Bøker av Tanja Sharpe

This practical guide shares over 50 creative therapeutic interventions that you can incorporate into you practice with adults. With ideas drawn from Tanja Sharpe's Creative Counsellors community, it provides interventions, journaling prompts and ways of including creativity in supervision.

Drawing on evidence-based therapeutic approaches, this doodling workbook helps children aged 8+ explore and understand their feelings of sadness and work towards building more happiness in their lives. Children can complete the tasks by themselves or with guidance from the adults supporting them.

This guide explains how to incorporate creative interventions into counselling confidently and effectively and provides activities to support clients to express themselves through art, sound, movement, symbols, poetry and more.The book presents the Creative Counselling Model and gives guidance on incorporating creativity at every step of the therapeutic journey, from initial contract through to managing endings. It will support you to better adapt to the needs and interests of your clients, increase engagement, build better therapeutic relationships and improve outcomes.Advice is also given on nurturing your own creativity as a therapist and using creativity as self-care.Bonus content! This book also gives access to a free video series where you can learn more about some of the creative tools and interventions in the book, such as using clay, sand and symbols.

This workbook draws on CBT and creative therapy methods to help children aged 8+ understand their worry and anxiety. Featuring 50 fun and engaging doodling activities, this book allows young people to tune into their worries and their sources, using creativity to process anxiety, and building confidence to find their own solutions. This exploration can be independently led by the child themselves or with guidance from a parent or professional. Drawn from over 15 years of experience of supporting young people with anxiety, this workbook takes an integrative approach and is a valuable resource for anyone looking to support a child experiencing worry.

An interactive illustrated workbook for professionals working with children aged 6-11. Unique exercises engage children, boost their confidence and help open up conversations when children are struggling to verbalise their thoughts or emotions. This photocopiable book will be an invaluable creative toolkit for professionals working with children.