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Jewel Kats reads Cinderella’s Magical Wheelchair!

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Cinderella’s Magical Wheelchair by award winning author Jewel Kats & illustrated by Richa Kinra. In a Kingdom far, far away lives Cinderella. As expected, she slaves away for her cranky sisters and step-mother. She would dearly love to attend the Royal costume ball and meet the Prince, but her family is totally dead set against it. In fact, they have gone so far as to trash her wheelchair!

Author site: http://jewelkats.com or visit To buy her book

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Holli Kenley talks about Cyber Bullying with Dr. David Van Nuys

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On June 15th, 2012, Holli Kenley spoke with BlogTalkRadio host Dr. David Van Nuys about the epidemic of cyber bullying and the negative consequences it can lead to if parents are not sensitive to what’s going on.  Holli Kenley is the author of Cyber Bullying No More: Parenting A High Tech Generationfrom the Growing with Love Series at Loving Healing Press.Cyber bullying is rampant. Every day children are being humiliated, violated, and degraded through the use of electronic devices. Young people are frightened and don’t know where to turn. Parents are frustrated and unsure how to help or how to protect their children. Although there are dozens of excellent books, videos, websites, and resources addressing cyber bullying, this book will give parents/guardians a manageable number of effective parenting strategies to incorporate into their lives and their children’s.

  • Parents/guardians will learn practical safety measures that can be easily implemented for the protection of their children.
  • Parents/guardians will learn a series of intervention strategies to utilize once their child has experienced a cyber bullying attack.
  • Parents/guardians will learn how they can play a role in the prevention of cyber bullying by educating themselves on principles of causation.
  • Parents/guardians will be given specific tools or exercises to implement within each strategy.
  • Parents/guardians will be given recommendations for additional support and education.

Holli Kenley

Holli Kenley
Holli Kenley is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of California. She holds a Masters Degree in Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling. She first became interested in promoting the wellness of others in the early 1990s by volunteering time to lead support groups for women struggling with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD). This experience was the motivation behind her first book, The PMS Puzzle, as well as the impetus to return to graduate school to become a licensed therapist.Holli has worked in a variety of settings: a women’s shelter and transitional housing, a counseling center, and in private practice. Counseling with adolescents, teens, young and older adults, Holli’s areas of special training and interest include sexual trauma and abuse, betrayal, addiction, codependency and cyber bullying. Holli is the author of numerous published articles and in 2010, she authored her second book, Breaking Through Betrayal: And Recovering the Peace Within. Recently released is her first e-single, Betrayal-Proof Your Relationship: What Couples Need To Know And Do.In addition to her work as a therapist and an author, Holli enjoys speaking at workshops and conferences. For the past two years, Holli has been a peer presenter at the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists’ Annual Conferences. In 2011, Holli spoke on “Cyber Bullying: The H1N1 of Technology–An Analysis of Causation & Implications for Intervention.” Holli will be a peer presenter at CAMFT’s 48th Annual Conference in May 2012 speaking on “Triaging Cyber Bullying: Protection, Intervention & Prevention.”

Cyber Bullying No More: Parenting A High Tech Generation

Cyber Bullying No More: Parenting A High Tech Generation

Holli Kenley talks about Cyber Bullying with Victor Schueller

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On May 15th, 2012, Holli Kenley spoke with BlogTalkRadio host Victor Schueller about the epidemic of cyber bullying and the negative consequences it can lead to if parents are not sensitive to what’s going on.  Holli Kenley is the author of Cyber Bullying No More: Parenting A High Tech Generationfrom the Growing with Love Series at Loving Healing Press.Cyber bullying is rampant. Every day children are being humiliated, violated, and degraded through the use of electronic devices. Young people are frightened and don’t know where to turn. Parents are frustrated and unsure how to help or how to protect their children. Although there are dozens of excellent books, videos, websites, and resources addressing cyber bullying, this book will give parents/guardians a manageable number of effective parenting strategies to incorporate into their lives and their children’s.

  • Parents/guardians will learn practical safety measures that can be easily implemented for the protection of their children.
  • Parents/guardians will learn a series of intervention strategies to utilize once their child has experienced a cyber bullying attack.
  • Parents/guardians will learn how they can play a role in the prevention of cyber bullying by educating themselves on principles of causation.
  • Parents/guardians will be given specific tools or exercises to implement within each strategy.
  • Parents/guardians will be given recommendations for additional support and education.

