Finding Diamonds

By Sue Carroll Duffy and J. Woodruff Carroll

Children, parents, teachers, rock hunters, naturalists, and therapists will love this adventuresome picture book!

• Builds self-acceptance.
• Connects children to nature.
• Encourages conversations about a child's hopes, dreams, losses and struggles.

If you find a giant diamond, are you as valuable

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bud to Bloom Books
• Release date: Apr 2, 2018
• ISBN: 9780999494042

Sue Carroll Duffy

Dr. Duffy is a psychologist, play therapist, and therapeutic storyteller. She lives in rural coastal Maine with her husband, two diamond hunters, and a flock of chickens and ducks. Finding Diamonds is her first picture book. Dr. Duffy is developing a nature-based therapy model for children. Most of Dr. Duffy's therapeutic stories are written for the "theater" of the sandtray. This approach to storytelling gives children the chance to play with the story. She developed an 8-step approach to using stories in the sandtray called the Moving Stories Play Therapy Method. The approach with individual children is described in Cathy Malchiodi's (editor) book, Creative Arts Therapy with Traumatized Children. Using Moving Stories with groups can be found in Stephanie Brooke and Charles E. Myers (editors) book, The Use of Creative Therapies in Treating Depression. Dr. Duffy's therapeutic Moving Stories are available for download in the By The Sea Seminars Therapeutic Story Library. Dr. Duffy works with the Passamaquoddy tribe in Maine, providing outpatient therapy, assessments, and consultation for Head Start and schools. She is founder of By The Sea Seminars.

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