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Jul 01, 2016

I work in a domestic violence shelter as a youth advocate and recently reached out to New Harbinger Publications to donate some of their workbooks for teens to help us patch the gap in our teen resources. They were amazingly generous in their response and because of that we now are able to provide teens who come through the shelter with this information and these exercises to help them learn about their own emotions and learn techniques for regulating them and caring for themselves.

This is one I work in a domestic violence shelter as a youth advocate and recently reached out to New Harbinger Publications to donate some of their workbooks for teens to help us patch the gap in our teen resources. They were amazingly generous in their response and because of that we now are able to provide teens who come through the shelter with this information and these exercises to help them learn about their own emotions and learn techniques for regulating them and caring for themselves.

This is one of the books New Harbinger Publications donated. I've been going through it to find activities with which to create a binder for teens coming into the shelter and I've found so many wonderful activities that hinge on teaching the reader emotional competence: how anger effects them and others, how they might have learned (or not learned) how to process anger, healthy ways of coping, moving toward controlling anger rather than it controlling them, etc. Honestly, it would have been a lovely resource to have in my own teenage years, or for my father to have access to.

One of the lovely things about this book is that so much of the information and so many of the activities are relevant to adults, too, even if they're tailored to a younger audience. The information is presented in a highly accessible way, and I anticipate the activities in the books to be useful not only to the teens in the shelter but to the adults as well. ...more

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Apr 11, 2016

thumbed through Jessica Lindsey's copy today 4 11 16. mostly looks great. all she has in series have emotional scaling [rating own emotions on an intensity scale of 1 to whatever, like docs & hospitals do w pain]. does have "punch a pillow" as an option on managing angry feelings/physical aspects of releasing anger ;(. [rsch doesn't support "catharsis" such as this, creates more likely to punch something when you're angry...other physical releases better.] Does include some brain science thumbed through Jessica Lindsey's copy today 4 11 16. mostly looks great. all she has in series have emotional scaling [rating own emotions on an intensity scale of 1 to whatever, like docs & hospitals do w pain]. does have "punch a pillow" as an option on managing angry feelings/physical aspects of releasing anger ;(. [rsch doesn't support "catharsis" such as this, creates more likely to punch something when you're angry...other physical releases better.] Does include some brain science info [maybe a lot. need to see.] find sale or 2nd hand. [not buying "punch a pillow" anger mgt ;).] ...more

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Jan 21, 2013

I read this and flagged the many great activities to use with my clients. The writing is clear and straightforward and worded in a way that even younger teens will be able to use it. I'm sure I will find this book very helpful with my clients that struggle with anger!

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Feb 07, 2012

I read this for my clients and it is a comprehensive tool to help with coping skills. Loved it.

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Jul 21, 2010

Skimmed - has a lot of CBT stuff in it. For very smart or very aware teens.