Managing big emotions:
6 week programme for parents, children and teachers of 8-12 year olds struggling with big emotions such as anger, anxiety and sadness.
Get your family back on track with our six week online parent and child interactive programme
On this Lion Taming journey children and parents will complete 6 weekly online interactive sessions.
Parents and children will regain a sense of control, reconnect and grow in confidence.
Here is to raising confident, happy and resilient children able to manage what life throws at them!
At Pocket Family Psychologist we are all about bringing the latest psychological ideas and treatments to families in a way that is engaging, accessible and affordable. Our programme is:
Based on research from developmental child psychology, neuropsychology and latest evidenced-based therapeutic interventions
Time efficient - only 40 minutes a week for six weeks
Can include the child, the parent and the teacher - we like to cover all angles
Gives you the knowledge and understanding you need to manage big emotions
Facilitates conversation and connection between you and your child
Gives you and your child the tools and strategies to manage big emotions
Fun and engaging for children
Deepen your understanding of the psychology of big emotions and recognise when there is a problem
Befriend and understand your lion: develop the confidence and skill to feel and manage emotions
Personalise the tools and resources - develop your unique map and most effective strategies and share with a teacher or other supporting professional/family member
Learn how to support your child with confidence
Manage common snags and pitfalls
Follow 4 children throughout the programme and learn about their difficulties and journey to taming their lion
We want to make psychological therapies easily accessible and affordable for all families
Andrea Shortland
The content is designed to suit a typical 8-12 year old whilst still being interesting for parents. If your child is younger you may benefit from the programme as a parent and may find several aspects suitable to share with your child.
It is up you. We suggest that you complete most of the programme with your child although will sometimes ask you to complete exercises individually. However, it is completely fine if you would like to complete the programme separately to your child. Do what works best for your family. There are some parent specific resources and we will let you know when they are.
Taming Your Lion includes topics, explanations/education, strategies and exercises typically included in our psychology therapy sessions. However, it does provide the individual attention, assessment and support of a personal therapist and therefore cannot be considered therapy.
Yes, if your concerns are severe or your child is at risk of harm we recommend you seek the advice of your GP and/or personalised assessment and intervention from a qualified child psychotherapist or psychologist.
Absolutely. We first thought about creating this programme as something families could do whilst waiting to start or at the beginning of psychological therapy. You can even customise your map of your specific difficulties to share with your therapist.