Resources
*** Kauai Mental Health Connection website is up and running! ***
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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VmR4I3e3Ns
2. "What do you do when your child says "I'm stupid", "I hate myself", "I am a bad kid", or worse?"
Reading Recommendations:
For Parents:
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
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
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
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
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:
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
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
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
Why Does he Do That? Understanding intimate partner abuse
by Lundy Bancroft
Whole Again, healing from relationship abuse
by Jackson Mackenzie
Getting Unstuck
by Pema Chodron
Available Audible