Increasingly, children in our society with issues such as anxiety and depression are treated with drugs and labels. This book proposes that an alternative, more radical approach is needed, which involves spiritual dimensions, such as calling on the child's angel. The book includes explorations of children's life senses, with particular focus on the sense of touch and the senses of motion and balance. Henning Koehler is an experienced therapist, and his love and enthusiasm for the children he works with shines through these pages, bringing life and immediacy to a challenging subject. Parents and teachers alike with appreciate his refreshing and readable approach.

Read this deep and insightful approach to observing children and their development and be refreshed At a time when educational labeling and "educationally difficult" children are made more and more uneasy in their behavior, this books makes a strong request that we develop a more accepting, less judgmental way to embrace children. The book serves as a guide to parents and teachers for dealing with children. It offers ways to "read" so called disorders tot he benefit of the child and those responsible for the child. Koehler challenges the current trend of diagnostics and labels, offering a spiritually deepened view of why a child behaves as she does. Every parent and teach will benefit from this book.