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This is the first book to provide a wide range of leading-edge, inventive, tangible, step-by-step strategies for clinicians working with children with severe dysregulation of the affective system using EMDR therapy and adjunct approaches. This book offers developmentally appropriate advanced tools for using EMDR therapy with children with complex trauma, attachment wounds, dissociative tendencies and compromised social engagement. This book is written with the goal in mind of offering a “step-by-step” and a “how-to” approach for clinicians working with children with complex trauma. Throughout the book, the eight phases of EMDR therapy are thoroughly explored, offering a rich and wide variety of techniques and strategies that are clear, tangible, concrete, and creative for difficult-to-treat children. A unique and innovative feature of this book is the masterful use of strategies from other therapeutic approaches into a comprehensive EMDR treatment such as: Play Therapy, Sandtray Therapy, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (SP), Theraplay and Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy.
Clients who have experienced traumatic events and seek EMDR therapists rely on them as guides through their most vulnerable moments. Trauma leaves an imprint on the body, and if clinicians don't know how to stay embodied in the midst of these powerful relational moments, they risk shutting down with their clients or becoming overwhelmed by the process. If the body is not integrated into EMDR therapy, full and effective trauma treatment is unlikely.This book offers an integrative model of treatment that teaches therapists how to increase the client's capacity to sense and feel the body, helps the client work through traumatic memories in a safe and regulated manner, and facilitates lasting integration.Part I (foundational concepts) offers a broad discussion of theory and science related to trauma treatment. Readers will be introduced to essential components of EMDR therapy and somatic psychology. The discussion then deepens into the science of embodiment through the lens of research on emotion, memory, attachment, interpersonal neurobiology, and the impact of trauma on overall health. This part of the book emphasizes the principles of successful trauma treatment as phase-oriented, mindfulness-based, noninterpretive, experiential, relational, regulation focused, and resilience-informed.Part II (interventions) presents advanced scripted protocols that can be integrated into the eight phases of EMDR therapy. These interventions provide support for therapists and clients who want to build somatic awareness through experiential explorations that incorporate mindfulness of sensations, movement impulses, breath, and boundaries.Other topics discussed include a focus on complex PTSD and attachment trauma, which addresses topics such as working with preverbal memories, identifying ego states, and regulating dissociation; chronic pain or illness; and culturally-based traumatic events. Also included is a focused model of embodied self-care to prevent compassion fatigue and burnout.
Emetophobia.net was founded by Anna Christie, B.A., M.Div., RCC a licensed psychotherapist in Vancouver, Canada who has fully recovered from emetophobia, and David Russ, Pj.D., a psycholigist in Charlotte, North Carolina who has taken a special interest in emetophobia for many year authoring two books on the topic. Their free website and weekly podcast provide information for people who are afraid of vomiting. Emetophobia.net also provides guidance on exposure treatment for adults and children, research on emetophobia and a related blog.
This popular book was the first one for emetophobia to be written by a bona fide therapist who treats the disorder successfully. Written with warmth and humor, “The Emetophobia Manual” (self-published) has been helpful to many who suffer from this serious anxiety disorder. It may be a bit triggering for folks who are bothered by words, phrases and stories about vomit but that is the only critique we have.
This interactive book is an innovative way to educate and provide your child with the necessary steps to overcome this debilitating phobia. Emetophobia is the fear of vomiting. Experience and expertise in treating this phobia is relatively rare and this book attempts to fill that need. Written by a psychologist who has treated over 100 people with this disorder, it is based on science but shaped by extensive experience. It is written and illustrated for kids. There is a companion guide for parent’s or professionals to help children go through the step-by-step process. The treatment is called cognitive behavioral therapy using the approach of exposure and response prevention.
This feelings chart includes fun emoji images paired with 12 different feeling words. Children can select which emoji and word matches how they feel.
As Shari Y. Manning, Ph.D, writes in her excellent book Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder, “People with BPD have an exquisite vulnerability to emotions.” And this susceptibility is hardwired. Margarita Tartakovsky, MS provides a brief summary about emotional vulnerability of Borderline Personality Disorder from Manning's book-specifically how emotional arousal is experienced.
Learn about emotion cards and how to use them to teach your kids emotional vocabulary and emotional awareness. Explore 15 fun ways to make the most out of your cards (emotions games included!)
The Zones of Regulation offer guidance through supplemental material and a list of strategies for striving toward a more equitable learning experience for ALL children and young adults in places of learning. At The Zones of Regulation, we acknowledge the longstanding presence of systemic racism and "otherism" in our education system and society at large. We recognize the intersectional nature of supporting racial equity, neurodiversity, gender diversity, cultural diversity in school, clinical, and community-based settings. Most importantly, we see SEL as a critical lever for advancing equity and inclusion for all learners and moving away from punitive behavioral models that perpetuate disparities in opportunity and outcomes for black, indigenous, people of color, neurodiverse, and other marginalized populations.
Special playtime is a chance for you to focus on your child’s good behaviors and build a strong, nurturing relationship. You can use the time to actively listen and practice praising, imitating, and describing your child’s behavior. The more you practice the skills, the easier it is to use them in everyday situations. This article, geared to parents, shares the basics on parent-child play with information on toys, activities and tips for playtime success.
