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An informed guide to supporting and working with transgender and non-binary youth. Topics of discussion include gender identity, sexuality, transitioning and mental health. Additional resources and suggested reading lists make this an essential reference for all professionals who counsel transgender youth.

This book enables chaplains to deliver vital spiritual care to non-responsive patients and their families. With exercises, worksheets and case studies, it demonstrates how chaplains can develop the confidence and skills needed to engage with patients in meaningful ways, while affirming their personhood and bringing comfort to their loved ones.

If you're thinking about becoming a foster carer, or have recently become one, this book is the one companion you'll need to understand the experience of fostering. This book demystifies the process of fostering; it answers all the questions you've had about how to become a foster carer, what the challenges and highlights are, and how to thrive.

For practitioners working with issues surrounding gender identity, this book provides the additional tools and insights needed to help them build a therapeutic relationship with their client. Including case studies, interactive exercises and suggested reading lists, it forms a practical toolbox that any counsellor of gender issues can utilise.

This book explores how stigma can cause trauma, providing guidance on how marginalised people can develop resilience to manage and heal from traumatic stigma. Gordon Gates draws on his experience as a crisis counsellor, philosophical research, and his lived experience of stigma, trauma and autism.

This guide shows how to sensitively treat and care for transgender patients in healthcare settings. Distilling cutting edge research into practical advice, it covers everything from referral procedures to respectful language and insights on the wider social and ethical issues experienced by this growing client group.

Why study theology? Getting to the heart of this question, Stephen Cherry demonstrates the appeal of exploring the unknown and the unknowable and reveals how theology - the most interdisciplinary of all subjects - is fascinating, fun and important to our lives today.

Margaret Malpas and other high achievers such as Anna Devin and Lord Addington explain their ten-step recipe to matching dyslexia with success. Learn how to foster your creativity, passion, verbal influencing skills and more, making the most of your own traits and skills to unlock your full potential.

Effective communication with people with dementia is imperative to good relationships with professional caregivers and family members. This book offers a person-centred approach to assessing the communication skills of people with dementia who are unable to speak, and presents evidence-based methods for effective non-verbal communication.

Examining the psychoactive nature of seven aromatic plants, this book centres on scent as a line of inquiry in the exploration of spiritual and healing states. Offering an exciting entry into the complexities of human experience, this book also makes reference to Biblical, Greek and Hindu stories and reveals new dimensions of knowledge.

For use in clinical practice with transgender and gender non-conforming clients, this book develops understanding of their developmental trajectory, both before and beyond transition. With chapters on body image, mirroring and attachment, trauma, consciousness and the location of gender, this is an invaluable exploration of gender identity.

How to use music to help children learn and grow, without needing any prior musical ability. It covers many common developmental challenges, both typical and atypical, encountered in children aged 0-5, and gives creative, musical strategies to help with these challenges.

Learn to build individual strengths and work through problems with this picture-based guide for children with ASD aged 7-14. The use of simple images and photocopiable worksheets creates a fun and engaging resource for identifying different emotions and how to manage and deal with personal challenges.

This book provides recommendations to healthcare professionals and organisations to help them deliver effective responses to the traumatic effects of sexual violence on trans individuals. It reveals specific issues faced by trans survivors, as well as the steps that can be taken to reduce discrimination in all levels of service delivery.

An illustrated resource packed with strategies and exercises for children aged 4-7 to regulate emotions and overcome the challenges of the most difficult times in a typical day. Simple solutions and guidance can be adapted into any child's daily routine with tips and extra resources for parents and educators.

Describing the loss of her son to suicide, a mother reflects on the grieving process and offers therapeutic techniques to help readers process their own bereavement. Written in real time and organised thematically, it authentically chronicles the experiences of grief, making this book a lifeline for anyone suffering a loss from suicide.

Catherine Seigal, a counsellor, shares the stories of bereaved parents and reflects on them to illustrate how they develop and nurture ongoing bonds with their child who has died. This book will be of interest and value to both bereaved parents and their families, and to those who work with them.

This book simply shows adults how to understand and care for sensitive boys who don't conform to male stereotypes such as 'boys don't cry'. Explaining how to improve children's wellbeing by encouraging them to embrace their individuality, it gives down-to-earth advice on how to help sensitive boys grow up happy and confident.

Provides professionals who work with birth parents insights into the support needs of this sometimes-neglected group of people in the adoption process. It shows how best to support them, and the benefits this support can provide.

A thorough insight, incorporating and evaluating the latest research, into why enhancing mental health in men who have sex with men (MSM) can improve their sexual health and general wellbeing. Using tenets from Identity Process Theory the book offers practical advice and strategies to improve interventions for MSM whose sexual health is at risk.

This book offers a comprehensive reframing of how schools perceive autism and what inclusive education for autistic learners can and should mean. Drawing on original research and case studies it demonstrates that engaging with how autistic children think and learn best can have huge benefits for the whole classroom.

Children with special needs often feel overwhelmed while out and about, but this simple rhyming story can help them to reduce feelings of anxiety. Ideal for kids aged 3-7, this bright and reassuring picture book offers calming strategies, useful symbols for pre-readers, and downloadable notes to support kids who feel anxious out of the home.

This hands-on guide is essential for those who are new to working with asylum seekers and refugees. Drawing on refugees' first-hand accounts of their experiences, it covers how to meet a diverse range of needs on issues such as mental wellbeing, housing, healthcare, employment, and working with children and families.

Telling you what you need to know about grief, this book is the perfect introduction for anyone who works with the bereaved. This guide looks at the basics of modern grief theory, tips on what to say to someone in grieving, debunks commonly accepted myths about grief and much more.

The combination of music and relationship work in person-centred approaches supports the three main areas of difficulty autistic people experience: social interaction, communication and imagination. This book brings together the voices of music therapy practitioners in the UK, with a strong focus on practice-based evidence.

Immigration is an issue central to British society, as demonstrated by the vote for Brexit. This collection of essays offers a fascinating exploration of the ethics surrounding immigration policy in the UK. Produced by Theos, a leading Christian think tank, this thought-provoking book considers the range of ethical approaches to the issue.

Relationship-centred approaches to dementia care are imperative for enhancing wellbeing. Theory, case examples and tips for practice ensure that dementia care services can establish and draw on positive relationships between people with dementia, families, staff, care homes, communities and the wider health and social care system.

Is faith a private, individual matter? Or is it inextricably linked with activism and systemic change?Is the future 'spiritual but not religious'? This collection of interviews and stories explores these questions and shows how the younger generation are engaging with faith, spirituality and social action amid the challenges of our times.

Katie Careful smiles about everything. Whether she feels happy or sad, she is always smiling. Scared that her new Mum and Dad might not like her, she doesn't like when they are out of her sight. Luckily, her Mum understands and can explain why she acts this way.

When Charley Chatty sees pennies, she cannot help herself putting them in to her piggy bank. The problem is, they're not hers! And now her Dad is looking for the missing pennies. What will she do? Thankfully, Dad is good at helping Charley to fix and learn from her mistake.