Shrinking the Smirch

The Young People's Edition
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-909301-62-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 136 Seiten, Format (B × H): 297 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 520 g

Shrinking the Smirch: The Young People's Edition is a workbook to help young people manage stress, gain confidence, resist peer pressure and stay healthy. This book helps young people cope with the usual challenges of being a young adults including anxiety, peer pressure, exam stress, bullying, social media, etc. and is also appropriate for clinical conditions such as panic, eating problems, self harm and low mood. This resource is about the mind, what goes on in your head and coping with all the pressure and challenges young people have to face at home and school.

This unique workbook for teenagers asks you to pretend these tricky thoughts and feelings are coming from a smirch, an unkind imaginary friend, a mind bully who wants to pull you into the pit of despair. This resource gives a lot of ideas about how you can beat this mind bully and cope better with all the thoughts and feelings that make you anxious, lonely and upset. It has been written with the help of a diverse group of young people who have shared their stories so you can see you are not alone and that there are things you can do to make life feel better.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Johnson, Jo

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Sonderpädagogik, Heilpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction, 1 The Smirch Story, 2 Creating your own Smirch, 3 Starting your Smirch Journey, 4 Essential Shrinking Tips, 5 Thinking and Feeling, 6 Smirch Shrinking Habits, 7 Body Stuff, 8 The Final Touches, 9 The End, 10 Contacts and Apps

Über Autor(innen)

Jo Johnson