The Hope Chest

Anger

Anger Management Skills

Fair Fighting Rules (Couples and Families)

Anxiety

Anxiety Relaxation Techniques

Dissolve the Thought

Mindfulness

ACT: Mindfulness

Breathing Exercises

Calm Box: Adult

Grounding

Mindfulness: Features

Mindfulness: Exercises (Adults and Teen)

Mindfulness Without Meditation

Relaxation Techniques (Children)

Relaxation Techniques (Adult or Teen)

Wise Mind Activity

Parenting Trauma

3 Things Parents of Strong-Willed Toddlers Need to Know

10 Tips for Disciplining Traumatized Children

10 Things About Childhood Trauma Every Teacher Needs to Know

10 Ways to Foster Co-Regulation

15 Trauma Healing Goals

Adult Adoptee Voices are Changing Adoption Narratives

Co-Regulation: Fostering Self Control

EFT Tapping Points: Child/baby

Fostering at the Holidays

Helping Teens with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Caregivers

Helping Your Child Make the Most of Their Time in Psychotherapy

How to Ruin Your Relationship with Your Teenager

Ideal Childhood Development (foster care focus)

Key's to Developing a Sense of Safety (Attachment Focused Parenting)

PACE (Attachment Focused Parenting)

Parenting: Consistency Vs. Rigidity

Relaxation Techniques (Children)

The Skill of Active Listening

Sexual Abuse: A Handbook for Caregivers

Sexual Abuse: Caregivers of Foster or Adoption

Spoiled Children or Healthy Babies?

The Invisible Suitcase

Tantrums in Foster Care

Traumaverseries

What Do You Put In a Calm Down Box?

The Whole Brain Child: Connect and Redirect Protocol

Trauma: Adult

15 Trauma Healing Goals

Beyond Mindfulness with IFS Parts Work

EFT Tapping Points

EFT Tapping: Self Love

Grounding 5 Ways

How to Get Grounded

Inner Work To Do

Loving a Trauma Survivor: Tips for Spouses

Polyvagal: Fight, Flight, Freeze

Polyvagal: Stimulating the Vagus Nerve

Resiliency Skills: Goals

Signs You are Healing

Survival: Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn

Things to Say to Soothe Inner Child

What is PTSD Meme Simple

What is Trauma

Window of Tolerance: What it is

Window of Tolerance: How Trauma Effects It

Coping Skills: Adults

Calming The Emotional Storm: Intro to DBT and Big Emotions

Get Out Of Your Mind and Into Your Life: ACT

Present, Not Perfect Journal

Coping Skills: Kids and Teens

Anh's Anger

Breathe Like a Bear

Calm Down Time

Charlotte and the Quiet Place

Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: ACT for Teens Wkbk

I Can Do That

I Will Be Okay

The Invisible String

The Kissing Hand

The Lemonade Hurricane

Therapy Quest: ACT Interactive Story for Teens

The Way I Feel

The Way I Feel (Series of emotions)

Parenting

Attachment-Focused Parenting

Beyond Behaviors: Brain Science and Behavioral Needs

Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control (Attachments)

The Connected Child

The Explosive Child: Collaborative Parenting

I Love You Rituals

Parenting with Theraplay

The Power of Showing Up

Raising a Secure Child (Circle of Security)

The Whole Brain Child

Relationships: Adult

5 Love Languages for Couples Book

7 Principles for Making Marriage Work (Gottman)

Hiding From Love

Safe People (Cloud & Townsend)

Trauma: Kids

A Terrible Thing Happened

Families Change (Adoption and/or Just Entering FC)

Foster Care: One Dogs Story of Change

Healing Days: Understanding trauma for older kids

Kids Need to be Safe

Murphy's Three Homes

My Body, What I Say Goes: Learning Safe Boundaries after Sexual Abuse

The Night Dad Went to Jail

Riley The Brave: Understanding trauma for preschoolers

Trauma: Adults

Getting Past Your Past (EMDR Companion Book)

The Body Keeps the Score

What Happened to You?

THC Connections:

The Hope Chest's Facebook

Rachel Wethers' LinkedIn Profile

Rachel Wethers' Psychology Today Profile

Rachel Wethers' Pinterest Parenting Toolbox

Youtube: The Hope Chest's Channel

Twitch: Fostering Out Community

Parenting: Adoption Resource Sites

Honesty in Adoption with Children and Why it is Important

Transracial Adoption Tools: Grow Beyond Words

(Also, see Parenting:Trauma Resources below)

Parenting: Trauma Resource Sites

Beacon House: Trauma Education Resources

Robyn Gobbel: Trauma Parenting Blog, Podcast, Trainings

Sesame Street: Traumatic Experiences