{"product_id":"graphic-lives-ava","title":"Graphic Lives: Ava","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGraphic Lives\u003c\/em\u003e is a series of highly engaging graphic novels for young people who may need counselling and psychotherapy. Each book introduces the difficulties faced by a teenage character and follows them as they travel on their therapeutic journey with a skilled and creative therapist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe key aims of these books are:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eto demystify counselling and psychotherapy so that it is more appealing and accessible to young people\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eto destigmatise emotional and mental health problems so that young people are better able to accept help\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eto encourage young people to embark upon their own healing journeys, equipped with the sense that there is a way forward.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eSixteen year-olds Ava and Jade are obsessed with food, calories, and staying thin. Pleased with the many compliments they receive they push themselves into anorexia. Ava's mother is alarmed by her daughter's weight loss and forces her into therapy with the school counsellor, Steph. However after only two sessions Steph touches a raw nerve, Ava storms out and refuses to continue. Only when Jade is admitted to hospital does Ava return to therapy, where she begins to understand the causes of her anorexic tendencies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45589223964910,"sku":"9781909301634","price":22.39,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9781909301634_10d5df78-b640-4e5d-98eb-ca42d0899ba8.jpg?v=1721220371","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/graphic-lives-ava","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}