Helping Children Regulate and Manage Anger

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This practical and interactive online course provides a comprehensive overview of emotional regulation and anger. It is full of practical ideas for working with preschool and primary school aged children. Therapeutic activities that can be used with children and their families are also included.

In this course we cover -

  • Emotional regulation and anger in children aged 4-12 years
  • Understanding what the child and family need in therapy
  • Strategies for calming the body
  • How to help children understand and express anger
  • How grown ups can help children regulate
  • Cognitive strategies and problem solving
  • 24 new creative activities that you can use with children and families

You will receive -

  • 6.5 hours of professional development including about 4 hours of course videos, accessible for 6 months from purchase date.
  • A copy of Dr Fiona Zandt's book, Creative Ways to Help Children Regulate and Manage Anger: Ideas and Activities for Working with Anger and Emotion Regulation’ published in 2024 by Jessica Kingsley Publishers* (rrp AU$59.99 / US$35).
  • The presentation slides and a downloadable course workbook, which includes space for reflection and engagement with the course as well as participant activities.

This course is for therapists who work with children and families, including psychologists, social workers, counsellors, play therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, and other mental health clinicians. Therapists who enjoyed our Creative Ways to Help Children Manage Emotions and our Playful, Practical and Purposeful Approaches to Childhood Anxiety online course will enjoy this one too!


Your Instructor


Dr Fiona Zandt and Dr Suzanne Barrett
Dr Fiona Zandt and Dr Suzanne Barrett

Dr Fiona Zandt and Dr Suzanne Barrett are both Clinical Psychologists who work with children, adolescents and families. Fiona is also a Registered Play Therapist. They each have over 20 years experience working with children and adolescents with a broad range of psychological problems in a range of settings, including private practice, the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, and child and adolescent mental health services. Their approach draws heavily on ACT, DBT and CBT, utilising developmentally appropriate playful strategies. They emphasise working with families and have a strong system focus.

Fiona and Suzanne are founders of Creative Child Therapy Workshops and authors of Creative Ways to Help Children Manage Big Feelings (2017) and Creative Ways to Help Children Manage Anxiety (2021) both published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Creative Ways to Help Children Regulate and Manage Anger is Fiona's third book, published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers in 2024. Please visit www.childpsychologyworkshops.com.au for information about their books, workshops, blogs, vlogs and free resources for therapists working with children and families.


Course Curriculum


  Supporting grown ups to regulate children
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  Choosing and doing what’s important
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  When things get tricky
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A quick sneak peak!

And check out "Pit Stops", a sample activity video, in the curriculum above


When you sign up, please opt-in to receive emails from us, so we can email you your digital voucher for accessing your copy of the ebook from Jessica Kingsley Publishers!

* Please note that the ebook code provided with ebook enrolment is a voucher for purchasing the ebook from the Jessica Kingsley Publishers (JKP) online library. Once the ebook is added to your JKP account, you can access it anytime online at https://library.jkp.com. Also, once the ebook is added to your account, you can view it on your mobile device by downloading the JKP Library app. The ebook cannot be read on a kindle. Australian residents have the option of a hard copy instead of the ebook.

Group Bookings - If you are looking to complete this with a group of five or more colleagues, please contact us at [email protected] to arrange a group discount. Please note logins cannot be shared on the Teachable platform.

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Here are some comments from three therapists who trialled the course for us -

"As always, an informative, wonderful course providing so much opportunity for learning therapeutic concepts and activities. I think it covers such relevant content and is simple enough to follow and complete in your own time. Really great learning." - Sarah, Occupational Therapist

"Brilliant, insightful, very practical and helpful stuff. I’m in awe. I really appreciate that the activities are based on so much experience working with kids and families and are grounded on what is fun, works and are simple and easily taken home." - Emma, Provisional Psychologist

"Fantastically full of practical, useful, easy to follow activities. Easy to follow and the course itself was easy to work through step by step allowing you to stop and have a break and come back to it when needed. I learned lots more practical strategies to add to my repertoire from doing this course. Highly recommended." - Patricia, Psychologist