Following huge acclaim for Sophie's brother, 'William Wobbly and the Very Bad Day'. Sophie Spikey is now also here to help!Sophie did not have an easy start in life. She has attachment difficulties, (RAD) and she cannot trust adults to help her. Now she has a big problem. She has lost her shoes again and has no idea how she is going to be able to leave the house. One thing she knows for sure, is that she will NOT be asking her new mum for help.Feeling overwhelmed by shame, and with her head feeling 'busy and hot' Sophie is frozen and needs some help.Luckily, Sophie's new mum has a good idea about how to help Sophie. She has had to learn to be very clever, since she adopted Sophie and her siblings.Second in the Therapeutic Parenting series, this is a simple straightforward story which gets straight to the heart of the matter. Written by an adopter and her eldest daughter, Sophie Spikey gives therapeutic parents the words they need to find, to help heal their children.

Sophie Spikey has a Very Big Problem: A Therapeutic Parenting Book

Parenting & Relationships

NAISH, SARAH

Jefferies, Rosie

Adoption

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

A better chance of a happy Christmas!Christmas can be such a difficult time of year for children who have experienced trauma. They hear about Santa coming into their house at night! They are told if they are not good that Santa will not come. Sometimes presents get broken and family visits can turn into a nightmare!This Christmas story is written by an adopter of five children and her eldest daughter. The family had all these experiences and more! It gives parents and carers therapeutic parenting strategies to manage feelings of anxiety, which specifically seem to arise at this time of year. The story brings together all five children from the successful Therapeutic Parenting series of children's books and explores common issues encountered by many families at this time of year.This story not only gives parents valuable insight into WHY our children's behaviour often deteriorates at Christmas, but also enables them to read helpful words, (through a third party therapeutic parent), to their child and explain the feelings and resulting behaviours to them.

The Very Wobbly Christmas: A story to help children who feel anxious about Christmas

Independently published

Today Sophie Spikey has a very big problem. She has lost her shoes, again! There is no way she is asking her mum for help, though. I can fix it all by myself, she thought.
Sophie did not have an easy start in life and now she cannot trust grown-ups to help her. Luckily, her new mum is good at guessing when Sophie needs a helping hand. 
Written by a mum who understands, and her daughter (who did not like asking for help), this is a story for children functioning at age 3-10.

Sophie Spikey Has a Very Big Problem: A story about refusing help and needing to be in control (Therapeutic Parenting Books)

Self-Help

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

William Wobbly is having lots of wobbly feelings one morning but his mum is so busy that she doesn't notice. 
William Wobbly's worries worsen when he notices small changes at school. "Where's my real teacher?!" he wonders. He hides under his desk and he chews holes into his jumper, but even that doesn't take the wobbly feelings away. Luckily, his mum is here to help him cope when he's afraid.
Written by a mum who understands, and her daughter (who used to have a lot of wobbly feelings), this is a story for children aged 3-10 with problematic coping habits.

William Wobbly and the Mysterious Holey Jumper: A story about fear and coping (Therapeutic Parenting Books)

Callum Kindly is a kind and caring boy, who lives alone with his mum. That is until Katie Careful comes to stay with them who Callum thinks is a very weird child! Katie manages to get in the way whenever Callum wants to speak to his mum or have snuggle time. She cries and sulks on his birthday and she steals his toy car. Luckily, his mum can explain to him why Katie acts differently. Written by an adoptive mum and her daughter, this is a story that explains what it's like for children aged 3-10 living with foster or adopted children, or with new children in the family.

Callum Kindly and the Very Weird Child: A story about sharing your home with a new child (Therapeutic Parenting Books)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling