Healthy Reading Collection

Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish examine the inevitable stresses faced by parents of teenagers. Through role play and discussion, they show how to keep communication open with rebellious offspring, how to let go gracefully and yet retain respect and some degree of co-operation throughout these diff...

Follow a bear named Buttony on his adventure to find a new friend just like him! Buttony is a special bear for children having surgery to create a stoma. Buttony has had a similar surgery and is there to offer comfort and friendship.

There's a House Inside My Mummy is a story about a little boy's wait for his new baby. The author gives us a child's-eye view of this important period in a family's life, which will touch parent and child alike.

This book offers expert advice on managing the worries, fears and anxieties that can impair the quality of one's life. Each problem is discussed and explained, and there is a self-help guide for those who wish to tackle their difficulties alone.

Written with both family and professional carers in mind, this book clearly explains what happens to communication as dementia progresses, how this may affect an individual's memory, language and senses, and how carers might need to adapt their approach as a result.

Utilising cognitive behaviour techniques, this is a step-by-step recovery programme that will enable problem gamblers to address their compulsions. Using self-help techniques, bad habits can be replaced with healthy ones.

Thousands suffer from dementia. There is a clear need for better understanding of the condition, both for those who suffer from it and for those around them - to be aware of what it may mean and to know what can be done to improve the mental health of sufferers. This book provides an easy and acc...

This thought-provoking book challenges the assumptions that we are to remain helpless when concerned with dementia, incorporating interviews and opinions from those with the disease and their carers.

It is natural that children and young people want to know about growing up, sex and relationships. This book helps develop the skills, knowledge and confidence needed to talk openly and honestly about these complex topics.