Emotional Resilience and the Expat Child: Practical Storytelling Techniques That Will Strengthen the Global Family

Emotional Resilience and the Expat Child: Practical Storytelling Techniques That Will Strengthen the Global Family

The only thing you can be sure you can move around the world is your child's ability to increase his or her interpersonal skills. In today's global world, each of us is searching for effective tools that can help our children to thrive. Emotional Resilience for the Expat Child provides a step-by-step guide that is designed to increase a child's emotional vocabulary and emotional intelligence. Doing this will enable your child to achieve his or her fullest potential. The bond between an adult and child is key to the psychological health of the child. For the expatriate child, this bond is more vital than ever. This workbook has been created for you to use together and will provide the perfect place to connect for you and your family. With easily understood and practical steps any parent can apply, you can start to create and enjoy your family's 'emotion stories'. This book will help you to develop the mutually respectful and loving relationships with your kids that you've always wanted. Working on these 'emotion stories', all children can develop a strong sense of personal narrative; they will find their own 'voice' and in so doing will grow into confident, happy teenagers. When a child feels happy and confident, he will be more likely to construct and communicate his emotions. The richer his vocabulary is in emotions, the more competent and powerful he will be in reflecting on his behavior and how his actions and interactions are intertwined. Well-written in an engaging, conversational tone, this book is sensible, straightforward and based on the experiences of expat families. It will give your child what he or she needs to understand and express today in order to grow into a caring, emotional intelligent adult tomorrow. "We all know that emotions are a key thread in the fabric of any family. As parents we are all too aware of our investment in the emotional wellbeing of our children, often to the detriment of our own. Julia Simens offers some genuinely insightful perspectives on how to raise emotionally literate individuals with a toolkit of strategies. With an easy and accessible style there is no assurance that following her advice will be easy, but there is every indication that it will work". Julian Edwards, NIST Secondary Principal After reading this book, I must agree that it is a "must read" for families traveling around the world. It addresses so many issues that are a huge benefit not only to the children but for the adults as well. Not only is this book a benefit for families, I can see it as a useful guide for anyone working with children overseas such as teachers. I highly recommend this book to any family considering moving aboard with children or for anyone dealing with children who have already moved aboard. It is indeed a very thorough and comprehensive guide! My wife bought this book and shared it with me. Having work and lived in Europe and Asia with my children when they were in school, I wished I would have had this book back then. I could see after reading this book the things I overlooked and didn't see. So, for someone who has been there and lived the life, take it from me, this book can do alot to make life alot more easier for you and your family, especially the children.I still have friends that go back and forth and rest assured, I will be recommending this book to them for sure. My goal is to help parents connect with their own child or children and build on emotional vocabulary to help them enrich their lives. My passion for helping families thrive as they move around the world is the main driving force behind my work because my family has lived this lifestyle. Many branches of psychology embrace inherently optimistic views and have helped not only individuals but also informal groups and formal groups to get better at, and derive greater fulfilment from what they do. I wanted to give this ability to families. I wanted to do what I can do to improve a child's functioning within the context of his family and school. My goal is to help parents create a family life conductive to learning, sharing and "mattering" to each other. If a family is able to communicate about their emotions they have less mix ups. Psychological maltreatments and miscommunications destroy marriages, friendships and parent-child relationships. Interactions between parents and young children are full of disruptions, miscommunication, and misunderstandings. We need to connect so we can repair. As a counsellor, I operate behind the scenes, but often make the difference, for a child or a family, between a good transition or one gone awry. I assess problems that run the gamut from academic issues, socialization issues, general transition issues, isolation, to family break ups. I believe in the counselling connection and I believe in storytelling about your own life and situations to help your child understand. When a family has this connection with a counsellor it provides them the interpersonal opportun