Outsmarting worry : an older kid's guide to managing anxiety / Dawn Huebner PhD ; illustrated by Kara McHale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huebner, Dawn, author.

Contributor:

McHale, Kara, illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anxiety in children.

Stress management.

Worry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (114 pages) : illustrations

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2025.

Place of Publication:

London : Jessica Kingsley Publisher, 2017.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

This easy to follow illustrated book from a best-selling author presents strategies for 9-13 year olds with anxiety. It teaches them about, and normalizes, their symptoms and provides a set of concrete steps to overcome them. The tried and tested techniques are based on the most up-to-date psychological treatments of anxiety, including CBT and ACT.

Contents:

Intro to Readers; A Note to Parents and Caregivers; 1. Getting Started; 2. The Brain-Body Message System; 3. Danger Learning and Safety Behaviors; 4. False Alarms; 5. Where's the Evidence? 6. Thinking Mistakes; 7. Worries Love to Debate; 8. Shifting Your Attention; 9. Hanging Out with Worry; 10. Worry's Biggest Trick; 11. Breaking Free From Worry; 12. Jumping In; 13. Exposure; 14. Worry in Disguise; 15. What to Do When There Is Nothing to Do; 16. More on Exposure; 17. But I'm Still Scared!; 18. Putting It All Together;

ISBN:

9781805014607

1805014609

9781784507022

1784507024

OCLC:

1004984919