Graphic Lives 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.

The key aims of these books are:

• to demystify counselling and psychotherapy so that it is more appealing and accessible to young people
• to destigmatise emotional and mental health problems so that young people are better able to accept help
• to encourage young people to embark upon their own healing journeys, equipped with the sense that there is a way forward.

The books included in the set are:

• Graphic Lives: Essential Support Guide - ISBN 9781909301658
• Graphic Lives: Ava (A Graphic Novel for Young Adults Dealing with an Eating Disorder) - ISBN 9781909301634
• Graphic Lives: Hari (A Graphic Novel for Young Adults Dealing with Anxiety) - ISBN 9781909301641
• Graphic Lives: Lexi (A Graphic Novel for Young Adults Dealing with Self-Harm) - ISBN 9781909301665

This book is part of a book series called Graphic Lives .

There are 118 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2016 by Taylor & Francis Ltd .

Jo Browning Wroe, Creative Writing Supervisor at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. Carol Holliday, Arts Psychotherapist, Cambridge

This book has the following chapters:

The set contains:

• Graphic Lives: Essential Support Guide - ISBN 9781909301658
• Graphic Lives: Ava (A Graphic Novel for Young Adults Dealing with an Eating Disorder) - ISBN 9781909301634
• Graphic Lives: Hari (A Graphic Novel for Young Adults Dealing with Anxiety) - ISBN 9781909301641
• Graphic Lives: Lexi (A Graphic Novel for Young Adults Dealing with Self-Harm) - ISBN 9781909301665