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Allowing their hearts to be opened for their adoptive parents "in" can be a very scary and painful process for adopted children. Letting Us Into Your Heart describes to children the process of Core Attachment Therapy© and is companion to Your Love is Hope. It is a playful process for the child to slowly experience the developmental sequence of attachment development. As this process is felt, the child experiences emotional safety and security possibly for the first time. The end result is a happy child.
Liana Lowenstein's, MSW, RSW, CPT-S, website includes information on child and family therapy, professional articles, articles for parents, information on the many books that she authored, workshops and webinars, newsletter and featured techniques.Liana Lowenstein's, MSW, RSW, CPT-S is a Registered Clinical Social Worker, Certified Play Therapist-Supervisor, and Certified TF-CBT Therapist who has been working with children and their families since 1988. She presents trainings across North America and abroad. Recent speaking engagements include China, South Africa, Israel, England, and Australia. She provides clinical supervision to mental health practitioners, and consults to several mental health agencies. Her 14 psychotherapy books are known internationally for their innovative techniques. Liana is winner of the Monica Herbert award for outstanding contribution to play therapy in Canada.website includes information on child and family therapy, professional articles, articles for parents, information on the many books that she authored, workshops and webinars, newsletter and featured techniques.
Are you the one in your family who is especially sensitive to how other people feel? Do you find yourself taking on other people's problems, even when it's bad for you? Is it often hard for you to make choices because you worry about what others want? If this sounds like you, you may have been raised by emotionally immature parents. Your true self is so much more than your family role. Your past identity may have been formed in your relationship with your parents, but who you will become derives from your relationship to yourself. I hope you will find this website and my books helpful to you in learning about yourself and your family, so that you will be free to live your best possible life.
DBT is a compassionate and evidence-based treatment for those suffering from mental health issues related to emotional regulation. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a cognitive behavioral treatment that was originally developed to treat chronically suicidal individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and it is now recognized as the gold standard psychological treatment for this population. In addition, research has shown that it is effective in treating a wide range of other disorders such as substance dependence, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and eating disorders. At the Linehan Institute our mission is to advance leading edge behavioral technologies making compassionate and effective treatments available to all persons with complex and severe mental disorders.
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At one of The TLC Foundation for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors' events, I was lucky to be a part of a small group of skin-pickers who met daily with Charlie Mansueto, PhD, Suzanne Mouton-Odum, PhD, and Sherrie Vavrichek, LCSW. We reviewed the Comprehensive Model for Behavioral Management of BFRBs (ComB). As we discussed strategies for interrupting and preventing skin-picking behaviors, I made a list – of strategies I'm using, and strategies I could use. The COMB model has 5 categories (SCAMP), so my notes are divided into sections: -Sensory -Cognitive -Affective (emotions) -Motor -Place / environment
Sometimes its hard to know what words to say to be KIND....That is why Learning SPOT is here to help! Learning SPOT will show you all the amazing ways you can use words to be kind!
It can be really hard to handle BIG Emotions, especially ANGER! Kids experience frustrating situations everyday, whether it's someone taking their toy or they feel like they can't do something. This story shows them that instead of yelling or stomping their feet, they can practice some fun ways to help them stay CALM.By associating emotions with something a child can visual (bright red spot), they are able to see when a small feeling of frustration can easily turn into into a big ANGRY emotion. They will realize they can manage their spots of emotions with fun counting and breathing techniques by watching an ANGRY SPOT start to shrink down.
Lives in the Balance advocates for our most vulnerable kids and helps caregivers see them through more accurate, productive lenses and intervene in evidence-based ways that are collaborative, proactive, non-punitive, non-adversarial, non-exclusionary, relationship-building, and communication-enhancing. Through its public awareness and advocacy efforts — including the hard-hitting, award-winning documentary film, The Kids We Lose — Lives in the Balance is shedding light on the harm caused by punitive, exclusionary disciplinary practices. With our free resources, trainings, and outreach and advocacy efforts, we’re driving the paradigm shift all over the world. We invite you to become part of the effort.
People with borderline personality disorder (BPD) can be intensely caring, warm, smart, and funny—but their behavior often drives away those closest to them. If you're struggling in a tumultuous relationship with someone with BPD, this is the book for you. Dr. Shari Manning helps you understand why your spouse, family member, or friend has such out-of-control emotions—and how to change the way you can respond. Learn to use simple yet powerful strategies that can defuse crises, establish better boundaries, and radically transform your relationship. Empathic, hopeful, and science based, this is the first book for family and friends grounded in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), the most effective treatment for BPD.
Some of the most challenging children to help are those who have been injured early in life in their first relationships through disrupted or injured attachment. Traditional child therapies often fail them, and their parents or caregivers often feel ineffective and hopeless in the face of their child’s needs. Foster and adopted children may lose their homes and families due to behavior associated with attachment injuries. The costs to the child, the family and the society related to untreated attachment injuries are high.Catherine Young brings over 25 years of experience working with children and families to a new, structured and easily applied attachment-based therapy model: Multi-Modal Attachment Therapy (M-MAT). With compassion and respect for children and families, M-MAT blends a number of modalities to create a powerful, cohesive, and comprehensive therapy that integrates both right and left brain interventions.M-MAT Multi-Modal Attachment Therapy: Healing Attachment Injuries in Children and Families provides a brief overview of attachment theory, a discussionof attachment injured children and diagnoses, including Reactive Attachment Disorder, but focuses primarily on the how-to of implementing this therapy model to provide healing to children and families, and efficacy to the therapists who work with them.