Anxiety can be caused by many different things… It can make children feel bad in all sorts of ways, but it’s important to remember that it’s ok to feel anxious as long as you can manage it. “Everyone Feels Anxious Sometimes” is a self-help guide that aims to educate kids on how to calm feelings of anxiety that they are experiencing every day. This story provides the perfect tips and tricks for how to combat anxiousness with just a few simple steps that make all the difference. Written by Dr. Daniela Owen, Ph.D., assistant professor of clinical psychology at UC Berkeley, and the author of the best-selling “Right Now” series, her new “Everyone Feels” series provides kids with coping mechanisms on how to remain calm and positive in times of distress.
Here are 17 research-inspired social skills activities for kids, organized by age-group. I begin with games suitable for the youngest children, and end with social skills activities appropriate for older kids and teens.
This article presents six of the most frequently discussed areas of challenge: Organization, Time Management, Planning & Problem Solving, Attention, Working Memory, and Inhibition. With coaching, practice, and positive reinforcement, children who struggle with executive dysfunction can improve – sometimes by leaps and bounds. Executive functioning activities are the way you do that. Find a masterlist of executive functioning activities in this article. Some activities are daily habits or practices. Others are conversation starters, and some are fun games your child won’t even realize are designed to help them improve!
Dr. Ross Greene, a distinguished clinician and pioneer in the treatment of kids with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges, has worked with thousands of explosive children, and he has good news: these kids aren’t attention-seeking, manipulative, or unmotivated, and their parents aren’t passive, permissive pushovers. Rather, explosive kids are lacking some crucial skills in the domains of flexibility/adaptability, frustration tolerance, and problem solving, and they require a different approach to parenting. Throughout this compassionate, insightful, and practical book, Dr. Greene provides a new conceptual framework for understanding their difficulties, based on research in the neurosciences. He explains why traditional parenting and treatment often don’t work with these children, and he describes what to do instead. Instead of relying on rewarding and punishing, Dr. Greene’s Collaborative Problem Solving model promotes working with explosive children to solve the problems that precipitate explosive episodes, and teaching these kids the skills they lack.
Thinking about our bodies’ functions can be scary, especially for children. Sometimes this awareness grows into Health Anxiety, an intense, unshakeable fear accompanied by hypervigilance about breathing, swallowing, aches, and pains.Facing Mighty Fears About Health teaches children to manage scary thoughts more effectively. Fun Facts about the body engage children as they practice the 3 steps sure to ease false-alarm fears. A Note to Parents and Caregivers, along with a supplemental Resource Page, make this the perfect guide for families and mental health counselors. This book is part of the Dr. Dawn’s Mini Books About Mighty Fears series, designed to help children aged 6-10 to tackle their fears and live happier lives.
No one likes throwing up. No one likes to see it, smell it, or experience it. But emetophobia is different, turning disgust into dread, getting in the way of day-to-day life.Facing Mighty Fears About Throwing Up teaches specific techniques to help shrink this surprisingly common phobia, helping children accept that puke happens, and life goes on. A Note to Parents and Caregivers, along with a supplemental Resource Page, make this the perfect guide for families and mental health counselors.This book is part of the Dr. Dawn’s Mini Books About Mighty Fears series, designed to help children aged 6-10 to tackle their fears and live happier lives.
for Depression Awareness Offers: -An education website -Family and Expert Stories -Trainings for families. Learn about our workshops and upcoming free webinars. -Advocacy to support families with depression. Visit our Care For Your Mind online community -Brochures such as Helping Someone Who Is Depressed. Visit our online store. -Depression Wellness Guides for adults, teens, and for parents of teens and children with depression. Visit our online store. -Outreach education to associations, schools, police stations, health facilities, religious organizations, employers, and nursing homes -Depression and Bipolar Test, an online screening tool -Mental Health Family Tree tool to help uncover family behaviors that may be associated with bipolar disorder, which often runs in families and can take years to diagnose What Makes Us Unique -We focus on family members and friends of those who are depressed, and caregivers that usually operate with little or no guidance or support. -We concentrate on depression and bipolar disorder, the most prevalent mental illnesses, and leading causes of suicide. -We promote depression awareness through organized communications programs, run by experienced marketing, business, and medical experts who have been touched by depression in their family or profession.
The Family Video Game Database has been created to help parents, carers and guardians gain a deeper understanding of video games. Through succinct parent-friendly games information, unusual game lists and our Game Finder tool we connect families with amazing, affordable video games that are valued by adults and children.We have mnay video games and board games on the database. Our aim isn't to include all games (although maybe one day). We hand pick games for a few reasons:Importance: They are important for parents to know about, perhaps because of some unexpected content.Popularity: They are really popular with children, who will be asking to play them.Significance: They offer an unusual experience we think families will love.Everything about the database is designed with parents and carers in mind. We assume our readers may not have played many (or any) games. There's no jargon that's not explained. Information is presented consistently and clearly. It's a calm space for parents and carers to learn and discover.You can get started by typing something into the search at the top of every page. Or you could browse the games our team loves to play. Or our what's new and what's trending page keeps you up to date with what other families are playing and checking up on.
Priceless Parenting provides a Family Internet Rules agreement presents family members with rules to follow in order to have the privilege of being online.
When a teacher asks the children in her class to think about what makes their families special, the answers are all different in many ways ― but the same in the one way that matters most of all.One child is worried that her family is just too different to explain, but listens as her classmates talk about what makes their families special. One is raised by a grandmother, and another has two dads. One has many stepsiblings, and another has a new baby in the family.As her classmates describe who they live with and who loves them ― family of every shape, size and every kind of relation ― the child realizes that as long as her family is full of caring people, it is special.A warm and whimsical look at many types of families, written by award-winning author Sara O’Leary, with quirky and sweet illustrations by Qin Leng.
