Treating Childhood and Adolescent Anxiety: A Guide for Caregivers

by Eli R. Lebowitz, Haim Omer

"Lebowitz and Omer have taken the latest and most relevant scientific research and synthesized it into an essential read for caregivers of anxious children. Treating Childhood and Adolescent A Guide for Caregivers provides an 'inside look' at the nuts and bolts of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for childhood anxiety-the treatment of choice among leading researchers and experts. The book is filled with analogies, examples, and practical advice that professionals and parents will refer back to over and over again." -Candice A. Alfano, PhD; Director, Sleep and Anxiety Center for Kids (SACK) Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Houston

PRACTICAL REAL-LIFE SOLUTIONS FOR CHILDREN LIVING WITH ANXIETY

FOCUSING ON THE SPECIAL ROLE OF THE CAREGIVER IN ACHIEVING SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT

Focusing on the treatment of childhood anxiety, both in one-on-one therapist to child treatment and within the family, Treating Childhood and Adolescent A Guide for Caregivers adopts an integrated approach presenting novel strategies to help mental health professionals and families create change and momentum in otherwise stagnant situations.

This empowering guide offers practical, evidence-based, and theory-driven strategies for helping children to overcome anxiety, even if they resist treatment. Uniquely providing concrete advice for both the therapeutic and home environment, this insightful book

What to do when anxiety takes over the family School phobia and school refusal Working with highly dependent young adults Parental support and protection Creating and maintaining family boundaries A walk-through of The Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) Program Cognitive, behavioral, physiological, and emotion-based tools for treating anxiety Medication for childhood anxiety

Genres: Parenting, Psychology

337 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 28, 2013

Reviews

[Alexander · Rating 4 out of 5]

After having read a lot of fiction, it was time to get back to psychology. I read a Dutch translation of this book and it contains a lot of useful information on how to deal with kids with anxiety disorders; the focus is mostly on the surrounding system, however, with a lot of chapters dedicated to how to deal with the parents, whether they were willing to cooperate or not. There's a lot of practical examples to accompany it.
However, this book is not necessarily for the layman, even though it claims to be 'a guide for caregivers'. There's a large focus on a specific treatment protocol, which is fantastic for this psychologist but probably useless to parents. Also, the Dutch translation I read was shoddy in places, with more typos than can be excused, and quite a few sentences that made no sense (probably because a word was omitted).
So, unless you're a child psychologist who regularly sees patients with anxiety and is longing for a specific protocol to adhere to, this is probably not the book for you, though it was the book for me.

[Lynnaea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clear explanations of childhood anxiety disorders and valuable information for how to support children and adolescents in treatment. As a therapist in training I found many of the case examples and explanations valuable and believe this book would also be palatable to caregivers (as intended).

5/5

[D · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this before I attended Dr Lebowitz’s SPACE training. A paradigm shift from more traditional (cbt) models for treating anxious kids/teens.

[Kristin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best book on childhood anxiety I've read.