Healing Stories for Challenging Behaviour brings together the fruits of Susan Perrow's work in storymaking. It is richly illustrated with lively anecdotes drawn from parents and teachers who have discovered how the power of story can help resolve a range of common childhood behaviours and situations such as separation anxiety, bullying, sibling rivalry, nightmares and grieving.

Working with imaginative journeys and the mystery and magic of metaphor, the author has developed the art of therapeutic storytelling for children's challenging behaviour.

Each story in this collection begins with an undesirable or out-of-balance situation and, through the use of metaphor and an imaginative story journey, leads to a more desirable resolution. In this way, the stories also have the potential for nurturing positive values.The stories cover many kinds of universal behaviour. Following the alphabet from A to Z, the behaviour is identified in the story title e.g. anxious, bossy, cranky … greedy … jealous … lazy … swearing … uncooperative ... and more. The stories can be told directly, or adapted. They can be turned into home-made picture books and puppet shows, or used as springboards for the creation of new tales for particular behaviour challenges and situations.

Over 90 healing stories for telling during difficult times, written and collated by acclaimed therapeutic storyteller Susan Perrow, including 30 contributions from different cultures and countries worldwide. The book covers issues of grief, bereavement, separation and loss. Chapters include: Loss of a Loved One; Loss of Place; Loss of Family Connection; Loss of a Pet; Loss of Health and Well-being; Other Kinds of Loss; Environmental Grief and Loss; Cycles of Life and Change; plus Patterns and Templates for Extension Activities (provided for some of the stories).The stories in this book are deeply tender, consoling gifts for children and adults who are wounded by overwhelming loss. They matter. A lot.  Alida Gersie Ph.D. author of Storymaking in Bereavement. Dragons Fight in the Meadow.Grief is inevitable for everyone. Experiencing some kind of bereavement is something that none of us can avoid. So why are we so afraid to talk about it? This hopeful and uplifting book helps children and families make meaning after loss. It offers a grief ‘toolkit’ for sharing stories about a subject so often shrouded in silence and discomfort. Jane Harris, The Good Grief Project

80 cuentos organizados por categoríasCuentos sanadores es un libro práctico para ayudar a tratar situaciones y comportamientos especialmente complejos, tales como un cambio de residencia, los miedos, el duelo o la enfermedad. Por un lado, es una recopilación de cuentos tradicionales de todas las culturas y cuentos creados por la autora, ordenados por comportamientos y situaciones, para tratar situaciones y comportamientos problemáticos. Por otro lado, es una minuciosa y completa guía de trabajo para ayudar a crear, escribir y saber utilizar los cuentos apropiadamente.A través de su gran experiencia, la autora comparte generosamente con el lector su proceso personal de descubrimiento del cuento como herramienta de sanación. Una herramienta que habla con suma claridad a los niños, y que trabaja mágicamente y en silencio sobre ellos, de manera efectiva y natural.

Healing Stories for Challenging Behaviour brings together the fruits of Susan Perrow's work in storymaking. It is richly illustrated with lively anecdotes drawn from parents and teachers who have discovered how the power of story can help resolve a range of common childhood behaviours and situations such as separation anxiety, bullying, sibling rivalry, nightmares and grieving.

Working with imaginative journeys and the mystery and magic of metaphor, the author has developed the art of therapeutic storytelling for children's challenging behaviour.

Each story in this collection begins with an undesirable or out-of-balance situation and, through the use of metaphor and an imaginative story journey, leads to a more desirable resolution. In this way, the stories also have the potential for nurturing positive values.The stories cover many kinds of universal behaviour. Following the alphabet from A to Z, the behaviour is identified in the story title e.g. anxious, bossy, cranky … greedy … jealous … lazy … swearing … uncooperative ... and more. The stories can be told directly, or adapted. They can be turned into home-made picture books and puppet shows, or used as springboards for the creation of new tales for particular behaviour challenges and situations.

Over 90 healing stories for telling during difficult times, written and collated by acclaimed therapeutic storyteller Susan Perrow, including 30 contributions from different cultures and countries worldwide. The book covers issues of grief, bereavement, separation and loss. Chapters include: Loss of a Loved One; Loss of Place; Loss of Family Connection; Loss of a Pet; Loss of Health and Well-being; Other Kinds of Loss; Environmental Grief and Loss; Cycles of Life and Change; plus Patterns and Templates for Extension Activities (provided for some of the stories).The stories in this book are deeply tender, consoling gifts for children and adults who are wounded by overwhelming loss. They matter. A lot.  Alida Gersie Ph.D. author of Storymaking in Bereavement. Dragons Fight in the Meadow.Grief is inevitable for everyone. Experiencing some kind of bereavement is something that none of us can avoid. So why are we so afraid to talk about it? This hopeful and uplifting book helps children and families make meaning after loss. It offers a grief ‘toolkit’ for sharing stories about a subject so often shrouded in silence and discomfort. Jane Harris, The Good Grief Project

80 cuentos organizados por categoríasCuentos sanadores es un libro práctico para ayudar a tratar situaciones y comportamientos especialmente complejos, tales como un cambio de residencia, los miedos, el duelo o la enfermedad. Por un lado, es una recopilación de cuentos tradicionales de todas las culturas y cuentos creados por la autora, ordenados por comportamientos y situaciones, para tratar situaciones y comportamientos problemáticos. Por otro lado, es una minuciosa y completa guía de trabajo para ayudar a crear, escribir y saber utilizar los cuentos apropiadamente.A través de su gran experiencia, la autora comparte generosamente con el lector su proceso personal de descubrimiento del cuento como herramienta de sanación. Una herramienta que habla con suma claridad a los niños, y que trabaja mágicamente y en silencio sobre ellos, de manera efectiva y natural.