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Find Your Happy

Activities to help when you're feeling sad

Dr. Katie O'Connell Lisa Regan Mel Howells

9781838576929
96 pages
Arcturus Publishing Limited
Overview

Includes 30+ activities to help children explore, express and explain their worries.

Backed by a child clinical psychologist with years of experience helping anxious children

Traditional watercolor illustrations by Mel Howells give this book the nostalgic feel of classic children's picture books.

Anxiety and children's mental health are becoming increasingly popular topics.

Author Bio

Dr. Katharine Dunson O'Connell, PhD, L.P. is a child clinical psychologist, family and community educator, and independent consultant. She specializes in early childhood development and the neuroscience of attention deficit disorder, learning issues, anxiety and depression, and related psychological conditions. Dr. O'Connell earned her bachelor's degree in Psychology and Writing-Intensive English from Marquette University in 1990, and her Master's and PhD degrees in Child Clinical Psychology from DePaul University in 1996. She completed her clinical training at the University of Chicago. Dr. O'Connell resides in Wellesley, Massachusetts USA with her husband and four children. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Walnut Hill School For The Arts.

Lisa Regan is the author of more than 200 published titles, including puzzle books, children's reference, licensed characters and curriculum-linked workbooks.

Mel Howells has been drawing seriously since the age of seven when she discovered she could draw horses legs. She worked as a bookseller and in publishing but always preferred doodling. She draws using ink, watercolour and scratchy dip pens. She has a tiger-striped rescue lurcher named Ted and loves travelling to interesting places.