This practical guide teaches parents how to understand and process their emotions–and how to teach this valuable, life changing skill to the next generation.
Parents are stressed. It’s not uncommon for modern-day pressures and expectations to compromise a parent’s emotional well-being, causing them to lose control of their emotions and lash out.
But when parents let their anger and frustration lead to outbursts, the fallout can have lasting effects on their children, leaving them anxious, insecure, and hurt by the words and actions of their overwhelmed caregivers.
Parents desperately need real, actionable, long-lasting advice that helps them process their emotions in a healthy and productive way. In Parents Have Feelings, Too, psychotherapists Hilary Jacobs Hendel, LCSW and Dr. Juli Fraga provide the tools parents need to understand and effectively work with their own potent feelings, breaking the chain of intergenerational trauma, and passing along this knowledge to their children to create a generation of emotionally mature people.
Parents Have Feelings, Too includes:
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Practical strategies to help parents process their feelings
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Stories and examples
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Strategies that build confidence and emotional know-how in their children.
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Strategies that break the intergenerational transfer of trauma so parents can raise emotionally healthier people who can thrive amidst the many challenges of being human.
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Expert insights and insight-building exercises that support parents on their emotional journey
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Shows parents how to reach the open-hearted state of the authentic self
Parents have feelings. And when they understand what they are, where they’re coming from, and how to process them, they become equipped to not only enhance their parenting skills but also help their children understand and process their own emotions.
More Early book reviews
“All parents could benefit from this helpful instruction on how to welcome and process our feelings instead of acting them out in ways we regret. You’ll be a better parent and a happier person for reading this book.”
—Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD, clinical psychologist and New York Times bestselling author of Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
“Parents Have Feelings, Too helps you understand yourself in deep and healing ways. The more you come to know yourself and feel whole, the more potential you have to parent with an open heart. This opens new possibilities for you and your child”
- Catherine Birndorf, MD, Reproductive Psychiatrist, Co-Founder & CEO, The Motherhood Center
"You don't have to have children to gain profound insights from Hendel and Fraga's Parents Have Feelings, Too. The authors gracefully and skillfully tackle the complex and difficult world of emotions, breaking them down into easily digestible explanations, practical visualizations, and compelling real-life examples. I implemented these insights in my coaching practice the very first day I read it. In addition to parents, I recommend it to all therapists and coaches who want to learn more about navigating emotions and building conscious awareness in ourselves and our clients."
--Orenda Fink, Jungian coach and author of The Witch's Daughter
Early book reviews
"This is a game-changer for parents and their children."
—Publishers Weekly Starred Review
"Highly recommended for parents or any adult seeking to better understand themselves and others."
—Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D.
"Parents Have Feelings, Too explores the emotional lives of parents–especially the often-overlooked experiences of fathers. Hendel and Fraga offer practical, judgment-free steps to help caregivers move through guilt and shame, while making sense of the complex emotions that come with raising children."
—Eve Rodsky, New York Times bestselling author of Fair Play and Find Your Unicorn Space
"A rare gem: a compassionate, science-based guide to navigating the emotional journey of parenting… This book offers more than tools; it offers the possibility of transformation."
—Diana Fosha, PhD. Developer of AEDP
“This book is a gentle guide for every parent to a place of more openness and calm even in the most challenging moments. A welcome roadmap for parents from toddlers to teens!″
—Tovah P. Klein, PhD, USA Today bestselling author of Raising Resilience
"It will teach you the skills and strategies that will change your life and your parenting for the better, forever."
—Carla Naumburg, PhD, LICSW, author of How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t With Your Kids
“A compassionate roadmap for every parent who wants to better understand and regulate their own emotions while modeling for and teaching their child alongside them.”
—Dr. Sheryl Ziegler, psychologist and author of The Crucial Years
"Parents Have Feelings, Too is the book every overwhelmed parent didn’t know they needed. A must-read for every caregiver who’s ever felt like they were one meltdown away from falling apart."
—Danielle Sherman-Lazar, author of Mothers Are Made and It’s Okay to Not Be Okay: Adults Get Big Feelings Too