Holli Kenley

Holli Kenley
Holli Kenley is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of California. She holds a Masters Degree in Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling. She first became interested in promoting the wellness of others in the early 1990s by volunteering time to lead support groups for women struggling with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD). This experience was the motivation behind her first book, The PMS Puzzle, as well as the impetus to return to graduate school to become a licensed therapist.Holli has worked in a variety of settings: a women’s shelter and transitional housing, a counseling center, and in private practice. Counseling with adolescents, teens, young and older adults, Holli’s areas of special training and interest include sexual trauma and abuse, betrayal, addiction, codependency and cyber bullying. Holli is the author of numerous published articles and in 2010, she authored her second book, Breaking Through Betrayal: And Recovering the Peace Within. Recently released is her first e-single, Betrayal-Proof Your Relationship: What Couples Need To Know And Do.

In addition to her work as a therapist and an author, Holli enjoys speaking at workshops and conferences. For the past two years, Holli has been a peer presenter at the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists’ Annual Conferences. In 2011, Holli spoke on “Cyber Bullying: The H1N1 of Technology–An Analysis of Causation & Implications for Intervention.” Holli will be a peer presenter at CAMFT’s 48th Annual Conference in May 2012 speaking on “Triaging Cyber Bullying: Protection, Intervention & Prevention.”

Cyber Bullying No More: Parenting A High Tech Generation

Cyber Bullying No More: Parenting A High Tech Generation

Jewel Kats – Cinderella’s Magical Wheelchair

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Irene Watson interviews Jewel Kats, author of Cinderella’s Magical Wheelchairabout her transformative book and how it empowers both children with and without disabilities to live their dreams. In a Kingdom far, far away lives Cinderella. As expected, she slaves away for her cranky sisters and step-mother. She would dearly love to attend the Royal costume ball and meet the Prince, but her family is totally dead set against it. In fact, they have gone so far as to trash her wheelchair! An unexpected magical endowment to her wheelchair begins a truly enchanted evening and a dance with the Prince. Can true love be far behind?Listen to the interview

Jewel Kats
  • This fairy tale demonstrates people with disabilities can overcome abuse
  • Children with disabilities finally have a Cinderella story they can identify with
  • In this version, Cinderella uses her own abilities to build a new future for herself
  • The connection Cinderella and the Prince share illustrates love surges past
    mutual attraction

Acclaim for Cinderella’s Magical Wheelchair

“An inspiring and exciting read for children of all ages and abilities. Finally here is a book which shows that wheelchair-mobile children can achieve anything. A clever, modern twist on this traditional and much loved story.”
–Joanne Smith, TV Producer, Terry Fox Hall of Fame inductee, Gemini Award winner

“This strength-based present day Cinderella story reminds readers that everyone, including someone with a physical challenge, can have the experiences and relationships they hope to have. This Cinderella found that ‘success was of her own making’. A must have for every school library and therapy office.”
–Theresa Fraser, M.A., Child Psychotherapist and Play Therapist, author of: Billy Had To Move

Cinderella's Magical Wheelchair

Theresa Fraser – Book Bites for Kids

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Children’s author Theresa Fraser talks about her new book, Billy had to Move: A Foster Care Story with host Suzanne Lieurence.
Child Protection Services have been involved with Billy and his mother for some time now. He has been happily settled in a kinship placement with his grandmother and enjoys his pet cat, interacting with neighbors and even taking piano lessons. As the story unfolds, Billy’s grandmother has unexpectedly passed away and so the story of Billy Had To Move begins.Unfortunately, Billy’s mother cannot be located. Mr. Murphy, Billy’s social worker, places him in the foster home of Amy, Tim, and their baby “Colly.” Billy experiences great loss resulting not only from his grandmother’s death, but also the loss of the life he knew. Billy’s inner journey therefore has also begun and with the help of Ms. Woods, a Play Therapist, there is hope.

Juvenile Fiction : Family – Orphans & Foster Homes

 Theresa Ann Fraser
Therapists’ Acclaim for Billy Had To Move

“This gem of a book gently frames the stages of a child’s natural quest to make sense of his story. Fraser has created more than a teaching story: she generously offers a sacred space that compassionately holds and supports the multidimensional realities of our foster children and their birth families, our social workers and foster families, our teachers and child psychotherapists.”
–Gisela Schubach De Domenico, PhD, MFT, R-PTS

“Billy Had To Move is a profound story about the complex issues children in foster care often face. Fraser provides important lessons for caregivers. The book gracefully introduces the sandtray and provides insight into how powerful the experience
can be when the child has an opportunity to explore their trauma in the sandtray.”
–Mark E. Hulbert, MA, LLP

