Brain Body Parenting — Mona Delahooke

Over her decades as a clinical psychologist Dr Mona Delahooke has helped countless distraught parents who struggle to manage their children s challenging behaviours These families are understandably focused on correcting or improving a child s lack of compliance emotional outbursts tantrums and other out of control behaviour But behaviour no matter how challenging is not the problem but a symptom a clue about what is happening in a child s unique physiological makeup In Brain Body Parenting Dr Delahooke offers a radical new approach to parenting based on an approach that considers the essential role of the entire nervous system which produces children s feelings and behaviours When we begin to understand the biology beneath the behaviour suggests Dr Delahooke we give our children the resources they need to grow and thrive and we give ourselves the gift of a happier more connected relationship with them Brain Body Parenting empowers parents with tools to help their children develop self regulation skills while also encouraging parental self care The result is a deeper understanding of your child encouraging calmer behaviour more harmonious family dynamics and increased resilience