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"Bridget Flynn Walker has written a timely book. In our busy pediatric practice, we are seeing an increased
number of children with anxiety these days. For parents and professionals alike, she clearly defines the different
'faces' of anxiety, and strategies that can be used to help our children and patients overcome them."
--Mary D. Piel, MD, pediatrician at Golden Gate Pediatrics in San Francisco, CA
"This book is a terrific resource for parents of anxious kids! Parents want to know what to do and what not to do to
help their child with anxiety. Walker explains how trying to comfort your child can actually be feeding their anxiety.
She offers up clear and powerful tools that parents can use with their child that will help them now and for the rest of
their lives.
--Jennifer Shannon, LMFT, author of The Anxiety Survival Guide for Teens
"With warmth and wisdom, this valuable book provides hope and empowerment to parents. Bridget Flynn Walker provides a
clear and easily readable understanding of what makes anxiety worse, and scientifically-proven strategies for managing
anxiety. Most importantly, she provides a practical road that parents can follow to help their children become
braver and more confident in tackling their fears."
--Aureen Pinto Wagner, PhD, director of The Anxiety Center in Cary, NC, and author of Worried No More
"Just what the doctor ordered! A clear, concise, and practical guide to help parents help their children master their
anxieties. I am confronted with patients and their parents every day who are searching for guidance in managing their
children's omnipresent worries. The cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) strategies outlined are easy to understand and
straightforward to implement. This book provides a real-life tool kit that will help families and their physicians ease
the fears that children often have."
--Laurel J. Schultz, MD, MPH, community pediatrician at Golden Gate Pediatrics, and volunteer associate clinical
faculty at the University of California, San Francisco
"Bridget Flynn Walker's book, Anxiety for Kids, provides an invaluable resource for parents and mental
professionals to help children manage and overcome anxiety. The book's approach is clear, concise, and informative. This
step-by-step guide--full of evidence-based strategies to implement with children--uses easy-to-understand language, and
offers vivid examples and helpful worksheets which make the book simple and effective to use."
--Anya Ho, PhD, clinical psychologist at the San Francisco Group for Evidence-Based Psychotherapy
"This book is a much-needed resource for parents of kids with anxiety. It outlines essential psychoeducation about
anxiety, and how to tackle its . This book can help empower parents towards addressing their kid's anxiety and
give them the essential tools needed to be successful."
--Natalie Todd, PsyD, clinical psychologist at the University of California, San Francisco, working with teens and young
adults
"Bridget Flynn Walker's book tackles a complex and vexing problem for so many families, providing simple and
easy-to-learn methods that will ease your child's anxiety and boost confidence. Anxiety for Kids is a go-to
resource for parents or anyone else trying to help a child with excessive anxiety. I recommend it highly."
--Eli Merritt, MD, founder of Merritt Mental
"This little gem of a book offers useful information for parents who are first learning about anxiety in their children.
The book is highly approachable, and synthesizes much of the currently available information on child anxiety and
evidence-based strategies. Parents will particularly appreciate the friendly and unassuming language, and the
real-life examples that bring many familiar dilemmas to life. The section on how not to 'feed your child's anxiety' will
be especially useful for parents wondering how to help their child feel less anxious without contributing to the kind of
unhelpful avoidance that maintains the problem. Bridget Flynn Walker has a clear voice and a knack for explaining ideas
so that they just make sense."
--Eli R. Lebowitz, PhD, associate director of the Anxiety and Mood Disorders Program, and assistant professor at the
Yale Child Study Center
Book Description
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Parents of children with anxiety need quick, in-the-moment solutions they can easily use every day to help
their child. Helping Your Child Overcome Anxiety is the first and only easy-to-use guide for parents that utilizes
proven-effective cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and exposure therapy.