Understanding Bullying

• Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends and the New Realities of Girl World by Rosalind Wiseman (2003-06-26)

• Bullying: A Complete Guide to the Support Group Method by George Robinson and Barbara Maines

• Understanding School Bullying: Its Nature and Prevention Strategies by Peter K Smith

 

Understanding empathy, compassion and love

• Empathy what it is and why it matters by David Howe

• Born for Love: Why Empathy Is Essential and Endangered by Maia Szalavitz and Bruce D Perry

• Empathy: A Handbook for Revolution by Roman Krznaric

• Roots of Empathy by Mary Gordon

• The Compassionate Mind by Paul Gilbert

• The Compassionate Mind Approach To Postnatal Depression: Using Compassion Focused Therapy to Enhance Mood, Confidence and Bonding by Michelle Cree

• The Lost Art of Listening: How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships by Michael P Nichols

• The Promise That Changes Everything: I Won’t Interrupt You by Nancy Kline

 

Acts of kindness change your mental health https://www.sussex.ac.uk/research/centres/kindness/people

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and            https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/the-woman-who-was-kind-every-day-for-a-year/p0bt6c4j

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Understanding Trauma

• The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk

• The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Bruce D Perry and Maia Szalavitz

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsCNuB_KBUw

• Trauma is the cause of violence

• https://www.itv.com/hub/behind-the-rage-americas-domestic-violence/10a1276a0001

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Understanding Attachment

Probably the most comprehensive video on Attanchment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSVLJKUrmGg

      

• The making and breaking of affection bonds by Bowlby

• Principles of Attachment-Focused Parenting: Effective Strategies to Care for Children by Daniel A Hughes

• Creating Loving Attachments: Parenting with PACE to Nurture Confidence and Security in the Troubled Child by Kim S Golding and Daniel A Hughes

• Why Can't My Child Behave?: Empathic Parenting Strategies that Work for Adoptive and Foster Families   By Dr Amber Elliot

 

Parenting Without Punishment

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• Parentuality: How to Have an Amazing Relationship with Your Child by Dr Linda Mallory

• Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason by Alfie Kohn

• Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn

• 8 Keys to Building Your Best Relationships (8 Keys to Mental Health) by Daniel A Hughes

 

Forgiveness

• Forgive for Good by Dr Fred Luskin

• The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Archbishop Desmond Tutu

• Finding Forgiveness: A 7-Step Program for Letting Go of Anger and Bitterness by Eileen R Borris Dunchunstang

• The Forgiveness Project: Stories for a Vengeful Age by Marina Cantacuzino

 

The Experience of Different Ages in Life

• I am Different from You: How Children Experience Themselves by Peter Selg

• Taking Charge: Your Life Patterns and Their Meaning by Gudrun Burkhard

 

Psychotherapeutic Aspects of Therapy

• A Living Physiology: Lectures and Essays by Karl Konig

• A Psychology of Human Dignity by Ad Dekkers

 

Sense-able

• Why Cleaning Has Meaning: Bringing Wellbeing Into Your Home by Linda Thomas