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Sometimes I Get Things Wrong – How Worrying William Deals With Shame

Fi Newood — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 18:47:03 +0000

The story of Worrying William considers the issue of shame in a way that is in itself, non-shaming. The central character worries that he is ‘bad’, that he will get in ‘big trouble’ or that

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Sometimes I Run – What Happens in Running Riley’s Brain When He Feels Unsafe

Fi Newood — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 18:44:20 +0000

The story of Running Riley explains to children why they may want to run in times of anxiety. Focusing on the flight and freeze responses it uses the Brain Switches concept (Belong 2013) to help

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Sometimes I Fight – What Happens in Fighting Frankie’s Brain When He Feels Unsafe.

Fi Newood — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 18:37:41 +0000

The story of Fighting Frankie explains to children why they may want to fight in times of anxiety. This may be fighting physically, in words or through defiance and control. The book focuses on the

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Why Can’t I Do That? – A Book About Brain Switches

Fi Newood — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 18:33:21 +0000

‘This fantastic book shows that there is treasure to unlock, or ‘switch on’, in each and every child.’ Louise Bomber – Attachment Support Teacher Therapist. Authors: Fi and Gail Newood and Foreword by Louise Bombèr Description: ‘Why Can’t

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The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Shame – How To Feel Good-Enough as a Foster or Adoptive Parent

Fi Newood — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 18:06:23 +0000

How can we feel good-enough when parenting children who have high shame, in a fostering and adoption system that is often shame based and a society that is shame bound? Following on from her popular

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I Can’t Do This! – When Fostering and Adoption Feels Too Hard.

Fi Newood — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:28:57 +0000

This book uses a personal fostering-adoption story to show how one parent went from feeling like they couldn’t be a foster parent any more to adopting their children. It also introduces readers to the 3B’s therapeutic model which integrates different therapeutic parenting ideas and focuses on the well-being of both the parent and the child.

Therapeutic Topics:

Therapeutic parenting, attachment, trauma, parent self-care, behaviour support.

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