“In this engaging, warm-hearted story, Billy grieving the loss of his grandmother, finds a way to heal by expressing his thoughts and feelings in Play Therapy. Highly recommended!”
–Charles E. Schaefer, PhD, RPT-S
Director Emeritus, The Association for Play Therapy

Learn More About This Book at www.TheresaFraser.com

From the Growing With Love series at Loving Healing Press www.LovingHealing.com

 Billy Had to Move: A Foster Care Story
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Laurie Zelinger on Book Bites for Kids

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On February 16th, 2009, Suzanne Lieurance of Book Bites for Kids interviewed child psychologist, play therapist, and mom Laurie Zelinger about her new book for caregivers entitled The O, MY in Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy: How to Prepare Your Child for Surgery.
Dr Zelinger was inspired to write her book, The “O, MY” in TonsillectOMY & AdenoidectOMY: How to Prepare Your Child for Surgery, a Parent’s Manual, by her actual experience with her son’s tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy. She wrote it to help other parents and children benefit from her family’s experience.Dr. Zelinger’s concept of preparing a child for surgery is based upon the premise that information and preparation will reduce anxiety and help families to better manage the experience. She writes in simple language and provides scripts that parents can read to their children in order to explain the upcoming procedure.

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Book Bites for Kids – Jill Osborne

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Suzanne Lieurance of Book Bites for Kids interviewed Jill Osborne, author of Sam Feels Better Now!  An Interactive Story.  Suzanne spoke with Jill about how the book was written and published, who can benefit from using it, and what are the therapeutic techniques which it employs.Osborne’s new book, grounded in the latest research from Traumatology and Play Therapy, leads children on a journey to find out what happened with Sam and along the way discover their own hidden feelings and fears and begin to discharge their trauma.  Recommended for young children who have witnessed domestic violence or other forms of abuse.  The book is designed for use by professional therapists but the principles contained in this book will be valuable for any parent. Jill Osborne
Sam saw something awful and scary! Ms. Carol, a special therapist, will show Sam how to feel better. Children can help Sam feel better too by using drawings, play, and storytelling activities. They will be able to identify and manage their own feelings and difficulties in their lives following a traumatic event, crisis, or grief.Therapists’ Acclaim for Sam Feels Better Now
“This beautiful little picture book is the ideal guide for a series of therapy sessions that will focus the child’s attention on positives and help to deal with the traumatic memories”
– Bob Rich, PhD., AnxietyAndDepression-help.com

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Jill Osborne – Children, Trauma, and Play Therapy

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Juanita Watson speaks with author and Pay Terapy expert Jill Osborne about her new book Sam Feels Better Now! An Interactive Story for children.  Osborne’s new book, grounded in the latest research from Traumatology and Play Therapy, leads children on a journey to find out what happened with Sam and along the way discover their own hidden feelings and fears and begin to discharge their trauma.  Recommended for young children who have witnessed domestic violence or other forms of abuse.  The book is designed for use by professional therapists but the principles contained in this book will be valuable for any parent. Jill Osborne
Sam saw something awful and scary! Ms. Carol, a special therapist, will show Sam how to feel better. Children can help Sam feel better too by using drawings, play, and storytelling activities. They will be able to identify and manage their own feelings and difficulties in their lives following a traumatic event, crisis, or grief.Therapists’ Acclaim for Sam Feels Better Now
“This beautiful little picture book is the ideal guide for a series of therapy sessions that will focus the child’s attention on positives and help to deal with the traumatic memories”
– Bob Rich, PhD., AnxietyAndDepression-help.com

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Marian K. Volkman – Healing Children From Trauma

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Join us for a very special Authors Airwaves as Juanita Watson from Inside Scoop Live interviews Marian K. Volkman on how children can heal from trauma and how we as caregivers, therapists, and educators can help. Marian Volkman has over thirty years of experience in trauma reduction and personal growth work. She leads Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR) and Metapsychology workshops throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. She also sees individual clients in Ann Arbor, where she resides. She is the author of “Life Skills: Improve the Quality of Your Life with Metapsychology.  Marian is the editor of Children and Traumatic Incident Reduction: Creative and Cognitive approaches and author of Life Skills: Improve the Quality of Your Life.
What if we could resolve childhood trauma before years go by and these effects solidify in body and mind?In a perfect world, we’d like to be able to shield children from hurt and harm. In the real world, children, even relatively fortunate ones, may experience accidents, injury, illness, and loss of loved ones. Children unfortunate enough to live in unsafe environments live through abuse, neglect, and threats to their well-being and even their life.

What if we could resolve childhood trauma fully, gently, and completely while the child is still young?

We Can. Read Children and Traumatic Incident Reduction and find out how!

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