Don’t Let Your Emotions Run Your Life for Kids: A DBT-Based Skills Workbook to Help Children Manage Mood Swings, Control Angry Outbursts, and Get Along with Others

OverviewIn this much-needed guide, two dialectical behavior therapists offer an activity-based workbook for kids who struggle with anger, mood-swings, and emotional and behavioral dysregulation. Using the skills outlined in this book, kids will be able to manage their emotions, get along with others, and do better in school.Childhood can often be a time of intense emotions. But if your child?s emotions interfere with school, homework, or tests; alienate them from their peers; make it difficult to forge lasting friendships; or cause constant conflicts at home?it?s time to make a change. You need help to calm the chaos now, rather than later.Building on the success of?Don?t Let Your Emotions Run Your Life?and?Don?t Let Your Emotions Run Your Life for Teens, this is the first dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) activity skills workbook designed especially for kids. Designed for children ages 7 to 12, this essential guide will help kids manage difficult emotions and get along better with others.If you are frustrated or worried about your emotional child, the hands-on activities in this book?including child-friendly mindfulness practices?can help. By reading this book, kids will develop their own ?skills tool box? for dealing with intense emotions as they arise, no matter where or when.This book has been selected as an?Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Self-Help Book Recommendation?an honor bestowed on outstanding self-help books that are consistent with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and that incorporate scientifically tested strategies for overcoming mental health difficulties. Used alone or in conjunction with therapy, our books offer powerful tools readers can use to jump-start changes in their lives.Book detailsISBN-13:9781626258617Publisher:New Harbinger PublicationsPublication date:07/01/2017Sold by:Barnes & NobleNOOK BookPages:152Sales rank:505,484Age Range:5 -� 12 YearsAbout the AuthorJennifer J. Solin, PsyD, is a licensed psychologist in private practice in St. Paul, MN. She has over ten years of experience working primarily with children and families, and six years of experience working primarily with adolescents and adults. Psychological services that Solin specializes in include: behavioral therapy (BT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), exposure and ritual/response prevention (EX/RP), prolonged exposure (PE), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), individual therapy, and group skills training. Solin also supervises graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and mental health practitioners, and has presented in various conferences, in addition to having provided didactic trainings to medical and mental health staff at local hospitals in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota.Christina L. Kress, MSW, is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in St. Paul, MN. Kress has over twelve years of experience treating young children with play therapy and CBT, along with over four years? experience treating adults using DBT. Kress presents annually at the Minnesota Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Conference, has been a guest lecturer at St. Catherine?s University in St. Paul, MN, and provides clinical supervision to mental health practitioners through her practice.Christina L. Kress, MSW, is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in St. Paul, MN. Kress has over twelve years of experience treating young children with play therapy and CBT, along with over four years? experience treating adults using DBT. Kress presents annually at the Minnesota Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Conference, has been a guest lecturer at St. Catherine?s University in St. Paul, MN, and provides clinical supervision to mental health practitioners through her practice.Table of ContentsA Note to ParentsSection 1 Mindfulness ActivitiesActivity 1 You Have Different Types of Thoughts 2Activity 2 Facts and Feelings Are Not the Same 6Activity 3 People Have Different Feelings 8Activity 4 Creating a Full Mind 10Activity 5 Putting Your Mind in the Present Moment 15Activity 6 Putting Mindfulness All Together 17Section 2 Understanding Your FeelingsActivity 7 Anger 22Activity 8 Anxiety 26Activity 9 Envy and Jealousy 31Activity 10 Guilt and Shame 36Activity 11 Feeling Overwhelmed and Excited 41Activity 12 Love 46Activity 13 Sadness 51Activity 14 Happiness 56Section 3 Working with Your FeelingsActivity 15 Thoughts or Feelings? 62Activity 16 Why Do You Have Feelings? 65Activity 17 Does Your Feeling Fit the Facts? 68Activity 18 Feelings Are Constantly Changing 72Activity 19 Dear Feeling ? 74Activity 20 You Don’t Have to Act on Your Urge 77Activity 21 Situation, Feeling, Intensity Game 80Activity 22 Your Piggy Bank of Happy Moments 86Section 4 Creating Your Skills ToolboxActivity 23 Planting SEEDS in Your Skills Garden 90Activity 24 Tools to Help You Shrink Your Feelings 94Activity 25 BRAKE! 96Activity 26 When Your Brain Overheats 98Activity 27 Relaxing Your Muscles: Noodles, Noodles, Noodles 100Activity 28 DISTRACT 104Activity 29 Deep Breathing 108Activity 30 You Have to DEAL 111Section 5 Taking Your Tools on the RoadActivity 31 Planning Ahead for Big Feelings-PLAN 116Activity 32 Getting What You Need from Others-PLEASE 120Activity 33 Nurturing Relationships with Others-CARE 124Activity 34 Setting Limits with Others-HALT 128Activity 35 Your Superhero and Superpower 131Section 6 Values and GoalsActivity 36 What Are Your Values? 136Activity 37 What Are Your Goals’? 139Activity 38 Overcoming Obstacles to Reach Big Goals 141Activity 39 People Have Different Values and Goals 146A Note of Congratulations 149Additional Resources 151InterviewsRothschadl resides in St. Paul, MN; Kress resides in St. Paul, MN.