularly in school settings & the growing numbers of counsellors working with children
- the relevance of psychoanalysis in development of child-focused therapy as well as reference to other therapeutic approaches to child therapy
- the urgent case for developing 'confidential spaces' within therapeutic services for children & young people. Illustrated with vivid case examples Therapy with Children provides stimulating reading & is an excellent source of reference for all psychotherapists & counsellors working with children. The issues here will also be of direct relevance to youth workers teachers social workers & health professionals.








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Vultures wheeled overhead as Tim Watson found himself running out of fuel in the desert. Indeed he had many hair-raising encounters in his 8 000-mile ride across small-town America
- severe dust storms mountain snow an angry rattlesnake & even angrier racoon not to mention weird folk & the novice riders struggles with a huge motorcycle. His account informative & hilarious is a must for armchair adventurers & anyone who has ever wondered what small-town America is really like.
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This classic book is a powerful indictment of contemporary attitudes to race. By accusing British intellectuals & politicians on both sides of the political divide of refusing to take race seriously Paul Gilroy caused immediate uproar when this book was first published in 1987. A brilliant & explosive exploration of racial discourses There Aint No Black in the Union Jack provided a powerful new direction for race relations in Britain. Still dynamite today & as relevant as ever this Routledge Classics edition

Includes:: a new introduction by the author.

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This is a charming picture book with fantastic pop-out & photographic features featuring three of the most lovable cats around. Our furry friends from There Are Cats in This Book"
- Tiny Moonpie & Andre
- have returned & this time they are filled with the spirit of adventure
- they are off to see the world! They have their suitcases packed & are ready to set off
- but they cant seem to get out of the book. They try pushing their way out & jumping their way out but nothing works. Finally they decide to Wish themselves out & they are going to need your help! This is a companion volume to " There Are Cats in This Book" (ISBN 9781406324990). It provides interactive feline fun for everyone!"



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There but for the is the sparkling satirical novel by bestselling Ali Smith. There once was a man who one night between the main course & the sweet at a dinner party went upstairs & locked himself in one of the bedrooms of the house of the people who were giving the dinner party... As time passes by & the consequences of this strangers actions ripple outwards touching the owners the guests the neighbours & the whole country so Ali Smith draws us into a beautiful strange place where everyone is so much more than they at first appear. There but for the was hailed as one of the best books of 2011 by Jeanette Winterson A.S. Byatt Patrick Ness Sebastian Barry Boyd Tonkin Erica Wagner & Nick Barley. Dazzlingly inventive". (A.S. Byatt). " Whimsically devastating. Playful humorous serious profoundly clever & profoundly affecting". (" Guardian"). "A real gem". (Erica Wagner " The Times"). " Eccentric adventurous intoxicating dazzling. This is a novel with serious ambitions that remains huge fun to read". (" Literary Review"). " If you liked Smiths earlier fiction you will know that she enjoys setting up a situation before chucking in a literary Molotov cocktail then describing what happens". (" Sunday Express"). " Wonderful word-playful compelling". (Jeanette Winterson). " Smith can make anything happen which is why she is one of our most exciting writers today". (" Daily Telegraph"). "I take my hat off to Ali Smith. Her writing lifts the soul". (" Evening Standard"). Ali Smith is the author of novels " Girl Meets Boy" " Like" & the bestsellers " The Accidental" & " Hotel World". She has published the short story collections " The First Person & Other Stories" " Free Love & Other Stories" " Other Stories & Other Stories" & " The Whole Story & Other Stories". She has been twice-shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize twice nominated for the Orange Prize & won the Whitbread Novel of the Year in 2005." ...

Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald & Piggie are best friends. In Theres a Bird on Your Head! Gerald discovers that there is something worse than a bird on your head
- two birds on your head! Can Piggie help her best friend? Told entirely in speech bubbles with a repetitive use of familiar phrases this highly original book is perfect for children just learning to read.
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A wave of modern atheists have taken center stage & brought the long-standing debate about the existence of God back into the headlines. Spearheaded by Richard Dawkins Sam Harris & Christopher Hitchens this 'new atheism' has found a powerful place in today's culture wars. Although this movement has been billed as 'new ' the foundation of its argument is indebted to philosopher Antony Flew & his groundbreaking paper Theology & Falsification " the most widely reprinted philosophical publication of the last five decades. Flew built his highly acclaimed academic career publicly debunking the existence of God. But now the renowned philosopher has arrived at the opposite conclusion & officially joined the other side. With refreshing openness to argument & an absence of the anger & hostility that have been hallmarks of the 'new atheism ' Flew shows how his commitment to following the argument wherever it leads resulted to his own astonishment in his conversion to belief in a creator God. Certain to be read & discussed for years to come " There Is a God" will forever change the debate about the existence of God." ...

There Is No Dog is the new astonishing novel by Meg Rosoff. In the beginning there was Bob. & Bob created the heavens & the earth & the beasts of the field & the creatures of the sea & twenty-five million other species including lots & lots of gorgeous girls. & all of this he created in just six days. Six days! Congratulations Bob! No wonder Earth is such a mess. Imagine that God is a typical teenage boy. He is lazy careless self-obsessed sex-mad
- & about to meet Lucy the most beautiful girl on earth. Unfortunately whenever Bob falls in love disaster follows. Let us pray that Bob does not fall in love with Lucy. Praise for There Is No Dog: My top choice for summer it's an astounding crossover novel". (The Times). " One must simply revel in the joyful singularity of Rosoff's latest masterpiece". (The Guardian). " Genius". (Anthony Horowitz). Meg Rosoff became a publishing sensation with her first novel How I Live Now which won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize & the Branford Boase Award. Her second novel Just in Case won the Carnegie Medal in 2007 & What I Was her third novel was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal & was highly acclaimed. Meg lives in London with her husband & daughter. Also by Meg Rosoff: How I Live Now; Just In Case; What I Was; The Bride's Farewell; & There is No Dog."
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