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You and Your Anxious Child: Free Your Child from Fears and Worries and Create a Joyful Family Life
One of the world’s foremost experts on anxiety in children provides a guide to recognizing and alleviating a range of debilitating fears.
Anxiety affects more children and teens than any other psychiatric illness, but it’s also the most treatable emotional disorder. Some 25 percent of children and adolescents will suffer an anxiety disorder at several points in their lifetime, resulting in serious problems in their ability to function in school, with peers, and on a general day-to-day basis. A renowned researcher and clinician who has developed groundbreaking, proven coping strategies illuminates a new path to fear-free living for families.
You and Your Anxious Child differentiates between separation anxiety, generalized anxiety, and social phobia, and guides parents on when and how to seek intervention. With moving case studies, such as Jon’s, whose mother quit her job because his separation anxiety compelled her to stay with him full-time, this book elucidates the nightmare that families can be living, and helps them understand that they are not alone. Every step of the way, Albano illustrates proven therapies to manage anxiety issues in children while addressing the emotional needs of parents, too. You and Your Anxious Child brings much-needed hope to families, helping them shape a positive new vision of the future.
Anxiety affects more children and teens than any other psychiatric illness, but it’s also the most treatable emotional disorder. Some 25 percent of children and adolescents will suffer an anxiety disorder at several points in their lifetime, resulting in serious problems in their ability to function in school, with peers, and on a general day-to-day basis. A renowned researcher and clinician who has developed groundbreaking, proven coping strategies illuminates a new path to fear-free living for families.
You and Your Anxious Child differentiates between separation anxiety, generalized anxiety, and social phobia, and guides parents on when and how to seek intervention. With moving case studies, such as Jon’s, whose mother quit her job because his separation anxiety compelled her to stay with him full-time, this book elucidates the nightmare that families can be living, and helps them understand that they are not alone. Every step of the way, Albano illustrates proven therapies to manage anxiety issues in children while addressing the emotional needs of parents, too. You and Your Anxious Child brings much-needed hope to families, helping them shape a positive new vision of the future.
336 pages, Paperback
First published April 2, 2013
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July 3, 2016
Albano's approach and advice is proving to be so helpful for my husband and I as we seek to help our anxious 8yo navigate daily issues. We appreciate her compassion for parents and kids, and the endless examples that she has to share from her own extensive experience. 4.5 stars, highly recommend to other parents.
Small gripe: her section on anxiety and school. She acknowledges that there are many, many things about school that are an endless source of misery for a lot of children, especially anxious children, yet never considers that being forced to spend 40+ hours/week in this environment against their will may not be a good idea. I realize that not every family has the freedom to homeschool/unschool, or even to find an alternative school option that better suits their child, but I'd hope that someone in Albano's position would have at least had the THOUGHT: Hey, maybe our current school system isn't good for kids... maybe it could be reformed in a way that wouldn't be so soul-sucking for them? Maybe we can do better for our kids than getting them to "cope" or "survive" this. It seems like she accepts without question that it has to be this way (it doesn't), and has always been this way (it hasn't - compulsory schooling is very recent in the grand scheme of things, especially its obsessive focus on standardized testing).
Small gripe: her section on anxiety and school. She acknowledges that there are many, many things about school that are an endless source of misery for a lot of children, especially anxious children, yet never considers that being forced to spend 40+ hours/week in this environment against their will may not be a good idea. I realize that not every family has the freedom to homeschool/unschool, or even to find an alternative school option that better suits their child, but I'd hope that someone in Albano's position would have at least had the THOUGHT: Hey, maybe our current school system isn't good for kids... maybe it could be reformed in a way that wouldn't be so soul-sucking for them? Maybe we can do better for our kids than getting them to "cope" or "survive" this. It seems like she accepts without question that it has to be this way (it doesn't), and has always been this way (it hasn't - compulsory schooling is very recent in the grand scheme of things, especially its obsessive focus on standardized testing).
December 7, 2016
I picked this up from our local library with the attempt to assist me understand my 7 yr olds concerns and worries.
It was really amazing to read, some chapters were completely irrelevant to my situation however others completely described and summed up our little boy. This book has some great examples to help identify what drives your childs concerns and worries and it has enabled me to have a better understanding (with the assistance of a physcologist) the underlying way his little brain works.
I would highly recommend this book as an easy and accessible way to help understand anxiety in your children.
It was really amazing to read, some chapters were completely irrelevant to my situation however others completely described and summed up our little boy. This book has some great examples to help identify what drives your childs concerns and worries and it has enabled me to have a better understanding (with the assistance of a physcologist) the underlying way his little brain works.
I would highly recommend this book as an easy and accessible way to help understand anxiety in your children.
April 13, 2018
A really good read on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. I loved how it teaches parents how their choices of parenting affect their children, without making you feel like a bad parent. Really good read for all parents. But especially for those who have worriers, clingers or anxious kids.
July 9, 2023
Overall 3.5 I thought that there was some helpful information. The author specializes is cognitive behavior therapy for children with various types of anxiety and she pushed this type of therapy throughout the book.
December 22, 2017
So helpful!
This is a great guide to parenting an anxious child. It's easy to read and feels like Dr. Albano is in the room with you.
This is a great guide to parenting an anxious child. It's easy to read and feels like Dr. Albano is in the room with you.
June 24, 2019
This book was so helpful! It's practical and easy to implement. I highly recommend!
August 9, 2013
Our usually independent kiddo has been dealing with separation anxiety and this book offered some helpful strategies. It is divided into three parts, one for separation anxiety, the second for generalized anxiety, and the third for social anxiety. So I read the first two sections and didn't feel like i missed out. Dr. Albano bases her techniques on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy which I was familiar and knew they would work. But even for a CBT newbie, this was a helpful book.
February 25, 2014
Very simple approach to a very complex problem. Great read with solid advice.
June 26, 2016
GOOD BOOK, GOT ALOT OF IDEAS TO DO WITH MY SON. TOOK ME AWHILE TO READ BECAUSE I WASN'T READING IT ALL THE TIME. I DID LIKE IT....
September 15, 2016
Lots of great info and good advice.
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