M-MAT.org provides Multi-Modal Attachment Therapy and parenting resources including books for children, books for professionals, videos, attachment based play therapy activities, and information on training and consultation.
Mad Dragon is based on the classic game Crazy Eights. Players race to get rid of their cards while learning to manage their anger. For 2 to 8 players, this fun and easy-to-play game includes 100 cards (4½" x 3") and an instruction booklet. This fast-paced card game helps children: • Control their anger in the moment • Practice 12 effective anger management techniques • Understand what anger feels and looks like • Avoid anger-provoking situations • Learn healthy decision-making skills • Express and understand their feelings • Identify anger cues • Learn that they have choices about how to express anger
Magination Press is the children’s book imprint of the American Psychological Association. Through our publishing we share with the world mental health expertise and psychological knowledge. Our books reach young readers and their parents and caregivers to make navigating life’s challenges a little easier. It’s the combined power of psychology and literature that makes our books special. We publish a wide range of mental health topics, including anxiety, divorce, mindfulness, identity, death, depression, and much more. Our award-winning and bestselling titles include the What-To-Do series of guides, The Terrific Toddler series, The Feel Better Books, Something Happened in Our Town, My Whirling Twirling Motor, The Hugging Tree, Jacob’s Room to Choose, Something Very Sad Happened, You’ll Find Me, Papa, Daddy, and Riley, and It Hurts When I Poop!, and many more.
We love this idea from play therapist Paris Goodyear-Brown. If you have a child who has a hard time pushing through when something is difficult, have her make a set of cope-cakes. These are individualized self-help strategies that she can rely on next time she is faced with an obstacle.
When a big feeling comes along…you can handle it! Managing feelings for kids ages 7 to 10 Sometimes, emotions like anger or jealousy or excitement can seem too big to keep inside. Me and My Feelings is here to tell you: It’s okay to have big feelings. And the good news is, you can calm down those strong emotions―so you won’t feel like you’re going to explode! This book shows you how to stay in control―by breathing deeply, saying positive things to yourself, talking about your feelings, and more. You’ll learn to deal with all kind of feelings, including the hard ones like sadness, anxiety, or even fear. Inside Me and My Feelings, you’ll find: Everyone has emotions―When you understand your own emotions and feelings, you can also be understanding of other people’s―like your family and friends. Ideas that help―This book is packed with ways to help you handle your feelings. Try out the exercises to see which tips and tricks work best for you! Quizzes and activities―Get to know yourself with quizzes like “Do My Emotions Rule Me?,” along with other fun exercises and activities especially for kids ages 7-10. With Me and My Feelings, the next time your big feelings get too big―you’ll know just what to do!
Me Magnets help individuals, families and couples identify, explore, and express core values and various parts of identity. Five magnet categories include Positive Personality Traits, Negative Personality Traits, Personal Values, Relationship Roles, Self-Labels, and Blank Make-Your-own.
Engage your clients with a Star Wars themed meditation. This meditation with instructions includes a ready-to-color image of the beloved character, Yoda--a master of meditation.
MHA’s programs and initiatives fulfill its mission of promoting mental health and preventing mental illness through advocacy, education, research and services. MHA’s national office and its 200+ affiliates and associates around the country work every day to protect the rights and dignity of individuals with lived experience and ensure that peers and their voices are integrated into all areas of the organization. Education and Outreach: MHA helps Americans of all ages better understand prevention, early identification and intervention through a variety of information, online tools and events. Public Policy: MHA collaborates with a wide audience of affiliates and supporters to advance policy recommendations that promote our mission Peer Advocacy, Supports, and Services: MHA works to protect the rights and dignity of individuals with lived experience nationwide, and ensure that peers and their voices are integrated into all areas of the organization. MHA’s programs and initiatives fulfill its mission of promoting mental health and preventing mental illness through advocacy, education, research and services. MHA’s national office and its 200+ affiliates and associates around the country work every day to protect the rights and dignity of individuals with lived experience and ensure that peers and their voices are integrated into all areas of the organization. Founded in 1909 by Clifford W. Beers, Mental Health America (MHA) is the nation’s leading community-based nonprofit dedicated to addressing the needs of those living with mental illness and promoting the overall mental health of all. During his stays in public and private institutions, Beers witnessed and was subjected to horrible abuse. From these experiences, Beers set into motion a reform movement that took shape and is known today as Mental Health America.
Mental Health Center for Kids.com was started in 2021 by Vanessa Vallejo, B.A. in collaboration with her husband, Michael Vallejo, LCSW. Our mission is to create high-quality, visually engaging mental health worksheets, handouts, and infographics to assist parents, teachers, therapists, counselors, social workers, and other mental health professionals in supporting kids and teens to be happy, healthy, and self-confident.
