Holding Steady: A Parent's Guide to Navigating Trauma, Emotional Outbursts, and Challenging Behavior with Compassion

By Julie Larson

Parenting a child who has experienced trauma can feel overwhelming, confusing, and emotionally exhausting. You may find yourself facing frequent arguments, emotional outbursts, or moments of disconnection that leave you questioning your approach and wondering how to best support your child.

Holding Steady offers a compassionate, trauma-informed guide for parents navigating these challenges. This book helps you understand the deeper meaning behind difficult behaviors and provides practical tools for responding with calm, clarity, and confidence.

Inside, you will discover how trauma affects a child's brain and nervous system, why emotional reactions can escalate quickly, and how small shifts in communication and boundaries can create greater safety and connection. Through gentle guidance and relatable insights, this book encourages parents to move away from blame and toward understanding.

You will learn how to:
- respond to emotional outbursts with steadiness
- reduce power struggles and defensiveness
- build trust through consistency and repair
- support your child's emotional regulation
- care for your own well-being along the way

Complete with companion worksheets and practical reflection tools, Holding Steady serves as a supportive resource you can return to whenever parenting feels heavy.

You are not alone in this journey. Healing happens in small moments of connection, and your steady presence can make a lasting difference.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GRMW3VD6
• ISBN13: 9798247411468
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"