Resources

Resources

Here you will find informative articles and Resources that Fundamental Play Therapy would like to share with you.

NEW: Behavioural Problem Or Sensory Difficulty
Relieving Anxiety
Parenting a highly sentitive child
Axious child: Have you ever heard of the vagus nerve

Recommended Books:

  1. Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend.
  2. The Whole-Brain Child. Dan Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson.
  3. How to Talk so Kids will Listen. Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish.
  4. The Book you Wish your Parents had Read. Phillippa Perry.
  5. Daring Greatly. Brené Brown.
  6. No-Drama Discipline by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne.
  7. The Highly Sensitive Child. Helping our children thrive when the world overwhelms them. Elaine Aron.
  8. The Body Keeps the Score. Bessel van der Kolk.
  9. Sensational Kids. Hope and Help for Children with Sensory Processing Disorder. Lucy Jane Miller.
  10. The “Out-of-Sync Child.” Carol Stock Kranowitz
  11. Siblings without Rivalry. Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish.
  12. Brain-Body Parenting. Mona DelaHooke.
  13. Parenting from the Inside Out. Daniel J. Siegel and Mary Hartzell.
  14. The Anxious Generation. How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness. Jonathan Haidt.
  15. 10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World. Jeane Twenge.
  16. It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens. Danah Boyed.

Free Child and Adult Mental Health Counselling or Assistance:

  1. SADAG: The South African Depression and Anxiety Group. Open 24 Hours. Call 0800 456 789 or (011) 234-4837.
  2. Humanitas Training & Counselling: Counselling Interns offering over 200 hours of Counselling, free of charge to the public. They use an online platform where you request a counselling session, Humanitas will distribute a relevant intern to your specific need and request within 24-48 hours.  Call: 071 247 6656 or 082 541 4357. 
  3. Suicide Emergency line: 0800 567 567