The Power of Validation: Arming Your Child Against Bullying, Peer Pressure, Addiction, Self-Harm, & Out-of-Control Emotions

by Hall, Karyn D., Ph.D.; Cook, Melissa H.

• ISBN13: 9781608820337
• ISBN10: 1608820335
• Edition: Original
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-12-01
• Publisher: New Harbinger Pubns Inc

Summary

By recognizing and accepting their child#xED;s feelings, parents can improve their child#xED;s emotional resilience. The Power of Validation is the first book to explain this critical process and offer parents skills they can use to validate and empower children in order to reduce behavioral problems, instill confidence, and increase children#xED;s ability to regulate their own emotions.

Author Biography

Karyn D. Hall, PHD, is director and owner of the Dialectical Behavior Therapy Center in Houston, TX, and is an advisor, consultant, and trainer with Treatment Implementation Collaborative, LLC. Melissa H. Cook, LPC, is a dialectical behavior therapist in Houston, TX, who uses validation daily in her personal and professional, life. She lives with her husband and three kids, who inspire her every day.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Understanding Validation	p. 7
The Importance of Validation	p. 29
Applying Validating Parenting	p. 51
Why Parents Invalidate	p. 67
Ways Parents Invalidate	p. 87
Validating Parenting in Depth	p. 99
How to Apply the Levels of Validation to Validating Parenting	p. 113
Dealing with Roadblocks to Your Success	p. 129
References	p. 153
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