Angry Kids, Angry Parents: Understanding and Working with Anger in Your Family (APA LifeTools Series) - Softcover

Anne Hilde Vassbø Hagen; Joanne Dolhanty

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1433840650 ISBN 13: 9781433840654

Publisher: American Psychological Association, 2023

Synopsis

Psychologists Anne Hilde Vassb amp oslash Hagen and Joanne Dolhanty explain everything you need to know about your child amp rsquo s anger and how to manage it.
 
Anger can be normal and healthy when it enables us to stand up for ourselves and defend against injustice. However, it can also lead to aggression-even violence-while also hiding other, more vulnerable emotions. For instance, an angry child may be hiding embarrassment, shame, disappointment, sadness, loneliness, or fear. As a parent, it is your job to help your child understand their anger, express it in an appropriate way, and address the underlying need.
 
In Angry Kids, Angry Parents you will learn how to respond to your child amp rsquo s anger in a sensitive and productive way that validates their feelings, addresses their needs, and teaches them to manage their own anger. It can be nerve-wracking to watch your child explode in rage. This book will teach you how to stay calm and protect your boundaries.
 
Supported by years of psychological research and therapeutic practice, the strategies in this practical, compassionate book will help any parent who struggles with their child amp rsquo s anger.

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About the Author

Anne Hilde Vassb amp oslash Hagen, cand.psychol, is a psychologist, author, mother of three, and filmmaker who produced the popular educational film series  amp ldquo Alfred amp amp Shadow. amp rdquo  She is head of the Institute of Psychological Counseling, Inc., in Norway, and the director of The Norwegian Institute of Emotion-Focused Therapy. She has written several books in Norwegian about emotions, and is co-author of the book, Emotion-Focused Skills Training for Parents: A Guide for Clinicians. She is an experienced trainer, speaker, and therapist in emotion focused therapy and emotion focused skills training for parents, and is also trained in emotion focused couples therapy.
 
Joanne Dolhanty, PhD, CPsych, is a clinical psychologist and the mother of two young-adult sons. She has extensive training in emotion focused therapy, is a certified supervisor with the International Society for Emotion Focused Therapy, and provides trainings to individuals, parents, professionals, and organizations through her Emotion Training Institute, the Emotion Focused Therapy Clinic at York University, and through institutions in countries around the globe. With Dr. Leslie Greenberg, Dr. Dolhanty developed the application of emotion focused therapy to eating disorders. She is the developer of an emotion focused skills training (EFST) program that brings the benefits of emotion focused therapy to the broader population in a simplified format. She is first author of Emotion-Focused Skills Training for Parents: A Guide for Clinicians.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Psychological Association
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1433840650
• ISBN 13: 9781433840654
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 314