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Around 15 per cent of children are thought to suffer from anxiety disorders, the most commonly identified emotional or behavioural problems among children. Based on techniques developed and practised by the authors, this book teaches parents how to use cognitive behavioural techniques with their children and in so doing, become their child's therapist, helping them to overcome any fears, worries and phobias. It addresses specific fears and phobias as well as general anxiety and 'worrying'. It provides step-by-step practical strategies. It includes case studies, worksheets and charts. It is based on the authors' experience at their anxiety disorders clinic at the University of Reading and developed from a programme based on working almost exclusively with parents.
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Dr Cathy Cresswell and Lucy Willetts both work at the anxiety disorders research clinic at the University of Reading, offering specialist treatment of childhood anxiety disorders and working almost exclusively with children.
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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is a wonderful guide to children's fears and worries and what parents can do to help. This book manages the extraordinarily difficult task of condensing about 100 years of theory, research and practice into fear and anxiety into a short, concise and parent-friendly book. Part one of the book describes commonly diagnosed anxiety problems with case studies to illustrate, and then moves on to look at how genetics and learning contribute to the development of anxiety. Finally, there is a summary of the main thought processes that anxious children have that maintain their anxiety. Any parent of any educational background will find this distillation of the research literature easy to read and understand and it sets the scene for the practical advice in part 2 of the book. Part two is the self-help program itself and being delivered by two of the UK's leading child clinical psychologists, who both work in one of the top child anxiety clinics in the UK, you won't be surprised to learn that this section is fabulous. They guide the parent through spotting their child's anxious thoughts, challenging those thoughts and also useful techniques such as helping children to face their fears and problem solve. This section is all grounded in academic theory but is written for parents. The material is extremely accessible: throughout the book the authors illustrate the techniques with case studies, check lists, charts and guides. The final section addresses specific problems such as sleep disturbance and school avoidance as with the rest of the book offers practical and easily followed advice. To sum up, this is a lively and extremely practical book with which parents will be able to engage. The material reflects the vast experience of the authors but is pitched at exactly the right level for any reader. It is practical, empathic and comforting: reading it is like having your best friend sitting next to you telling you that 'everything will be Ok'. Any parent with an anxious child knows how distressing it can be, and how helpless you can feel to deal with the problem, this book is their lifeline.
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
In a clear and informative way this book deals with the challenges and stresses that parents of anxious children confront every day. The authors offer realistic guidelines for ways in which parents can meet these challenges using an easy to follow step-by-step program. The book first describes the potential causes of child anxiety - how refreshing to know it isn't all down to the parents! I now feel optimisitic that I will be able to manage my daughters anxiety more confidently. I think both of us will gain enormously from this self-help guide.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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The thing I found most interesting from reading this book is that having suffered from anxiety and panic attacks from an early age, i can now see how I have passed this onto my own child. It has taught me to be more aware of my actions and behaviour around my younger children so as not to pass this onto them. From also reading the book, it is apparent to me now that my anxiety has been passed on from one of my parents. What a vicious circle. I am so glad I read this book for a better understanding. Thank you.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Brilliant Help for Desperate Parents!!
My son has suffered with anxiety for years and we had tried everything. This book was great in confirming that certain things we were doing were spot on but others were actually... Read more
Published 7 months ago by fairy
Amazing! I have a different child!
I brought this book a week ago as my 7 year daughter is a worrier. She has been refered to Cathy Creswells clinic in Reading and I am booked on her course there. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Acecaz123
very, very helpful
After our daughter developed significant worries following a short time in hospital we were left feeling unsure of how to help, we were referred for one therapy session and... Read more
Published 18 months ago by jane
Useless awful book.
I bought this book after reading previous reviews and thought that it might contain some valuable information to help with my daughters fears. Read more
Published 19 months ago by witter
Desperate parent seeks wisdom
I bought this book as my 12 year old son seemed to be extremely anxious(to the point of OCD) about certain things. Read more
Published 20 months ago by E. Child
An excellent read
This book was recommended to me by the CAMHS team and it really helped me to understand why my child was thinking the way she was - a 'must read' for anyone who has a child who is... Read more
Published 20 months ago by CS
Great, Encopresis treatment
My 3 years old child was suffering of encopresis and doctors said that this would take 1-2 years to cure. Read more
Published 23 months ago by OrenetaCuablanca
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