Parenting a Child Who Has Intense Emotions

by Harvey, Pat

• ISBN13: 9781572246492
• ISBN10: 1572246499
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-01
• Publisher: New Harbinger Pubns Inc

Summary

Parenting a Child Who Has Intense Emotions provides dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) strategies and skills to parents of children with explosive emotions. Readers learn to understand and accept their children's emotion dysregulation and learn skills for changing both their own behaviors and those of the child.

Author Biography

Pat Harvey, LCSW-C, has practiced clinical social work for more than thirty years, working with families and individuals with serious emotion dysregulation. She now specializes in facilitating dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills groups for parents of individuals with intense emotions. Jeanine A. Penzo, LICSW, is a licensed clinical social worker with the VA Boston Healthcare System, where she utilizes dialectical behavior theraphy (DBT) skills. She is a former teacher and the mother of a child with emotion dysregulation.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
You, Your Child, and Emotional Intensity
Emotional Intensity and Your Child's Feelings	p. 9
Effective Parenting	p. 31
Responding to Your Child's Feelings
Understanding What Your Child Is Telling You	p. 63
Responding When Your Child Is Overwhelmed by Emotions	p. 85
Teaching Your Child to Manage Feelings	p. 99
Responding to Your Child's Behaviors
Behavioral Principles and Intense Behaviors	p. 113
Maintaining Expectations, Limits, and Routines	p. 135
Decreasing Tantrums, Aggression, and Other Problem Behaviors	p. 145
School-Related Difficulties	p. 157
Helping Your Whole Family: Minimizing Collateral Damage
The Impact of Intense Emotions on the Entire Family	p. 173
Caring for Yourself and Living Your Life	p. 187
Appendix: Resources for Parents	p. 201
References	p. 205
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