Emotional Release for Children

 Repairing the past — Preparing the future

This practical workbook offers clear step-by-step games and exercises for encouraging children’s growth in self-awareness and in reclaiming their self-esteem. Designed for individual or groupwork, the activities provide imaginative formats for repairing the hurts of the past and for opening children to the full potential of their inner world.

Teachers, counsellors and parents will find up-to-date methods for helping children and adolescents grow out of depression, fear, hidden grief and unpredictable anger, into happiness and emotional balance.

As well as emotional release exercises there is guidance for planning personal development and counselling sessions; an introduction to sandplay therapy; work with art, drama and music; Gestalt methods, relaxation and visualisation formats, and a chapter on ‘Care for the Carers’.