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“That’s the reality of parenting: Every 25 minutes there’s another crisis, and feel like you can’t get through without messing up. It really is that hard, but it gets a little easier when you realize that the only person you can control is yourself.” – Dafna Lender

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Struggling with boundaries? Attachment expert Daphna Lender reveals why “gentle parenting” trends miss the mark. Learn the neuroscience-backed technique of parental self-regulation that transforms difficult moments with your kids. Discover why your own nervous system holds the key to effective boundaries.

With 30 years of clinical experience, Daphna shares evidence-based strategies for managing challenging behaviors in children and teens. Learn how to “clear your screen” before setting boundaries, why listening with curiosity changes everything with teenagers, and the surprising power of disengagement.

Highlights:3:40 Dafna’s origin story  10:04 How Dafna approaches boundaries between parents and children in her practice16:34 How gentle parenting may be harmful21:20 Helping parents to create healthier boundaries and regulate their emotions32:00 The inspiration behind Dafna’s course, The Anti-Perfect Parenting Program34:20 Dafna’s most challenging boundary struggleConnect with Dafna Lender

Dafna is a family therapy expert and attachment specialist. Dafna is an international trainer and supervisor for practitioners who work with children and families. She is a certified trainer and supervisor/consultant in both Theraplay and Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP), as well as an EMDR therapist. Dafna’s expertise is drawn from 29 years of practicing family therapy around diverse problems: extreme acting out and withdrawn children, depression, ADHD, school issues, adoption identity and developmental trauma, as well as parent-child relational conflict, dysregulation and mood instability in parents as well as co-parent conflict. Dafna’s style, whether as a therapist or teacher, is combining the light-hearted with the profound by bringing a playful, intense and passionate presence to every encounter. 

Dafna is author of Integrative Attachment Family Therapy (2023) and the co-author of Theraplay the Practitioner’s Guide (2020).  She teaches and supervises clinicians in 15 countries in 4 languages: English, Hebrew, French and Spanish.

Website: https://www.dafnalender.com

Dafna’s Anti-Perfect Parenting Program: https://www.dafnalender.com/resources/antiperfect

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