This brief but potent reference combines cognitive-behavioral and rational-emotive theory and techniques in an effective group program for parents of children with externalizing disorders. The Rational Positive Parenting Program (rPPP) addresses irrational emotions and their underlying beliefs that contribute to ineffective parenting, while modeling skills for improved parent-child relationships and management of children’s problem behaviors. The book reviews the full-length, brief, and online protocols for rPPP, with session content, objectives, therapeutic techniques, activities, and assignments. Also included are a digest of the evidence base for the program, and a kit of parent handouts targeting emotion-regulation skills.
This highly practical volume:
The Rational Positive Parenting Program is a ready resource for practitioners working in REBT, including therapists, clinical psychologists, and counselors, as well as for researchers addressing externalizing disorders in children in clinical practice.
Oana A. David
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“Oana A. David and Raymond DiGiuseppe provide a routinized intervention for parents of children with externalizing disorders. The book is a quick and easy read … . this is a very focused volume with great potential for application in therapy/practice with parents, children, and families. … This is an essential volume for the practicing psychologist looking for an intervention effective for use with families and youth exhibiting externalizing behaviors.” (John Q. Hodges, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 61 (35), August, 2016)