Ten million children in the United States--two million of them preschoolers--suffer from anxiety.
Trainor\'s method, which also helps parents move from feeling controlled by their child\'s anxiety to feeling that they are in control of their family\'s future..
Children who have generalized anxiety, OCD, social anxiety, separation anxiety, phobias, or PTSD can all benefit from Dr.
Combining family stories with practical advice and support, Calming Your Anxious Child teaches parents and caregivers how to empower their children to overcome their worried thoughts and behaviors.
Trainor\'s method involves identifying the anxieties and the behaviors, rating them, agreeing on what behaviors to work on changing, identifying strategies for changing behaviors, noting and charting progress, offering incentives, and reinforcing progress.
Dr.
Kathleen Trainor builds on cognitive behavioral therapy to provide practical steps for guiding parents through the process of helping their children manage their anxieties and gain control over their worry-based behaviors.
In Calming Your Anxious Child, Dr.
And since most kids don\'t naturally outgrow anxiety, parents need to know how to help.
Untreated anxiety can have a devastating effect on a child\'s future emotional, social, academic, and work life.
For many children these difficulties interfere with doing well in school and making friends as well as with daily activities like sleeping, eating, and bathing.
Anxious children may be afraid to be out of their parents\' sight; they may refuse to talk except to specific people or under specific circumstances; they may insist on performing tasks such as brushing teeth or getting ready for bed in a rigidly specific way.
Ten million children in the United States--two million of them preschoolers--suffer from anxiety
