101 Healing Stories for Kids and Teens

STORY 17 WHAT YOU GIVE IS WHAT YOU GET Therapeutic Characteristics Problems Addressed ■ Impulsivity versus consideration or refl ...

He told Brett. “Don’t worry,” his brother said, but Cam did worry. He couldn’t bear to think of his mom drinking what was in the ...

got their makeup right? Was the costume done up correctly? What if they forgot their lines? Would they remember their cues? The ...

Resources Developed ■ Listening to helpful advice ■ Using your unique skills ■ Helping others ■ Making friends Outcomes Offered ...

Gemma kept walking, her nose just a little higher off the ground, wondering what that was all about, when suddenly she saw a lio ...

Resources Developed ■ Seeing alternative ways of thinking ■ Seeking others’ opinions ■ Engaging in reality checks ■ Looking beyo ...

“I can’t do that,” she protested. “They’ll think I’m conceited.” “Just tell them you are doing an assignment. You are being an i ...

O ne of the main reasons that parents bring children to therapy is to modify troublesome behav- iors, be they enuresis, stealing ...

STORY 21 FACING FEARS: A KID STORY Therapeutic Characteristics Problems Addressed ■ Fear of what you do not know ■ False beliefs ...

Going to school in the mornings they would gather on a corner a block or two away and hurry by in a group. At the end of the day ...

Before the end of the term, Caroline asked Mrs. Walcott if she could interview her for a history assignment her class was doing ...

and sailing) as soon as he was old enough and he was now on this old, square-rigged sailboat for a week’s training as his Christ ...

This is probably where our story could finish, but in reality that is not where it ends. You see, Charlie saw something that nob ...

For as long as it could remember, the little white fluffy rabbit had felt scared and timid, and al- though the little white fluf ...

the animals back along their tracks. They looked and searched every step of the trail along which they had come but found no sig ...

■ Thinking independently ■ Building problem-solving skills ■ Dealing with put-downs Outcomes Offered ■ Independent thinking ■ Se ...

Again the boy apologized, saying, “I’ll remember to do what you tell me next time.” Well, on Thursday he got a job working for t ...

Resources Developed ■ Listening to helpful advice ■ Discovering what you are good at ■ Building on your strengths and resources ...

bent down, kicked off his shoes and pointed his feet in their direction. “Yuk,” they screamed together and, before they had a ch ...

embarrassed at making excuses or having his mom do it in hushed tones to the other kids’ moms. He feared that if they knew they ...