What to Do When You Worry Too Much by Dawn Huebner

The techniques described in this book will help your child take control. What to Do When You Worry Too Much will teach you and your child a new and more successful way to think about and manage anxiety. This fun, illustrated interactive self-help book is designed to guide children and their. What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety by Dawn Huebner DPh, Bonnie Matthews (Illustrator) 3.6 (16) Paperback (New Edition) 14.49 16.99 Save 15 Paperback 14.49 eBook 16.

You can find lots of these on the Youth Anxiety website. Face your fear and see for yourself that the situation probably isn’t as bad as you are predicting Rehearse practice anxiety management techniques. Nor does applying adult logic, or allowing your child to avoid feared situations, or offering reassurance every time the fears are expressed.Īnxiety has a way of growing, spreading, shifting in form, and generally resisting efforts to talk it out of existence. Written by Dawn Huebner, PhD and Illustrated by Bonnie Matthews. Approach the fear of experiencing anxiety is often worse than the situation you are avoiding. As you have undoubtedly discovered, simply telling an anxious child to stop worrying doesnÂ’t help at all. Parents and caregivers find themselves spending huge amounts of time reassuring, coaxing, accommodating, and doing whatever else they can think of to minimize their child’s distress.īut it doesn’t work. Yet the answers give them virtually no relief. They go to great lengths to avoid frightening situations, and ask the same anxiety-based questions over and over again. Children who worry too much are held captive by their fears.

If you are the parent or caregiver of an anxious child, you know what it feels like to be held hostage. This interactive self-help book is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering kids to overcome their overgrown worries.Įxcerpt. Synopsis: Guides children and parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques most often used in the treatment of anxiety.

What to Do When You Worry Too Much by Dawn Huebner