Helping Your Anxious Child: A Step-By-Step Guide for Parents
Most children are afraid of the dark. Some fear monsters under the bed. But at least ten percent of children have excessive fears and worries—phobias, separation anxiety, panic attacks, social anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive disorder—that can hold them back and keep them from fully enjoying childhood. If your child suffers from any of these forms of anxiety, the program in this book offers practical, scientifically proven tools that can help.\ Now in its second edition, Helping Your Anxious...
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This revised and expanded edition of the best-selling Helping Your Anxious Child offers parents the most up-to-date, proven-effective techniques for helping children overcome anxiety.
Acknowledgments viiIntroduction 1Chapter 1 Understanding Anxiety 9Chapter 2 How Do Thoughts and Feelings Affect Anxiety? 47Chapter 3 Learning to Think Realistically 59Chapter 4 Parenting an Anxious Child 93Chapter 5 Facing Fear to Fight Fear 137Chapter 6 Simplifying Realistic Thinking and Creative Stepladders 167Chapter 7 Troubleshooting Stepladders 187Chapter 8 Assertiveness and Social Skills 207Chapter 9 Taking Stock 241Chapter 10 Planning for the Future 255Appendix 265
\ From the Publisher“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\ \ \
