“As President of the Beck Institute, a nonprofit organization that provides training in cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) to mental health professionals worldwide, I am in the enviable position of reviewing dozens of books a year in the mental health field and quite a few about evidence-based practices for children. The Uncontrollable Child is an excellent book, one of the best, and its research-based and common-sense approach is, in my opinion, applicable to all children and their caretakers. It is written in an easily accessible, engaging style with numerous examples of what to say and what to do.

 

I truly believe that The Uncontrollable Child, with its treasure trove of valuable skills, has the potential to help countless struggling parents.

 

Read it, try it, and watch yourself change!”

“This is an enormously helpful book for parents struggling with out-of-control kids. grounded solidly in research, it offers practical and useful advice that can really help parents manage their own emotions and the emotions of their spirited children. It starts with first calming parents, and offering a realistic and highly useful plan. Buy this book!”

“Matis Miller’s book is a gift for parents of sensitive, emotional, and sometimes impulsive children.  His examples of complicated family life ring true, capturing excruciating dilemmas recognizable to most parents.  His well-informed suggestions are compassionate, elegant, and practical.  The Uncontrollable Child is a deceptively easy-to-read masterpiece that weaves together behavioral theory, dialectical principles, and evidence-based practices from DBT into loving, effective parenting strategies.  Miller will help parents survive and solve rigid, polarized, parenting traps.”

“The Uncontrollable Child is an instrumental resource for your parenting reference library. Matis Miller offers clear and thoughtful concepts and effective navigational tools for some of the most challenging issues in the province of parenting; beautifully illustrating the power of integrating opposites: acceptance and change.  He reminds us that the greatest gift we can give our child is a healthy parent.”

“Matis Miller’s The Uncontrollable Child is a uniquely valuable guide to parenting dysregulated children. Given the rise in childhood mood and conduct disorders in recent years, this book provides highly practical, evidence based strategies that are firmly grounded in a deep understanding of the complex thoughts and beliefs that inform mastering the art of finding the balance between love and limits.

I highly recommend this book for all parents.”

“As an educator, after reading the book, I felt like we were at a coffee shop just having a engaging conversation as we share the same experiences. It kept me wanting to read more, I could not put it down. Educators like myself read these kinds of books because ‘we are the parents in the room’ during the eight hours with their child.

Matis Miller actually provides great examples that are a lot like the students I have worked with over the years.  I will use those examples in my coaching with teachers to set the scenario to help them understand how to apply these ideas.

From my viewpoint this book is a great tool in several ways:

New teachers with no kids of their own and may have little of no hands on experience with this type of behavior.
Teachers with kids in class, who present with challenging behaviors and don’t know what to do.
Of course teachers who to be in special education and need all the tools available to expand their practice.

Without question worth the investment of time to read.”