When it comes to working with dysregulated children, sometimes the biggest behaviors come in the smallest containers.
From tantrums and defiance to self-injury and withdrawal, even the most skilled professionals find themselves focused on extinguishing the troubling behavior rather than stepping back to ask: What is the underlying emotional need?
In Big Behaviors in Small Containers, you’ll find 131 practical, fun, and ready-to-use play therapy interventions that shift the paradigm around problematic behaviors to allow for therapeutic growth and healing. Based on TraumaPlay(R), a treatment approach that prioritizes attachment,
co-regulation, and the science of the stress response system, the interventions inside will help kids:
– Develop a sense of safety and security
– Expand their window of tolerance
– Cope adaptively with anger, anxiety, and other strong emotions
– Enhance their emotional literacy
– Strengthen social skills and self-esteem
– Challenge and overcome unhelpful thoughts
– Develop a coherent narrative around trauma and other difficult experiences
– And more!
Whether you’re a therapist, teacher, doctor, caregiver, or trusted grown-up in a child’s life, the tools inside will allow you to become the co-regulating, nurturing, and consistent presence that your “small container” needs to remain grounded in the face of stress, big feelings, and difficult situations.
Author: Paris Goodyear-Brown
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: PESI Publishing, Inc.
Published: 04/26/2022
Pages: 296
Weight: 1.5lbs
Size: 10.70h x 8.30w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781683734673
Language: English
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