Non-Violent Resistance
A New Approach to Violent and Self-Destructive Children

The non-violent resistance approach prevents escalation, while reducing parental helplessness, problem behaviors, and family discord.

Haim Omer (Author), Shoshana London-Sappir (Translated by)

9781108965439, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 May 2021

250 pages
15 x 23 x 1.5 cm, 0.35 kg

'This is a most impressive development of concepts and practices introduced in the first edition of this important classic. Particularly inspiring are the novel ways in which Haim Omer applies the NVR approach to social systems, such as schools and communities. It is essential reading for parents and therapists alike!' Eia Asen, Psychiatrist and Systemic Therapist, Anna Freud Centre and University College London

Non-violent resistance (NVR) is an approach for parents and other caregivers that helps to increase presence and overcome impulsive and dangerous behaviors, while reducing conflict and escalation. The practical, evidence-based advice accompanies a detailed list of all the new applications of NVR and an overview of the supporting literature. A step-by-step presentation of the treatment is laid out alongside a useful model on escalation and its prevention. The approach achieves high parent engagement and cooperation, with over twenty controlled studies showing that NVR effectively reduces parental helplessness, parental impulsiveness, parent–child conflicts, and family discord.

1. Principles and Goals
2. Escalation Processes
3. The Parents' Instruction Manual
4. NVR in Action
5. Violence toward Siblings
6. Controlling and Seclusive Children
7. Schools
8. NVR in the Community
Afterword
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Clinical psychology [MMJ], Child & developmental psychology [JMC]