Drawing together motivational theory, research-based evidence and guidance for best practice, this book presents innovative models for goal-setting and goal pursuit in therapy with children.Setting goals not only allows children, and their families, to engage with the overall therapeutic process, but it also provides an essential motivational element throughout the entire therapeutic process. The editors and contributors give practical advice on empathically collaborating with the ...

It's Christmas and two women must risk it all for love after falling for their gorgeous and unforgettable men in two festive romances—here in one volume.Roses for Christmas by Betty NeelsNurse Eleanor MacFarlane never expected to see consultant Fulk van Hensum again. But this Christmas he's back in her life—more handsome and demanding than ever. And when her brother becomes ill, Fulk is the one to aid his recovery...

Am I My Mother's Keeper?, Blanche Beatrice offers a deeply personal and honest memoir that explores family, sacrifice, and the complicated bonds between mothers and daughters. This is a story many live but few speak about openly.Through reflection and lived experience, Blanche examines the emotional weight of family expectations, caregiving, and the quiet pressure placed on women to carry responsibility without complaint. At the heart of the book is a question so m...

Briar“He went by Knox now, and Knox was everything Seth wasn’t and everything he’d never wanted to be. He was distant and ruthless like his father. Knox was a version of a man who was never supposed to exist, yet he stood only a few feet away from me.My mother did this to him because of me*.”*I’ve dreamt of finding Seth and fleeing the kingdoms as we once planned, but that was impossible. For ten years, while I longed for him, he p...

Ein Cosy-Krimi Kurz nach Sonnenaufgang wird DI Sondra Dean zum außergewöhnlichsten Tatort ihrer Karriere gerufen: dem jahrtausendealten Steinkreis von Stonehenge. Eine Nachtwandergruppe hat dort einen Toten gefunden. Der Mann wurde brutal erschlagen und anschließend nackt auf dem sogenannten Opferstein drapiert. Eine Art steinzeitlicher Faustkeil wird neben der Leiche gefunden. Zunächst weist vieles auf einen Ritualmord hin, doch schnell wird Sondra klar, dass die Dinge wesentlich komplizi...