Helping Children Who are Anxious or Obsessional (Paperback)

Margot Sunderland

ISBN 10: 0863884547 / ISBN 13: 9780863884542

Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd, London, 2001

About this Item

Paperback. This is a guidebook to help children who:are insecure or worry too much; suffer from phobias or nightmaresfind it difficult to concentrate to let go and have funhave suffered a trauma; are worryingly good or seem like little adultsuse order and routine as a way of coping with 'messy' feelingsretreat into dullness as a way of managing their being in the worldand, develop obsessive-compulsive behaviour in order to ward off their too-powerful feelings. A guidebook to help children who: are insecure or worry too much; suffer from phobias or nightmares; find it difficult to concentrate to let go and have fun; have suffered a trauma; are worryingly good or seem like little adults; and, use order and routine as a way of coping with 'messy' feelings. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Helping Children Who are Anxious or Obsessional (Paperback)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0863884547
• ISBN 13: 9780863884542
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Nicky Armstrong
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

This is a guidebook to help children who:

1. are insecure or worry too much; suffer from phobias or nightmares
2. find it difficult to concentrate to let go and have fun
3. have suffered a trauma; are worryingly good or seem like little adults
4. use order and routine as a way of coping with 'messy' feelings
5. retreat into dullness as a way of managing their being in the world
6. and, develop obsessive-compulsive behaviour in order to ward off their too-powerful feelings.

About the Author

Margot Sunderland is Founding Director of the Centre for Child Mental Health, London. She is also Head of the Children and Young People Section of The United Kingdom Association for Therapeutic Counselling. In addition, she formed the research project, ‘Helping Where it Hurts’ which offers free therapy and counselling to troubled children in several primary schools in North London. She is a registered Integrative Arts Psychotherapist and registered Child Therapeutic Counsellor, Supervisor and Trainer. Margot is also Principal of The Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education – a fully accredited Higher Education College running a Diploma course in Child Therapy and Masters Degree courses in Arts Psychotherapy and Arts in Education and Therapy. Margot is a published poet and author of two non-fiction books – one on Dance (Routledge Theatre Arts, New York and J Garnet Miller, England) and the other called Draw on Your Emotions (Speechmark Publishing, Milton Keynes and Erickson, Italy).