Parenting a Teen Who Has Intense Emotions: DBT Skills to Help Your Teen Navigate Emotional and Behavioral Challenges
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P arenting a teen with intense emotions can be extremely difficult. This much-needed book will give you the tools needed to help your teen regulate his or her emotions. In addition, you’ll learn the skills for managing your own reactions so you can survive these difficult years and help your teen thrive. The teen years can be daunting for any parent. But if you are the parent of a teen who lashes out or engages in troubling behavior, you may be unsure of how to respond to your child in a compassionate, constructive way. In this important book, two renowned experts in teen mental health offer you evidence-based skills for dealing with your teen’s out-of-control emotions using proven-effective dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT). Helping your teen to effectively deal with their feelings now can have a lasting, positive impact on their future. After all, honing skills for emotion regulation will act as a foundation for your teen’s overall mental health. This book will help your teen gain awareness of their emotions, and offers tools to help them choose how to respond to these emotions in effective ways. If you’re at your wit’s end and are looking to end the drama while keeping yourself sane in the process, this book will be your guide. It is a must-read for any parent! Review: Excellent Book for Parents Dealing with a Highly Emotional Teen and Young Adult - Book is right on target. Clearly written by an experienced professional. Both perspectives, that of the young adult's perspective and the parent's perspective, are fully addressed in a compassionate, sensible and logical manner. The issue of intense emotions in a young adult is examined in all the contexts in which it may occur including the challenges it creates for parents, and the strategies that are effective for helping a young adult with intense emotions develop healthy ways to cope with emotional pain. The title implies the book is about dealing with teens yet its content (as stated in the book's introduction) is equally applicable and relevant to young adults with intense emotions. At the very least, this book, provides understanding and empathy to parents facing difficult situations while parenting a teen or young adult with intense emotions. I would highly recommend this book to other parents facing the challenge of parenting a teen or young adult with intense emotions. Was on the search for a good book on this topic for a while, and stopped when I found this book. Review: Most helpful book for depressed teen - Daughter had severe depression and was angry and sad so much. We talked to so many experts, took training classes, and read so many books. This is the best book and also more useful than any of the classes we took. It explains what's going on and why, how to improve what's going on, and has specific examples so you can actually apply what it's saying. This is probably the 10th book I've read on this subject and this is the one I'd recommend. I reread it every so often to remind myself how to speak and act to help my daughter survive. When that's on the line, the right information is key.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 412 Reviews |
M**L
Excellent Book for Parents Dealing with a Highly Emotional Teen and Young Adult
Book is right on target. Clearly written by an experienced professional. Both perspectives, that of the young adult's perspective and the parent's perspective, are fully addressed in a compassionate, sensible and logical manner. The issue of intense emotions in a young adult is examined in all the contexts in which it may occur including the challenges it creates for parents, and the strategies that are effective for helping a young adult with intense emotions develop healthy ways to cope with emotional pain. The title implies the book is about dealing with teens yet its content (as stated in the book's introduction) is equally applicable and relevant to young adults with intense emotions. At the very least, this book, provides understanding and empathy to parents facing difficult situations while parenting a teen or young adult with intense emotions. I would highly recommend this book to other parents facing the challenge of parenting a teen or young adult with intense emotions. Was on the search for a good book on this topic for a while, and stopped when I found this book.
T**A
Most helpful book for depressed teen
Daughter had severe depression and was angry and sad so much. We talked to so many experts, took training classes, and read so many books. This is the best book and also more useful than any of the classes we took. It explains what's going on and why, how to improve what's going on, and has specific examples so you can actually apply what it's saying. This is probably the 10th book I've read on this subject and this is the one I'd recommend. I reread it every so often to remind myself how to speak and act to help my daughter survive. When that's on the line, the right information is key.
S**N
Good in some parts
I kept waiting for the chapter that applied to me. Sadly never did, however good ideas on how to change language so words are not triggers.
V**B
Easy to read guide for parents and/or counselors helping parents of teens
I am a counselor and work with kids, teens and families. This is a great book for teens who are intense, but also for parents who are having a difficult time staying calm with their teens. It gives the parents solid advice in talking to their teens, and seeing things from their perspective. It also explains to parents how to use simple DBT exercises to help be aware of how they are feeling, and what to do when they want to escalate with their teen. There is no perfect way to parent teens, but this is an easy to read book that will give parents some good strategies. I intend to use it to as a teaching tool for some of my parents who are having difficulty remaining calm when their teens escalate.
P**S
Handling a teenagers emotions!
Good tips on dealing with their feelings!
R**R
Great book
Those of you that has someone in life with this or BPD this is a very helpful book. I go back and trad often to remind myself.
M**R
Easy to read, easy to implement
It was an easy to read book that gave direct suggestions on how to handle teens with intense emotions and troublesome behaviors. I recommend it to my clients’ parents.
J**E
Very helpful read to improve my understanding
Great read! A good way to educate your self to better meet the emotional needs of your kids. I understand them better. Also, I understand myself better too!
K**D
This is hands down the best book for ANY parent. Million stars. Ten million stars.
We struggle with some of the issues in this book and it has been a LIFESAVER. It's been a few months of putting into practice, and honestly, I refer to the book often. Even if there is nothing pressing going on, the ideas are presented easily and in manageable, real-life ways, and I find myself going back to it. It has helped me immensely in ALL my relationships, not simply with teens. I cannot, cannot recommend this book enough. Plus - it's not too long, it's easy to read, and well laid-out. BEST BOOK. If you are hesitating, don't. I promise. If I could give it a million stars I would! ******************************************************************* to the 100 millionth power star book!
C**M
Brilliant!
Helpful, easy to read, explaining and giving good advise. Highly recommend this book for professionals and parents/carers.
R**L
Highly recommend!
This book is fantastic. You have to read to understand. Even if you don't have a struggling teen, it makes a great little aid to parenting. Parenting doesn't come with a manual, but this sure does help!
F**K
As expected
Excellent book for parents and therapists.
A**W
Good book
Book is a good help.
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