Resources
*** Kauai Mental Health Connection website is up and running! ***
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To find other providers on-island in various mental health specialties please use this link:
Talking to Your Teen About Suicide Handout
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Suicide warning signs
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What to say/ What not to say to your teen
Positive Parenting Tips Handout (9-11 years old)
Words to Calm a Child [Institute of Child Psychology, 2020)]
Seeking Therapeutic Support For Your Child
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Benefits of therapy
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How to support your child when they see a therapist
Mindfullness Practice {Adapted from Therapistaid.com}
How to Safely Handle & Physically Restrain A Child
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Safely restraining a child who is at risk for harming self or others
Online Resources:
1. Amy McCready - Positive Parenting Webinar
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VmR4I3e3Ns
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2. "What do you do when your child says "I'm stupid", "I hate myself", "I am a bad kid", or worse?"
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Reading Recommendations:
For Parents:
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The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind
by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
Available on Amazon
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No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind
by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
Available on Amazon
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Parenting the New Teen at the Age of Anxiety, 2019
by Dr. John Duffy
Available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Parenting-New-Teen-Age-Anxiety/dp/1642500496
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Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents: 7 Ways to Stop the Worry Cycle and Raise Courageous and Independent Children
by Reid Wilson and Lynn Lyons LICSW
Available on Amazon
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Parenting Toolbox: 125 Activities Therapists Use to Reduce Meltdowns, Increase Positive Behaviors & Manage Emotions
by Dr. Lisa Phifer, Laura Sibbald, and Jennifer Roden
Available on Amazon
For Adults as recommended by me in sessions:
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The Mountain is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage into Self-Mastery
by Brianna West
Available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Mountain-You-Transforming-Self-Sabotage-Self-Mastery/dp/1949759229
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Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How it Can Help You Find - and Keep - Love
by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller
Available on Amazon
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It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle
by Mark Wolynn
Available on Amazon and Audible
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Why Does he Do That? Understanding intimate partner abuse
by Lundy Bancroft
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Whole Again, healing from relationship abuse
by Jackson Mackenzie
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Getting Unstuck
by Pema Chodron
Available Audible