What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety

by Dawn Huebner PhD, Bonnie Matthews (Illustrator)

Overview

What to Do When You Worry Too Much guides children and parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques most often used in the treatment of anxiety. Lively metaphors and humorous illustrations make the concepts and strategies easy to understand, while clear how-to steps and prompts to draw and write help children to master new skills related to reducing anxiety. This interactive self-help book is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering kids to overcoming their overgrown worries. Engaging, encouraging, and easy to follow, this book educates, motivates, and empowers children to work towards change. Includes a note to parents by psychologist and author Dawn Huebner, PhD.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433838590
Publisher:	American Psychological Association
Publication date:	07/15/2021
Series:	What to Do Guides for Kids Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	80
File size:	7 MB
Age Range:	6 - 12 Years

About the Author

Dawn Huebner, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in Exeter, New Hampshire, specializing in the treatment of children and their parents. She is the author of several books for children, including What to Do When Bad Habits Take Hold: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Nail Biting and More and What to Do When Your Temper Flares: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Problems With Anger. Visit her at www.dawnhuebnerphd.com and follow her on Facebook: @DawnHuebnerPhDSelf-HelpforParentsandKids.

Bonnie Matthews is the illustrator numerous books for children, including What to Do When Bad Habits Take Hold: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Nail Biting and More and What to Do When You Dread Your Bed: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Problems With Sleep. She lives in Baltimore. Visit her at www.bonniematthewsillustration.com and follow her on Instagram: @bonnie_matthews_illustration.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Parents and Caregivers
Chapter 1. Are You Growing Worries?
Chapter 2. What Is a Worry?
Chapter 3. How Do Worries Get Started?
Chapter 4. Making Worries Go Away
Chapter 5. Spending Less Time on Worries
Chapter 6. Talking Back to Worries
Chapter 7. Re-setting Your System
Chapter 8. Keeping Worries Away
Chapter 9. You Can Do It!

Editorial Reviews

A Gold NAPPA (National Parenting Publications Awards) winner

"A rare feat: a self-help book that bypasses jargon to become a terrific resource for kids."—NAPPA

“This book takes ideas that are overwhelming for a small child and presents them in manageable chunks. It is the first step to saying goodbye to anxiety!”—Portland Book Review

“The title says it all really, what to do when you worry too much. Huebner gently explains that worries are normal and all kids have them. She uses humorous illustrations and metaphors to explain that if your worries have grown so big that they get out of hand and bother you almost every day, you might need some extra help.”—The Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand

"Dr. Huebner has created a completely accessible, easy-to-understand book to show worrying children a new way of life. Kids will breathe a sigh of relief to learn solutions that really work."—Tamar Chansky, PhD, author of Freeing Your Child from Anxiety and Freeing Your Child from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

"This one is unique in that it’s meant for the parent and child to share, working together to develop strategies to conquer anxiety. It’s a great concept, and would be an excellent tool to start with if you’re dealing with an anxious child."—Chad Hayes MD

"One reason that this book is a popular recommendation of child psychologists is that it talks to kids at their own level. Huebner does an excellent job incorporating humor into the book to help children understand why they are feeling anxious."—WebPsychology

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