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Black Black Bear

admin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:57:49 +0000

By Susanne Carroll Duffy, Psy.D. RPT-S

Black Black Bear lives in a cave by himself, hurt and alone. He had good reason to be in his cave, but slowly he discovers the wonders to be found outside…the ones that are there even when you can not see them at first.

©Susanne Carroll Duffy, 2010

School Night

rafi — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:23:52 +0000

By Sue Carroll Duffy, Psy.D. RPT-S

It is the night before the first day of school and the mother frog and her baby talk together about the baby frog’s feelings. She is very excited, but also has some fears. Mother frog shares some ideas of how to manage her fears.

©Susanne Carroll Duffy, 2009

Johnny Appleseed

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:20:35 +0000

By Sue Carroll Duffy, Psy.D. RPT-S

This is the classic story of Johnny Appleseed, told with a focus on his quality of kindness for all living things and pursuing a dream.

©Susanne Carroll Duffy, 2010

Joy Goes for a Ride

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:18:16 +0000

By Sue Carroll Duffy, Psy.D. RPT-S

In this playful interactive story, Joy, a dog, gets on a school bus and encounters many adventures along the way.

©Susanne Carroll Duffy, 2009

Home

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:09:49 +0000

By Sue Carroll Duffy, Psy.D. RPT-S

A tree struggles for survival between rocks on a coast. It has seen many storms and is bent and windblown. A caring couple gently move the tree to a place where it has room to grow big and strong. The tree sometimes misses it’s old home on the rocks, but once it is grown, it can see past the woods to the coast where it used to live–and realizes it has been home all along.

©Susanne Carroll Duffy, 2009

Union

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:02:40 +0000

By Sue Carroll Duffy, Psy.D. RPT-S

This is a story/poem of two people embarking on a journey together into the fog.

©Susanne Carroll Duffy, 2009

Growing

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:01:02 +0000

By Sue Carroll Duffy, Psy.D. RPT-S

This is a story of the growth of a group of eggs into tadpoles and finally into frogs that are ready to explore land as well as return to the waters of their birth.

©Susanne Carroll Duffy, 2009

Emerging

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:56:26 +0000

By Sue Carroll Duffy, Psy.D. RPT-S

This is a story of the growth of a butterfly from the larvae stage through the struggle of emerging from the cocoon and finally taking flight. It is a very good story for transitions and the closure of therapy.

©Susanne Carroll Duffy, 2009

Sammy Squirrel and the Nuts

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:54:42 +0000

By Robyn Greene, LCPC

Sammy Squirrel begins to hoard nuts after a long winter where he was separated from his parents and did not have enough to eat. With the help of Bear, Sammy learns how to feel safe in his family again.

©Robyn Greene, LCPC

©Artwork, Jane W. Carroll

Wolf Gets Skunked

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:52:39 +0000

By Sue Carroll Duffy, Psy.D. RPT-S

Wolf and skunk are friends, but skunk begins to play tricks on Wolf, so that he feels badly about himself–finally spraying Wolf. Wolf howls until his parents arrive and help him to find friends that treat him well. Skunk watches from the other side of the river.

©Susanne Carroll Duffy, 2009

Forever Home

sue — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:50:38 +0000

By Sue Carroll Duffy, Psy.D. RPT-S

Little Bear is very sad when grandmother bear dies. All the bears gather in a circle to remember what they loved about grandmother bear. She is lifted on eagle’s wings to the Other Side of the river and received by her ancestors. When little bear sees the eagle, he remembers grandmother bear (12 pages).

©Susanne Carroll Duffy, 2009

I Love You

admin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:10:06 +0000

By Sue Carroll Duffy, Psy.D. RPT-S

Maggie and Mucky Moose are siblings. Many times they get along wonderfully, but sometimes
Maggie likes to compete with Mucky and it makes him cry. All of the forest animals hear his cry. They gather together to help Maggie and Mucky get along (12 pages).

©Susanne Carroll Duffy, 2009

Circle of Bunnies

admin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:00:12 +0000

By Susanne Carroll Duffy, Psy.D.

This story is designed to bring up feelings around diversity. There are different types of bunnies in different types of lands, with different types of
preferences, but one day a storm comes and washes the land away. All the bunnies are forced to the top of a hill, where they notice that there are other types of bunnies (12 pages).

The Flower

admin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:55:02 +0000

By Sue Carroll Duffy, Psy.D. RPT-S

A young child loves to be with a beautiful flower. She is saddened when it disappears with the
coming of winter. When spring arrives, she realizes it was there even when she could not see it (11 pages).
$5.95

Where Are You?

admin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:50:23 +0000

By Sue Carroll Duffy, Psy.D. RPT-S

This is a good story for helping a group of children process the loss of a classmate after they have moved. Maggie and Mucky Moose and their friends all go to school together and have many adventures. One day Wolf moves to a new woods. The friends go on an adventure to try to find Wolf but have no luck. Children listening to the story are prompted to help Maggie and Mucky Moose and their friends find a way to keep in touch with wolf (12 pages).

Where’s Stripes?

admin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:32:08 +0000

By Sue Carroll Duffy, Psy.D. RPT-S

A woman, a cat (Stripes) and a dog (Joy) all loved to be together at dinner time. Stripes loved to eat Joy’s food and Joy loved to eat the Stripes’ food. One day Stripes is not home at dinner time. The woman and Joy call for Stripes and all kinds of other animals arrive. Finally they are all invited in for dinner, only to find Stripes eating Joy’s dog food. This story has many sound effects as each animal arrives. It addresses the feelings of anxiety related to separation. (13 Pages)

$5.95

Swimming Eagle

admin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:07:13 +0000

By Sue Carroll Duffy, Psy.D. RPT-S

Eagle nearly drowns when a person in a boat attempts to help Eagle. However, Eagle is too frightened to accept the help. Finally he calms down and he is brought to safety. (13 Pages)

The Giant

admin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:03:33 +0000

Sue Carroll Duffy, Psy.D. RPT-S”

Unlike the other animals, Douglas Squirrel is unable to escape a fire moving through a Sequoia forest. He finds refuge in “The Giant”, an old Sequoia with many scars, thick bark, and a hole in it’s “belly”. Douglas Squirrel watches the destruction of the forest, and finally the return of the other animals and new life made possible from the fire.

$5.95

Moving Stories: A Playful Therapeutic Storytelling Method

admin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:58:48 +0000

By Sue Carroll Duffy, Psy.D. RPT-S

This E-book describes the Moving Stories Method, theory and application for individuals, families, groups and classrooms. It also includes ways to document the progress and process of Moving Stories.

$19.95

Claude Flies An Airplane

admin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:10:11 +0000

By Lauren Simpson, LCSW

Claude lives with his mother and 10 sisters. He gets angry a lot. One day Calude gets so angry he decides to take flight in an airplane. Claude gets into trouble when he realizes he does not know how to get down. After asking for help, two geese come to teach him about breathing his way to the ground where his family is waiting for him.

$9.95 (Available Soon)