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Instant Help Books
 Instant Help Books - Helping Kids and Teens
Navigate Life's Challenges
New Harbinger Publications is proud to announce our acquisition
of Instant Help Books, a publisher of one-of-a-kind self-help books for children and teens founded by child psychologist
Lawrence E. Shapiro, Ph.D.
 These books offer easy and fun activities to teach kids and teens effective skills for dealing with a variety of mental health issues—skills they will continue to draw on throughout adulthood. Parents and therapists alike have found these books very useful in helping kids cope with their feelings and thrive after major life challenges. Dr. Shapiro will work with New Harbinger to continue developing new books for Instant Help
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These Instant Help Books are available now. |
Beyond the Blues
Lisa Schab
Paper, Pages: 184
Size: 8" X 10" Inches
Price: $14.95
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This comprehensive workbook is an invaluable tool in providing a comprehensive approach to treating depressed teens. The 40 illustrated activities include helping teens be more assertive, finding ways to make friends, handling conflicts, and of course, dealing with sad and difficult feelings. Recent studies tell us that only half of depressed teens get the help they need; this book can make the difference. Simple, effective solutions to: Help Teens Deal with Sad and Difficult Feelings; Be More Assertive; Find New Ways to Make Friends. |
Stopping the Pain
Lawrence Shapiro, Ph.D.
Paper,
Pages:148
Size: 8" x 10"
Price: $14.95
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This comprehensive workbook helps teens who self-injure explore the reasons behind their need to hurt themselves and sets forth positive ways to deal with the issues of stress and control. The activities in this workbook provide teens with safe, effective alternatives to self-injury and help them develop a plan to stay healthy. |
Knowing Yourself,
Knowing Others
Barbara Cooper
Nancy Widdows
Paper, Pages: 144
Size: 8" x 10"
Price: $16.95
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These activities, developed and tested at the authors' social skills treatment center, help kids with Asperger's disorder, nonverbal learning disorder, and other social-skill deficits to develop a "social sense." This workbook covers reading social cues, developing strategies to avoid meltdowns, guessing at other people's intentions, and more.
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By working through the activities in this book, children with anger control problems can develop better emotional and behavioral control. Kids will learn how to identify the things that make them angry, become better problem solvers, talk about their frustrations, and much more. |
Why Did You Die?
Erika Leeuwenburgh
Ellen Goldring
Paper, Pages: 136
Size: 8" x 10
Price: $16.95
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Activities to Help Children Cope with
Grief and Loss
When loved ones die, children are faced with a kaleidoscope of feelings, thoughts, myths and questions. Struggling with these issues can be overwhelming without guidance, support and creative forms of expression. This bereavement book will help children, parents and other adults communicate about death and the grieving process. |
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Activities to Help You Deal with
Anxiety and Worry
An estimated 25% of teens suffer from mild to serious problems with anxiety, and many of them get little or no help. This workbook, written by an experienced therapist, gives teens a collection of tools to control their anxiety and face their day to day challenges. This self-help workbook is sure to give anxious teens more insight into their problems as well as practical ways to overcome them. It includes over 40 activities.
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Bingeing, purging, excessive dieting, and relentless exercising are all destructive behaviors common among young women with eating disorders. The activities in this book help teenage girls understand how their eating behaviors developed, recognize the relationship between their emotions and their eating, and learn to see their bodies in a positive light. |
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A book for children who struggle with extreme to occasional shyness. Shyness is a barrier to social and academic development which can prevent children from reaching their greatest potential. Say Goodbye to Being Shy offers focused activities with clearly stated purposes designed to move children from feelings of shyness to developing competence and skill. Simple, fun activites to help kids: Accept themselves; Be assertive when necessary; Make new friends. |
These Instant Help Books are coming soon. |
Let's Be Friends
Paper, Pages: 144
Size: 8" X 10"
Price: $16.95
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This activity book helps children acquire the skills to make and keep new friends, including: choosing friends with common interests, reading non-verbal cues, and developing specific communication skills like inviting a child to a party or talking on the phone. The book is designed for the estimated 30-40% of children who find themselves socially isolated or rejected by their peers. Simple, fun activites to help kids: Find deep and lasting friendships; Develop give-and-take relationships; Cope with rejection and disappointment. |
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Many parents have a difficult time getting their children out of the "family bed." This workbook presents a 21 day program for parents to move their children back into their own bedrooms and to end the wanderings of"ambulatory sleepers." The workbook has separate sections for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers, and older children who are sleeping in their parents bed due to special circumstances (e.g. divorce, fears, death in the family, etc.). No More Tears; No More Arguments; Just a Good Night's Sleep for You and Your Family. |
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Lawrence E. Shapiro, Ph.D.,
is an internationally recognized child psychologist in Norwalk, CT, with over twenty years of experience in psychology and publishing. He is the founder of Instant Help Books and author of over twenty-four titles, including How to Raise a Child with a High EQ: A Parent’s Guide to Emotional Intelligence. Dr. Shapiro is well-known for his ability to help children develop better emotional and behavioral control using innovative, therapeutic games and books.
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