This guidebook is designed to help children who hurt, hit, bite, smash, kick, shout, scream or who are out of control, hyperaroused or hyperactive; children who can only discharge their angry feelings in verbal or physical attacks, rather than being able to reflect on what they feel, children who are controlling and punitive and regularly defy authority, children who have been diagnosed with a conduct disorder and children who commit cold acts of cruelty, cannot trust, have stopped looking for love or approval The book will be a vital resource for any child professional who works with children locked in rage or hate, to understand underlying causes and so to engage with the child from an informed empathic position.
The book offers tried and tested interventions and some vital emotion work sheets. Children really enjoy using these and gain a far deeper level of self – awareness and a healthier relational and emotional options as a result.
