1st Edition

Shrinking the Smirch The Young People's Edition

By Jo Johnson Copyright 2015
136 Pages
by Speechmark

135 Pages
by Speechmark

Shrinking the Smirch: The Young People's Edition is a workbook to help young people manage stress, gain confidence, resist peer pressure and stay healthy. This book helps young people cope with the usual challenges of being a young adults including anxiety, peer pressure, exam stress, bullying, social media, etc. and is also appropriate for clinical conditions such as panic, eating problems,... Read more
Introduction, 1 The Smirch Story, 2 Creating your own Smirch, 3 Starting your Smirch Journey, 4 Essential Shrinking Tips, 5 Thinking and Feeling, 6 Smirch Shrinking Habits, 7 Body Stuff, 8 The Final Touches, 9 The End, 10 Contacts and Apps

Biography

Jo Johnson

"There are a number of ‘self-help’ books available on all sorts of subject matters but what I like about this book is that it covers a multitude of physical and mental health conditions by just using the concept of the ‘smirch’.... I think it is a very clever and innovative approach to dealing with the negative thoughts or ‘head chat’ as I call it in my work..." — Nicola Gwilym, School Mentor, Dovedale Primary School, Liverpool

‘This book will prove invaluable in helping young people to become more resilient and cope with any difficult thoughts and feelings." — Ben King, Inclusion manager, Steyning Grammar School

"This book is fantastic and fun to read and will be a great resource for young people. It reassures the reader that difficult feelings are normal but that with some practice there are ways of coping. As a parent the book taught me a lot of things that will help me to support my teenage son when he feels anxious."  Sue Duncan, Parent of two teenage boys