Danielle the author
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A little about Danielle
Danielle is Clinical Psychologist, EMDR Consultant, Author and Speaker with a special interest in self-compassion, courage and fostering strong mental health in the community. She is also a founding committee member of Friends of Mithra, an Australian based charity supporting differently abled children attending Mithra rehabilitation centre in Chennai, India. She will soon be appearing on Adventure All-stars on Channel 7PLUS as part of her commitment to raising awareness for Friends of Mithra.
Media
Media Releases and Articles
Media Release –
Kind to Me
Teaching children the importance of being kind to themselves, Danielle Sellick’s new children’s book, “Kind to Me” (published by Balboa Press AU), draws on schema therapy and emotion regulation strategies including mindfulness to provide children and their parents with helpful thinking styles and a way of sitting with and working through difficult emotions.
The book tells the story of Zac, a 7-year-old, who is learning to be kind to himself: body, heart and mind. Zac uses mindfulness and practices compassionate thoughts, helping him to develop healthy core beliefs about himself. These include “I am OK as I am”, “I can learn from this” and “I am connected to others.”
Along the way Mum and Dad provide nurturing, guidance and containment. This helps Zac to regulate his emotions. Zac also speaks to his parents in the book to express his emotional needs. The author includes notes for parents on teaching and role-modelling self-compassion, as well as how to build emotional resilience in their children.
“Self-compassion is a skill we need to teach our children from a young age to build their emotional resilience and to actually maximize their emotional health throughout their lives. As a result, we see an increase in happiness, self-confidence and motivation, as well as better relationships among those who practice self-compassion.” Sellick says. “Parenting also requires a great deal of self-compassion. Children and parents can learn this together as they read this book.”
Sellick plans to donate half of all profits raised from the book to Australian children’s charity, Friends of Mithra. Mithra is a rehabilitation center in Chennai, India, helping children and young adults with disabilities to thrive.
About the Author
Danielle Sellick is the principal clinical psychologist at Sellick Psychology in Melbourne, Australia. She has worked in the mental health field for close to 20 years including for beyondblue and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. She is a board member of the Australian children’s charity Friends of Mithra. She believes we need to actively teach and show our kids from a young age how to be kind to themselves, promoting their resilience and contributing to better emotional health throughout their lives. She practices self-compassion by singing, writing, practicing mindfulness and playing with her spirited kids. To find out more about the author, visit www.daniellesellick.com.au.
Media Release – Captain Courageous
About the book
Meet the best friend every kid needs – Captain Courageous. She’s the superhero with a difference. With her elastic arms, X-ray vision eyes and trusty sidekick, Bob the Cat, she will help you find the courage inside yourself to face any challenge and save the day.
Danielle Sellick writes children’s books to inspire and warm the heart. She is a clinical psychologist from Melbourne, Australia, with an understanding of the human spirit, in particular the bravery and kindness waiting to be unleashed in us all. Her father’s favourite saying remains with her always: “Life is mostly froth and bubble; Two things stand like stone: Kindness in another’s trouble, Courage in your own.”- Adam Lindsay Gordon (Poet), 1867Captain Courageous by Danielle Sellick is published by Austin Macauley Publishers and is available on Austinmacauley.com and Amazon and all good booksellers.
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EMDRAA Article
Kind to Me as an adjunct to EMDR Therapy for use by clients and therapists.
