
The Quick Guide to Therapeutic Parenting
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This book is the ideal first step for anyone who wants to understand how therapeutic parenting works. It offers simple summaries of the key ideas behind it, fully illustrated throughout with informative cartoons and graphics. Over 40 different issues are covered, from dysregulation and fear, to setting boundaries and parenting in the midst of trauma.
The perfect introduction for new therapeutic parents, family members, teachers or other adults who need to help support you and your child, this Quick Guide will also be a source of inspiration for more experienced parents.
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Sarah Dillon is a Founding Committee Member and Therapeutic Lead of the National Association of Therapeutic Parents. She is also a therapist, specialising in attachment difficulties, complex and developmental trauma, and spent much of her childhood in the care system. She lives in Derby.
Content
- Intro
- The Quick Guide to Therapeutic Parenting
- Cover
- also in the Books series
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part 1. Why Do Our Children Do the Things They Do?!
- 1. The Unskilled Pilot (A Lack of Trust)
- 2. The Spider Parent (Fear of Adults)
- 3. My Friend the Spider (Staying Safe)
- 4. The Automatic Car (Illogical Behaviours)
- 5. The Plane Crash (Part 1) (Impulsiveness)
- 6. The Deal Breaker (Breaking Promises)
- 7. The Land of Now (Unable to Link Cause and Effect)
- 8. The Crumbling Wall (Hidden Disabilities)
- Part 2. Raising Penguins
- 9. Penguins Don't Fly (Our Children Are Different)
- 10. The Messy Nest (Destruction)
- 11. The Girl Who Wouldn't Try (Self-Sabotage)
- 12. Squeezing the Glass (Over-Controlling)
- 13. The King of the Castle (Traditional Consequences Don't Work)
- 14. Lie Tennis (Lying)
- 15. The Apprentice Who Wasn't Sorry (Fake Apologies)
- 16. The Lift (Unintended Consequences)
- Part 3. Ignorance Is Not Bliss: The Unhelpful Others
- 17. The Goldfish (Risk-Averse Practice)
- 18. The Measuring Stick (Judgement from Others)
- 19. The Cart (Our burden)
- 20. The Ostrich Teacher (Unhelpful Schools)
- 21. The Snowflake Parent (Unhelpful Others)
- Part 4. Parenting in the Trauma Tornado
- 22. The Eye of the Storm (Managing Chaos)
- 23. The Elephant (Staying Kind)
- 24. The Steam Train (Keeping on Track)
- 25. The Rude Wind (Responding to Rudeness)
- 26. The Conductor (Controlling Behaviour)
- 27. The Missiles (Responding to Arguing)
- 28. The Cliff Top (Keeping Boundaries)
- 29. The Inquiry Lie (Honesty)
- Part 5. SAFER Parenting: Therapeutic Responding
- 30. The Needle on the Record (Changing Our Responses)
- 31. The Plane Crash Part 2 (Unable to Calm)
- 32. ACE Detective (Working Out What Is Behind the Behaviour)
- 33. The Frightened Dog (Connecting in a Crisis)
- 34. Sharing the PIE (Sibling Rivalry)
- 35. The Shame Pit (Overwhelming Shame)
- 36. The Escalator (Natural and Logical Consequences)
- Part 6. Where Did That Come From?!
- 37. The Trapdoor (Triggers)
- 38. Trauma Pancakes (Multiple Issues Surfacing)
- 39. The Jigsaw Child (Why Sabotage Happens)
- 40. The Smoke Detector (Unexpected Behaviours)
- 41. The Monster in the Cupboard (Difficult Quiet Times)
- Part 7. The Overwhelming Need
- 42. The Two-Year-Old (Lack of Empathy)Psychopath
- 43. The Pet Spider (Being Controlled)
- 44. Memory Beach (Memory Issues)
- 45. The Hand-Grenade (The 'Trouble-Maker')
- 46. The Car Crash (Feeling Overwhelmed)
- Part 8. Filling the Cup
- 47. The Empty Cup (Exhaustion)
- 48. The Boring Place (Getting a Break)
- 49. Eeyore Parenting (Losing Hope)
- 50. The Rabbit (Isolation)
- 51. The Empathy Bowl (Effective Listening)
- Part 9. Hope
- 52. The Twisty-Turny Steps (Fear for the Future)
- 53. The Diet Fail (Having a Bad Day)
- 54. Slides and Ladders (Overcoming Obstacles)
- 55.The Trauma Lake (Foundations for Change)
- 56. The Hidden Path (Inspiration)
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