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

by Dawn Huebner PhD, Sabine Rothmund (Illustrator)

Overview

What to Do When You Worry Too Much, Second Edition, guides children and parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques most often used in the treatment of anxiety. Now revised and expanded, this groundbreaking bestseller has helped millions of children around the world.

An updated edition of the world-wide bestseller What to Do When You Worry Too Much, the second edition combines everything that worked so well in the original—the conversational tone, interactive elements, clear and actionable strategies—with
new tools, new illustrations, and expert advice based on current understandings 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 learn new skills. This interactive self-help book remains the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering kids to overcome their overgrown worries. Includes a note to parents and caregivers by psychologist author Dawn Huebner, PhD.

This book is part of the Magination Press What-to-Do Guides for Kids® series and includes a “Note to Parents and Caregivers.” What-to-Guides for Kids® are interactive self-help books designed to guide 6–12 year olds and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques most often used in the treatment of various psychological concerns. Engaging, encouraging, and easy to follow, these books educate, motivate, and empower children to work towards change.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433844881
Publisher:	American Psychological Association
Publication date:	08/06/2024
Series:	What to Do Guides for Kids Series
Edition description:	Second
Pages:	80
Sales rank:	76,924
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	6 - 12 Years

About the Author

Dawn Huebner, PhD is a psychologist, parent coach, and the author of numerous self-help books for children. Her books have been translated into 23 languages, touching the lives of millions of children around the world.

Sabine Rothmund studied communication design with a focus on book design and illustration in Mainz. She lives in Southern Germany.

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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