Karen Treisman Knihy

Designed for professionals working with traumatized children and teens, this resource offers a comprehensive overview of current theories and effective practices. It includes a wealth of activities and handouts, making it a practical tool for fostering healing and resilience. This invaluable guide is intended for repeated use, ensuring that caregivers and educators have the necessary support to help young individuals navigate their experiences.

This book offers a comprehensive approach to understanding and addressing relational and developmental trauma in young people. It emphasizes the importance of building secure attachments and nurturing relationships to foster healing. The authors provide practical strategies and therapeutic techniques tailored for children and adolescents, highlighting the impact of trauma on emotional and psychological development. By integrating theory with real-world applications, this resource is invaluable for mental health professionals seeking to support traumatized youth effectively.

Neon the Ninja Meets the Nightmares helps children aged 5 - 10 to feel safer and more relaxed at night time, helping to reduce nightmares and sleep worries.

The story of Presley the Pug has been written to support children aged 5-10 and the adults around them, in learning about emotional regulation and finding their inner safe space and sense of calm and relaxation.

Cleo the Crocodile's New Home helps children aged 5-10 who have experienced trauma to explore big feelings around hurt, anger and trust.

This activity book features a colourful illustrated therapeutic story about Ollie the Octopus, with a focus on Ollie coming to terms with the loss of his mum. This is followed by creative activities and photocopiable worksheets for children to explore issues relating to loss, grief, and bereavement, and how to find ways to cope with them.

Binnie the Baboon and the Big Worries helps children aged 5-10 who experience anxiety, fears, stress and worries to understand and overcome some of these big feelings.

Ollie the Octopus and the Memory Treasures helps children aged 5-10 who have experienced loss and bereavement to begin to understand big feelings and to process their grief.

Gilly the Giraffe Learns to Love Herself helps children aged 5-10 to explore feelings relating to worry and self-doubt, and to enrich their confidence and self-esteem.

In this vital guide, Dr Karen Treisman explores ways for individuals, teams, and health care organisations to infuse and integrate trauma-informed principles into their practice, and into the organisational culture, to avoid re-traumatisation and provide a better care environment.