Short description
Guides readers to help a child overcome anxiety and fears. From separation anxiety to general anxiety, social anxiety, specific phobia and panic disorder, this book describes the common types of childhood anxiety, how anxiety originates, and options for dealing with the problem, with or without a therapist's help.
Long description
This expanded and updated version of a best-selling classic guides readers to help a child overcome anxiety and fears. It describes in detail strategies and techniques they can combine into a comprehensive self-help programme for a child's particular needs. From separation anxiety to general anxiety, social anxiety, specific phobia and panic disorder, the book describes the common types of childhood anxiety, how anxiety originates, and options for dealing with the problem, with or without a therapist's help. In this updated version, the progression of chapters reflects the authors' clinical programme, in which major skills are introduced early and then are consolidated and built upon in later chapters. Throughout, the book employs a step-by-step approach that is both structured and directive. Written activities are incorporated throughout the chapters, some intended for the child and others for his or her parent to complete.
Review
In Helping Your Anxious Child , parents are provided a step-by-step guide for assisting their children in overcoming a panoply of worries, fears, and anxieties. The strategies described are well-established ones, backed by considerable scientific support. Parents will find this book engaging, easy to read, and full of important ideas about how best to help their children.
--Thomas H. Ollendick, Ph.D., University Distinguished Professor in the department of psychology, Virginia Tech