With gentleness and hope, Healing Feelings helps children understand and cope with mental illness in the adults who are important to them.  This is a wonderful resource for kids who are struggling with their parents’ or other adults’ pain

-Jacqueline Golding, Ph.D.
Psychologist, Pleasanton, CA and professor
University of California, San Francisco
Author of Healing Stories:
Picture Books for the BIG and Small Changes in a Child’s Life

Read more discussion on the book at Dr. Golding's blog

The rhythm and rhyme have a lovely cadence that children will really enjoy.  Leslie has captured the idea of emotional pain through a child’s viewpoint, children and parents alike will relate to this lovely imagery.

                                                                             -Mary Ruth Cross, M.S., M.F.T.

Licensed marriage and family therapist, San Ramon, CA and
California Association for Play Therapy (CALAPT)
Executive Board Member, member at large

and past president of CALPT San Francisco Bay chapter

Read more discussions about coping with Mental Illness, Couples, Teens, Relationships, and Family issues, on Leslie Baker's blog site 

Healing Feelings is a healing story for children coping with a grownup's mental illness. A tool for children and their counselor, family therapist and parents to discuss mental health and illness