101 Healing Stories for Kids and Teens

Andy couldn’t have been more delighted if he had won a million dollars. He took the juggling balls home and practiced, and pract ...

STORY 27 A GESTURE THAT CHANGED A WHOLE SUBURB Therapeutic Characteristics Problems Addressed ■ Fixed patterns of behavior ■ Nee ...

Every morning I continued to watch the lollypop man with interest. So far I have not seen any- one fail to wave back—even if a b ...

called out, “what are you doing? Can’t you see you ain’t gonna make any difference? The beach is covered with thousands of dead ...

I don’t think there was any great turning point when Chad suddenly stopped being afraid of the magpies or the magpies stopped be ...

up. It was several days before it happened. Pegleg hopped onto Chad’s ankle, stretched his beak out as far as he possibly could, ...

“I’m not afraid anymore,” Tom announced as we were driving back to our tent, which was pitched at a tiny campsite right on the e ...

CHANGING BEHAVIOR Changing Patterns of Behavior 101 EXERCISE 6.1 Here is the chance to record ideas from your own stories of cha ...

A s social, interactive beings, our ability to create and maintain warm, caring, empathic relation- ships is one of the essentia ...

STORY 31 CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE: A KID STORY Therapeutic Characteristics Problems Addressed ■ Parental separation ■ Custody battle ...

As the man bid on one side and the woman bid on the other, Polly the dolly began to think of alternatives. Wouldn’t it be nice, ...

You know, as we talk, I am reminded of someone I will call Karen who was in a very similar sit- uation to yours. You remind me a ...

or whatever the judge decides, I will remain special to each of them. There was no changing the fact that Karen was her mother’s ...

As it so happened the little mouse heard the lion’s cries and ran to his rescue. With its sharp teeth the mouse gnawed through t ...

“We are planting this seed,” said the beautiful pheasant. “And watering it,” added the long-eared rabbit, proudly. “Perhaps I co ...

of weeks. What they would do, who would be there, what they would wear. It was going to be the best party of the year, perhaps t ...

“I think that she wants to see that we’re supervised,” answered Suzi, quickly adding, “but we don’t need an adult around.” “Then ...

Have you noticed how sometimes parents can be as subtle as a sledgehammer? Sometimes they might not even consciously be aware of ...

STORY 37 FINDING TENDERNESS Therapeutic Characteristics Problems Addressed ■ Anger and defensiveness in relationships ■ Lack of ...

Fred could imagine Ernie and Emma rolling down the hill. You see, if echidnas find themselves in danger, they have two ways of g ...