The Unofficial Guide to Therapeutic Parenting for Childhood Aggression and Violence

A practical guide to parenting children or teens who exhibit violent or aggressive behaviour in response to trauma and toxic stress.

Experiencing abuse as a parent or carer, from a child or a young adult that you love, and care for is extremely confronting. This is a guide to help you understand why distressed children are often violent and what you can do to help them.

"Parenting a distressed child puts us in an extraordinary situation, which demands extraordinary parenting."

The reasons why distressed children may behave violently can be complex; this book sets out the biological, psychological, and environmental reasons as to why your child may be displaying violent behaviours and helps you develop strategies to reduce the incidence of violence, de-escalate violent situations and repair relationships following incidents.

With the aid of this guide, develop a language to enable children to understand their emotional states in a safe environment. Expertly written by award-winning author, columnist and adoptive parent Sally Donovan and Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapist Carly Kingswood; learn how to care for yourself and the children in your lives.