Donald Stewart

What's the best way for children to relate to the world around them? Play In this book, you'll find a collection of joyful activities that allow parents of children ages 3 to 9 to unlock the therapeutic benefits of play. From strengthening your bond to decreasing their screen dependency, Play Therapy Activities offers a variety of simple exercises that can help improve your child's behavior, impulse control, self-awareness, and more. New to the idea of play therapy? What makes this a standout among therapy books for kids: Exploration of common issues-Use this book to address a range of challenges facing kids today, including anxiety, bullying, self-esteem, and grief. Fun for everyone-Discover 100 exciting games that feature an array of physical, imaginative, and artsy activities, guaranteeing you'll find something that appeal to every child. Productive play-Keep kids engaged with tips that ensure successful game play as well as discussion questions that emphasize the aim of each exercise. Step-by-step instructions show you how to guide them as they practice everything from labeling their own emotions to creative ways of venting frustration, with techniques that incorporate mindfulness and self-reflection. Give teens the tools to navigate life's challenges effectively, so they can grow up into confident, self-aware adults.

A bold, stunning, and critically-acclaimed novel of struggle, injustice, violence and lust, now rediscovered and back in print for the first time in over sixty years. "The story is intense, dramatic and powerfully built. Stewart has drawn characters convincingly and well. He demonstrates the consequences of harsh, unthinking actions on an inherently good man." Washington Post John Dietche was unjustly imprisoned for a theft he didn't commit. He breaks parole and returns to the upstate New York country where his family once lived...and where his wife, pregnant when he was imprisoned, died in child-birth, his estranged daughter raised by others. It's also where, during WWI, his German-born father was falsely accused of being a spy, leading to a bloody melee by torch-bearing vigilantes that blinded John, then a child, in one eye. Now John is hired. simply for room and board, by an unhappily married couple to work their bleak, struggling farm. He soon begins a heated affair with the sex-starved wife, who threatens to turn him into the law, and send him back to prison, if he doesn't cater to her every whim, physical and otherwise. So he does, suffering a different kind of imprisonment, one every bit as soul crushing as what he escaped. Their strange affair soon escalates into searing violence....and into his tragic history repeating itself. "A strange, moody, intense novel. Stewart has a strong and vigorous style, an impressionistic technique, telling his story in swift and vivid scenes. A work of real originality and a high degree of technical skill." The Record (Hackensack, New Jersey) "A very intense and moving book...there are often remarkable insights into the human personality. Stewart has a delicate sense of words and can combine them powerfully." Lexington Herald-Leader "A first novel dealing with hatred and primitive urges. It's intensity, sympathy and vigor make it not only promising, but striking." New York Post "A deeply felt and well-expressed novel." New York Herald Tribune A previously paperback edition, released in 1959, was published under the alternate title Strange Bondage.

How the Mess of Rape becomes a Message of HopeRape is such a traumatic, horrendous, violation of the human person This perversion of sex cuts at the very image of God in which we were created; and has tremendous physiological, emotional, and psychological impact on victims, perpetrators, and society alike. Sadly, these effects are often overlooked and/or minimized, while much of society, including the church, is often ignorant or unable to give the support so critically needed. In Brushstrokes on HIS Masterpiece, Sharon E. 'Hephzibah' Hermitt, a rape overcomer, takes you on a journey from the humiliation of rape to exaltation in Christ. As heinous as rape is, it can be redemptive. Like the brush strokes on a painting, God blends this dastardly act into His love, mercy, kindness, and redemption. Sharon's story illustrates how God expertly uses traumatic, unpleasant experiences to mold and shape His people into vessels fit for honorable use. Brushstrokes on HIS Masters is a treasure trove for victims of rape, their family members, their caregivers, law enforcement officers, pastors, other helping professionals. Get It Now