Calming the Family Storm


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Offers families practical suggestions and tools to help them effectively deal with the inevitable anger that arises in everyday family life.




Parent Group Handbook for Calming the Family Storm


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Calming the Family Storm is a powerful resource for families dealing with anger issues. The Parent Group Handbook is a helpful handbook for families and organizations that want to work together to study the book's many helpful procedures. The Handbook offers ideas for organizing groups, group leadership skills, and charts for dividing Calming the Family Storm into chapters for each group session. Includes both six-week and seven-week lesson plans, questions for each chapter, ideas for making the most of skill practice and journal work.




Calming the Bipolar Storm


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Calming the Bipolar Storm:A Guide for Patients and Their Families is for people with bipolar disorder, and anyone who loves or cares for them. This work captures the rapidly advancing research and treatment strategies in the field of bipolar disorders. Discussing causes, presentation, onset, course, and treatments, the book encourages bipolar persons to set a healthy baseline, outlining five areas that promote good overall health in support of their particular circumstances: diet, exercise, sleep, avoiding substance misuse, and finding social support. In this context, Robert G. Fawcett discusses specific medications and their side effects, offering comparisons among them where possible. He describes other biological treatments such as herbs and supplements, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), bright light treatment, and sleep deprivation. A discussion of psychotherapies for bipolar includes not only some of the evidence-based treatments such as cognitive-behavioral, interpersonal and social rhythm, and family-focused therapies, but also supportive therapy, which is what patients most commonly encounter. Drawing from the author’s experience treating patients with bipolar disorder for more than forty years Calming the Bipolar Storm presents an in-depth, engaging overview of bipolar disorder and its treatment, punctuated with case vignettes and interesting glimpses into the history behind today’s concept of bipolar disorder and its treatments. Readers, both sufferers and their families, will come away with a better understanding of bipolar disorder and a clearer path to better treatment.




Calming the Emotional Storm


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When you have difficulties managing your emotions, it can feel like you’re losing control of your whole life. Anger, hurt, grief, worry, and other intense feelings can be overwhelming, and how you react to these emotions can impact your ability to maintain relationships, succeed at work, or even think straight! If you find it difficult to understand, express, and process intense emotions—and most of us do—this book is for you. Calming the Emotional Storm is your guide to coping with difficult emotions calmly and responsibly by using powerful skills from dialectical behavior therapy. This method combines cognitive behavioral techniques with mindfulness practices to change the way you respond to stressful situations. By practicing these skills, you can stop needless emotional suffering and develop the inner resilience that will help you weather any emotional storm. This book will teach you how to: • Establish a balanced life for an everyday sense of well-being • Let go of unwanted worries and fears • Become better at accepting yourself and others • Work through a crisis without letting emotions take over




Calming the Storm


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A marriage of convenience isn't exactly what Rachel Peters had in mind. What else can she do if she wants to raise her young niece, and give her a more stable home than she and her sister grew up in? Rachel is at risk of losing custody of her last blood relative, and she needs to prove she can provide for her niece and raise her in a nurturing environment. Professor Brandon Barlow is invested in his college students' lives, wanting to ensure their success. When it is clear that Rachel is struggling, he takes a personal interest in trying to help her. But can he keep his heart from getting involved in the process? Brandon reaches out to Rachel as he tries to break through the walls she has built up over the years. With love and patience, Brandon hopes to help Rachel realize that, even when she experiences storms in her life, she isn't always alone.




My Calm Me Down Book


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"Having a tanty? Chucking your toys out of the cot? Throwing a wobbly? These are just some of the phrases we use to describe having a tantrum. While it is easy to make fun of such an event, it represents emotional turmoil - or a feelings storm - happening within. This book describes feelings that create these storms and offers children a range of proven techniques to help calm the storm inside them - such as: breathing activities, physical activities, sensory play, imaginative or creative thinking, positive self-talk and mindfulness." -- Back cover.




Calming The Storm Within


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ANGER MANAGEMENT GUIDE FOR PARENTS Are you struggling with anger issues? Do you find yourself yelling at your kids more often than you'd like? If so, you're not alone. Anger is a normal human emotion, but it can be destructive if it's not managed properly. Anger is a normal emotion, but it's important to learn how to manage it in a healthy way. Anger can have a negative impact on your kids, both emotionally and physically. There are many effective ways to manage anger, including relaxation techniques, communication skills, and conflict resolution skills. With the right tools, you can learn to control your anger and create a more peaceful home environment for your kids. Calming the Storm Within is a comprehensive guide to anger management for parents. In this book, you'll learn: What anger is and how it works The different types of anger The triggers that set you off The negative effects of anger on your kids How to manage your anger in a healthy way How to communicate with your kids in a calm and productive way Habit Trackers Calming the Storm Within is a practical guide that will help you understand your anger and learn how to manage it effectively. With this book, you can break the cycle of anger and create a more peaceful and positive home environment for your kids. Order your copy today!




Facing the Storm


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First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.




Strength in the Storm


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Discusses how to find peace of mind during stressful times, describing how to slow down and stay in the present, shed anxieties and resentments, strengthen relationships, and stay kind and strong when faced with conflicts.




Parenting Through the Storm


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Raising a child or teenager with a psychological condition is a "perfect storm" of stress, sadness, and uncertainty. How can you find the best treatments and help your child overcome emotional, behavioral, and academic challenges--while keeping yourself and your family strong? As a parent, you may feel isolated and alone, but the reality is that a lot of families are in the same boat. Ann Douglas knows firsthand just how daunting it can be. In this compassionate and empowering guide, she combines the vital lessons she has learned with vivid stories from other parents and advice from leading psychologists. Several record-keeping forms can be downloaded and printed for repeated use. The book cuts through the often-confusing clinical jargon and speaks from the heart about what matters most: the well-being of your child.