Reddit reviews What to Do When Your Temper Flares: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Problems With Anger (What-to-Do Guides for Kids)

There's a great book series about helping kids deal with things like anxiety or OCD or temper. When my daughter gets anxious about things being done in a specific way we call em worry bugs. The book helps kids be able to identify such moments and be able to get through them better. It's def a big help bc before I would just be frustrated and think it was a discipline issue but it's deeper than that.

Here's one of them!

You need to work on better ways of dealing with your anger.

A couple of good books:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/What-When-Temper-Flares-What/dp/1433801345

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Books/Volcano-My-Tummy-Children-Caregivers/0865713499/

Check out the books How to take the Grr out of Anger and What to Do When Your Temper Flares - both are aimed at helping kids this age learn to manage anger. Reading through them with her might help give her a sense of empowerment/control over her anger, as well as some new ideas to try.

http://www.amazon.com/Control-Your-Anger-Before-Controls/dp/0806520108

http://www.amazon.com/What-When-Your-Temper-Flares/dp/1433801345/

Ah crap, I hear so many stories about really bad therapists and it makes me really cross. I'm sorry you've had such terrible experiences. I am in the UK so unfortunately I don't know the first thing about insurance. Maybe you could ask as a general question in RBN? My counsellor did the first session free, I loved her straight away but I always tell people to trust their intuition and never be afraid to move on if it isn't working. I felt like I was constantly making progress with her and could speak my mind without judgement. She listened, gave feedback and helped with strategies but she never judged or forced me to do anything I wasn't comfortable with.

The anger book was one for children, linky here http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1433801345?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00

I'm really glad you can get the artist's way from the library, that's great. Hopefully that will give you some ideas about a possible way forward. The only way is up! Please let me know how you get on.

I have a very emotional 8 year old daughter. I really, really like the series of books, "What To Do When..." they have one for controlling your temper, http://www.amazon.com/What-When-Your-Temper-Flares/dp/1433801345/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=1MSK726BAXX1DBG387N3, one about grumbling. There might be one about sportmanship. I'm not sure. Theres also one about not having to be perfect. Maybe going through a book like that with him will give him some tools.

Parenting is hard! You're doing good a job :)