Coping and Conflict

Support for families faced with problematic alcohol and other drug use

An informative resource called A Guide To Coping is a valuable resource for families faced with problematic alcohol and other drug misuse in family/whānau ...

Don’t Let Your Kids Kill You: A Guide for Parents of Drug and Alcohol Addicted Children

This is a self-help recovery guide for parents in the devastating situation of realizing that they are powerless to stop their children from self-destruction through drug and/or alcohol abuse. It is dedicated to letting parents know when it is ...

Supernormal: The Untold Story of Adversity and Resilience

Clinical psychologist and author of The Defining Decade, Dr. Meg Jay reveals the world of the -supernormal-: those who soar to unexpected heights after childhood adversity. Whether it is bullying, the loss of a parent to divorce, drug misuse or...

Not My Family, Never My Child

A practical handbook for anyone who suspects (or knows) someone they care about is a drug user. Drawing on the tragic loss of his own son to a heroin overdose and over 20 years working as a counsellor, Tony Trimingham cuts through the media hyp...

Supernormal : Childhood Adversity and the Untold Story of Resilience

In this seminal new study of resilience, Meg Jay tells the stories of a diverse group of people who have overcome trauma in their childhoods to go on and live successful lives as adults. These are the ‘supernormal’, who having shoul...

Mum, Can You Lend Me Twenty Quid? : What drugs did to my family

Elizabeth Burton Phillips is a teacher, an ordinary middle-class mother who had always tried to do the best for her children; she never imagined that her identical twin sons, who had been doing so well at school, would become involved in drugs....

Mauri Ora

Mauri Ora outlines the relevance of culture, identity, and socio-economic factors to health. Mason Durie draws on many years of experience to bring fresh perspectives on Maori health, especially mental health. Few books are able to accurately i...