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  • Over 20 years experience counseling children, teens, adults, couples and families.
  • Dr. Jeff has appeared on many major media outlets including twice on the NBC Today Show, CN8's Your Morning and It's Your Call with Lynn Doyle along with appearing on NPR and being quoted in Cosmopolitan and Men's Health Magazines.
  • Dr. Jeff has been a featured speaker at many professional organizations including the Pennsylvania Psychological Association, the national conventions for CHADD (Children and Adults with ADHD) and Smart Marriages.
  • Author of Why Can't You Read My Mind, 10 Days to a Less Defiant Child, and 10 Days to a Less Distracted Child.
  • In Spring 2009 look for Dr. Jeff's newest book: Liking the Child You Love.
  • Dr. Jeff provides counseling in his Exton, PA office located in the western Philadelphia suburbs.
  • Phone counseling services are also available.

CN8 with Art Fennell "Teen Pregnancy " - June 26, 2008

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Dr. Jeff gives advice on how to deal with defiant disorder in children and teens (approx. 6 min).
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Have a Defiant Child?

If your child or teen is defiant, here are five POWERFUL strategies to lower their defiance:
  • Realize that understanding your defiant child is just as important as loving him.
  • Avoid yelling at your child. Yelling only fans the flames of defiance.
  • Resist power struggles. Defiant children believe they are equal in authority to adults. This makes it futile to try to beat them in the power struggle game.
  • Learn the art of being calm, firm, and non-controlling.
  • Reinforce your child's compliant behaviors. The more positive attention he gets for being compliant, the less negative attention he'll look for by being defiant.
These are just a few of the many tips and strategies that can be found in Dr Jeffrey Bernstein's latest book, 10 Days To A Less Defiant Child, Avalon Books, 2006.

Newly Released: 10 Days to a Less Defiant Child

Occasional clashes between parents and children are common, but when defiant behavior - such as tantrums, resistance to chores, and negativity - becomes chronic, it can cause big problems within the family. In 10 Days to a Less Defiant Child child and family psychologist Dr. Jeff Bernstein has developed a ground-breaking 10-day program to help parents gain back control over their defiant child or teen. This powerful and exceptionally reader-friendly guide helps parents understand why their kids act the way they do, why defiance is so destructive to the family, and shows them step-by-step how they can end the behavior and improve their relationship. Bernstein also offers tips and exercises to help parents evaluate their own behavior and respond to their defiant child in a more constructive manner. Simple-to-follow and extremely effective, 10 Days to a Less Defiant Child will bring much-needed relief to the millions of frustrated parents living with defiant children.




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