DBT Workbook for Teens and Parents (2 Books in 1): Effective Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills for Parenting and Helping Adolescents to Manage their Anger, Anxiety, and Intense Emotions by Bucket The Mentor

Author:Bucket, The Mentor
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-10-10T00:00:00+00:00

DOWNLOADABLE WORKSHEETS

Go to the below URLs to download all worksheets (in pdf format) given in the book - 1.

www.thementorbucket.com/dbt_ws.pdf

THE MENTOR BUCKET

INTRODUCTION

Do you feel tired and exhausted and sometimes regret being a parent? Perhaps your child had once driven you to the point of no return with your emotions, and you had to lash out.

No doubt, parenting can be quite overwhelming, especially when you have a teenager who drives you over the roof by throwing tantrums when you are out together, foot-stomping when a request is denied, having constant meltdowns, being too embarrassed to speak up, and constantly feeling anxious about little things.

The adolescent ages are fraught with many intense emotions that can pose problems for teens who don’t know how to manage them. Research has revealed that the ability of a child to cope with the uncertainties of life plays a significant role in their social and academic success, making it important for parents to improve their parenting skills by learning how to tame these emotions and ensure their kids don’t lose control of them.

Knowing how to regulate intense emotions involves tolerating difficult feelings such as disappointment and knowing how to react in different social situations. Skills for managing emotions will help a teen be in control of these emotions and act better when they are faced with difficult situations.

I am guessing also that no one told you parenting would be this challenging. Well, many of us weren’t told this either, so we just had to learn to be better parents on the job.

As parents, you have an important role in developing and modeling coping skills for your teens, even though many adults are not aware of the basics of emotional intelligence. Unfortunately, many parents have inherited traits of unhealthy coping strategies – including avoidance, yelling, or suppressing emotions – and this puts their children at risk of inheriting the same garbage.

Even skilled parents with high emotional intelligence still find it difficult to parent a teen who exhibits intense emotions. Emotions can be extreme and often unpredictable. They can even turn on a dime.

While managing intense emotions can be difficult, there is hope!

If your child’s traits are beginning to escalate into dangerous and aggressive behaviors – such as binging, cutting, throwing things, refusing, threatening, and responding negatively to limits and expectations – you are probably confused and scared already. Don’t be scared or feel alone in this situation—many other parents have reported having difficulty managing teenagers with intense emotions, anger, and anxiety.

I was once like you, filled with many questions about how to be in control of one’s emotions. I was scared of losing myself until I was introduced to Dialectal Behavioral Therapy (DBT) skills and strategies.

Many times, I have wondered why my child has such intense emotions. It’s easy for them to scream because they can’t have their way, cry when everyone else is having a good time, look at me with anger on their face when I try correcting them, and see homework as a nightmare. Like you, I finally got to a point where I was scared to tell my child NO.

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