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How to help your child clean up their mental mess : a guide to building resilience and managing mental health / Dr. Caroline Leaf.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2023]Description: 240 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780801093418
  • 0801093414
  • 9781540900388
  • 154090038X
Subject(s):
Contents:
Preface -- The keys to understanding how the mind functions -- The mind-brain-body connection -- What are thoughts? -- What are warning signals? -- Superhero Brain-ee's superpower: the neurocycle -- Helpful guidelines -- The power of self-regulation -- How to use the neurocycle with your child -- How to do brain preparation -- How to do step 1: gather awareness -- How to do step 2: reflect -- How to do step 3: write/play/draw -- How to do step 4: recheck -- How to do step 5: active reach -- The timing of the neurocycle -- Applying the neurocycle to life experiences -- Trauma -- Trauma and the neurocycle -- Identity issues -- Identity issues and the neurocycle -- Social interactions -- Social interactions and the neurocycle -- Labels -- Labels and the neurocycle -- Sleep issues -- Sleep issues and the neurocycle -- Conclusion.
Summary: "Bestselling author and neuroscientist offers simple, scientifically proven steps to help parents show their children how to overcome the unhealthy thinking habits that contribute to anxiety, depression, and intrusive thoughts, so they can replace them with positive thinking that leads to health, happiness, and success"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction New 155.413 L434 Available 33111011227374
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Is your child struggling with toxic thoughts or mental health challenges brought on by stress, breaks in routine, isolation from friends, bullying, or social pressure? If left unaddressed, these mental messes can follow your child into their teens and adulthood, causing mental, emotional, relational, and physical problems that will steal their peace and joy in life. If you're seeing the signs of a mental mess, there's hope. With deep understanding and compassion, bestseifing author Dr. Caroline Leaf teaches you how to help your child, recognize negative feelings and respond in a healthy way, navigate a world that can feel scary and overwhelming, manage uncomfortable or challenging situations, replace toxic thoughts with brain-building practices that produce better outcomes, develop resilience and emotional strength, Backed by clinical research, easy-to-understand mind-management skills, and practical application for the problems kids are facing today, How to Help Your Child Clean Up Their Mental Mess provides a clear and effective five-step plan to teach your child how to manage their mind so they can live a life with greater resilience, health, and happiness.

Includes bibliographical references.

Preface -- The keys to understanding how the mind functions -- The mind-brain-body connection -- What are thoughts? -- What are warning signals? -- Superhero Brain-ee's superpower: the neurocycle -- Helpful guidelines -- The power of self-regulation -- How to use the neurocycle with your child -- How to do brain preparation -- How to do step 1: gather awareness -- How to do step 2: reflect -- How to do step 3: write/play/draw -- How to do step 4: recheck -- How to do step 5: active reach -- The timing of the neurocycle -- Applying the neurocycle to life experiences -- Trauma -- Trauma and the neurocycle -- Identity issues -- Identity issues and the neurocycle -- Social interactions -- Social interactions and the neurocycle -- Labels -- Labels and the neurocycle -- Sleep issues -- Sleep issues and the neurocycle -- Conclusion.

"Bestselling author and neuroscientist offers simple, scientifically proven steps to help parents show their children how to overcome the unhealthy thinking habits that contribute to anxiety, depression, and intrusive thoughts, so they can replace them with positive thinking that leads to health, happiness, and success"-- Provided by publisher.

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