Zero to 60
High performance cars can go from zero to sixty in just a few seconds. Anger can feel a lot like that for teens. One minute they are calm, but the next, something sets them on a course to speed out of control.
Getting to anger’s edge too fast can get teens in trouble. Expert author Michael Tompkins offers tips and tricks to help stall anger and leave it by the side of the road. Teens will learn how to calm their body, derail thoughts that fuel anger and learn how to communicate and de-escalate situations.
Michael A. Tompkins, PhD, ABPP, is a licensed psychologist and board certified in behavioral and cognitive psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. He is the codirector and cofounder of the San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy, assistant clinical professor at the University of California at Berkeley, and an adjunct faculty member for the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy.
He is the author or coauthor of 12 books, including My Anxious Mind: A Teen’s Guide to Managing Anxiety and Panic (with Katherine Martinez) (2010), which is a Magination Press bestseller and included in the Reading Well for Young People initiative sponsored by the Wellcome Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Dr. Tompkins serves on the advisory board of Magination Press.
He lives in Oakland, California. Visit him at San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapyopens in new window and on Twitteropens in new window.
Chloe Douglass works in her home studio to create illustrations, character designs, and story ideas. She graduated from Kingston University with an MA Illustration degree in 2012.
She lives in Tooting, London. Visit her at Chloe Illustratesopens in new window, and on Twitteropens in new window and Instagramopens in new window.
It’s hard to learn when we’re angry, and that’s why this accessible, step-by-step guide to taming anger is so useful…. A must for social-emotional learning collections.
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