Essential Guide to Child and Adolescent Anxiety Treatment: Over 75 Integrative Strategies for Anxious Kids and Parents

Dr. Steve O’Brien, a clinical psychologist, understands the overwhelming challenges that come with treating anxious children. He emphasizes the importance of supporting anxious kids by empowering their parents who are often affected by the ripple effect of their struggles. In his book, The Essential Guide to Treating Child and Adolescent Anxiety, he offers an integrative, whole-family approach to address common childhood anxiety issues such as school fears, social anxiety, excessive worry, and separation anxiety.

This comprehensive guide draws from cognitive behavioral, family systems, and client-centered therapies, providing over 75 handouts, worksheets, scripts, and tips for clinicians to navigate common treatment obstacles. The goal is to empower anxious children and their parents to live healthier, happier lives. The book covers a range of topics including navigating the initial session and building rapport with parents, providing child-friendly psychoeducation on anxiety, and assisting families in developing healthier habits to decrease household stress.

Furthermore, the book delves into providing intensive parent consultation, breaking the anxiety-reassurance-repeat cycle, and using the 3 R’s (recognize, relax, redirect) of anxiety management. It also focuses on reframing how parents and teachers think about “misbehavior.”

By providing this whole-family approach, Dr. O’Brien aims to address the ripple effect that a child’s anxiety has on the entire family system. This approach acknowledges that parents play a crucial role in supporting anxious kids and offers clinicians the tools and resources to empower both the children and their parents to live healthier, happier lives.

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