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COMPLETE SECRETS OF HAPPY CHILDREN - Steve & Sharon Biddulph 

DEATH - Jc McFee - Poetry about losing significant people in our lives, both loved ones and abusers (and sometimes they’re one and the same).   

EMOTIONALLY ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing - Beverly Engel - How to identify emotional abuse, find the roots of your behaviour, and steps you can take to heal.   

GROUNDED FOR LIFE?! Stop Blowing Your Fuse and Start Communicating with Your Teenager - Louise Felton Tracy - Discusses communication, cooperative problem-solving and individual strengths.

GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU - Sam McBratney - A young rabbit thinks he's found a way to measure the boundaries of love. But even when his feelings stretch as long as his arms, or as high as his hops, the little rabbit is fondly one-upped by his father’s more expansive love.  

HOW TO TALK SO KIDS WILL LISTEN AND LISTEN SO KIDS WILL TALK - Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

INTIMACY AND SOLITUDE: Balancing Closeness & Independence - Stephanie Dowrick - Enabling us to discover our own unique inner world as well as our connections with others.   

INTIMATE PARTNERS: Patterns in Love & Marriage - Maggie Scarf - Examines what attracts us to a particular partner, and introduces the idea of genograms - maps of each partner's emotional history, enabling us to learn what issues from the past we each carry into a relationship.   

LIFE  CHANGES: Managing parents’ and children’s emotions - A proven programme based on mutual respect, designed for local community initiatives - Wendy Goddard – Photocopiable parenting education manual covering: beginnings for change; loss and anger; legacy of anger and family atmosphere. For facilitators to help parents understand anger and depression and cope with life changes more positively.

OVERCOMING SOCIAL ANXIETY AND SHYNESS: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques - Gillian Butler 

PARENTING FROM THE INSIDE OUT How A Deeper Self Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive - Daniel Siegel & M. Hartzell - Making sense of life can free parents from patterns of the past that have imprisoned them in the present.

PERMANENT PARTNERS: Building Gay and Lesbian Relationships That Last - Dr. Betty Berzon -  Information about the dynamics of intimate partnerships.

RAISING BOYS: Why Boys Are Different – And How to Help Them Become Happy & Well-Balanced Men - Steve Biddulph - Addresses important issues in boys' development, and discusses the warm and strong parenting boys need.  

A SAFE PLACE FOR CALEB: An Interactive Book for Kids, Teens and Adults with Issues of Attachment, Grief, Loss or Early Trauma - Kathleen & Paul Chara 

The SHYNESS & SOCIAL ANXIETY WORKBOOK: Proven Techniques for Overcoming Your Fears - Martin Anthony & Richard Swinson 

SOS! HELP FOR PARENTS: A Practical Guide for Handling Common Everyday Behavior Problems - Lynn Clark, PhD. - Aims to help parents and carers to help children, ages two to twelve, to improve their behaviour and emotional adjustment.

TRUST AFTER TRAUMA: A Guide to Relationships for Survivors and Those Who Love Them - Aphrodite Matsakis - Includes step-by-step exercises, and some advice for partners.  

WHY LOVE MATTERS: How Affection Shapes A Baby’s Brain - Sue Gerhardt - Explains why love is essential to brain development in a child’s early years – and succeeds. 

WOMEN WHO LOVE TOO MUCH: When You Keep Wishing and Hoping He'll Change - Robin Norwood -  Describes 'loving too much' as a pattern developed as a response to issues from childhood.

 

 

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