Don't Let Your Emotions Run Your Life for Teens

Help teens take charge of their emotions and life with this trusted teen self-help workbook. This workbook offers proven-effective dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills to help young people find emotional balance and live the life they want. Readers will receive strategies to manage complicated feelings, body-based practices, and more to be the best version of themselves. This book offers easy techniques to help teens:

• Stay calm and mindful in times of crisis
• Effectively manage out-of-control emotions
• Reduce the pain of intense emotions
• Get along with family and friends

This workbook is a wonderful addition to any classroom, clinic, or home!

Reviews:

“Don’t Let Your Emotions Run Your Life For Teens has been my number one go-to resource book for guiding teens toward exploring with respect and curiosity their emotions, perceptions, and the value of learning how to “Walk the Middle Path.” The DBT skills and worksheets are presented with exceptional clarity and relevance making the therapeutic work engaging and informative. A tremendous resource when navigating through the wonderful maze of our lives. Recommended for home, clinical, or personal use.”
—Mitchell E. Beube, MSW, RSW, child, family, individual, and DBT group therapist

“Sheri Van Dijk has provided a delightful, must-read guide packed with important information for practitioners working with teens. Throughout, one can find practical, concrete, step-by step instructions that demystify the teenage emotional experience and offer practical tools. The numerous real-life vignettes validate the human experience and illustrate how to implement interventions to reduce painful emotions, which will resonate with clients and clinicians alike.”
—Ita Tobis, MSW, RSW, director of campus programming at JACS Toronto

“With a compassionate approach of validation, challenge, and acceptance, Van Dijk has developed a workbook for teens dealing with intense emotions. It is filled with relevant, insightful, and clearly illustrated concepts. The ongoing thought-provoking yet gentle questioning ensures the reader’s understanding. By including skill building exercises and activities that target thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, Van Dijk has created a wonderful, user-friendly, and concrete experience for teens.”
—Janice LeBlanc, registered psychotherapist, registered art therapist, and certified trauma and resilience practitioner

ISBN: 9781684037360