OuttaControl Tool Kit: Putting Principles Into Practice - Softcover

Dennis LPC, Kenny

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1517145171 ISBN 13: 9781517145170

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

A hopeful and refreshing approach to parenting challenging children, OuttaControl and the Tool Kit offer down-to-earth, practical insights and recommendations for struggling families. The focus is to learn and practice skills while setting expectations and improving attachment bonds to reduce conflict and increase everyone's quality of life. Written with the busy parent in mind, OuttaControl is under 100 pages and provides the "irreducible minimum" of information to begin having increased success with your children. Empowering parents to be the lead in helping their children gain necessary skills, the Tool Kit provides step-by-step, structured exercises for the entire family to learn and practice executive functioning, emotion regulation, mindfulness, distress tolerance and other skills to reduce impulsive and unhealthy behaviors.

About this title

About the Author

Kenny Dennis is a graduate of Denver Seminary with a Masters in Community Counseling. As a child and family therapist, he specializes in family conflict, high-risk adolescent behaviors, and the impacts of developmental trauma on children and their families. His experience includes work in Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST), intensive in-home therapy, residential treatment, high-fidelity wraparound, community mental health, and active participation in the Colorado Psychiatric Access and Consultation for Kids (C-PACK) initiative developed to increase collaboration between physicians and therapists. He is currently in private practice in Colorado Springs, CO.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1517145171
• ISBN 13: 9781517145170
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 104