Synopses & Reviews
This is the parent user handbook for the Take Action Program -- a user-friendly cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) program designed for psychologists and school counsellors trained in CBT who work with anxious children. Take Action teaches children aged 4-12 years helpful ways to cope with and manage anxiety. It is an evidence-based intervention combining recent advances in the cognitive-neuroscience of child anxiety with CBT and designed for easy use by mental health and educational professionals trained in CBT. This handbook includes all 40 parent handout sheets from the program in a bound booklet with a colour cover and a contents page. It is designed for instances where the program is being used in a group setting and requires prepurchase of the Take Action Practitioner Guidebook (ISBN 9781922112274)or Take Action All-in-One Practitioner Guide (ISBN 781922112267).
Synopsis
This workbook is part of the Take Action Program and is to be used only in conjunction with the Take Action Practitioner Guidebook. It contains all 40 Parent handouts and work sheets.
Synopsis
This workbook is part of the Take Action Program and is to be used only in conjunction with the Take Action Practitioner Guidebook (ISBN 9781922117274). The Take Action Program is a user-friendly cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) program designed for or mental health and educational professionals trained in CBT who work with anxious children. Take Action teaches children aged 4-12 years helpful ways to cope with and manage anxiety. It is an evidence-based intervention combining recent research on threat-based cognitive biases and maladaptive thinking styles in childhood anxiety disorders with the well-established principles of CBT. This workbook provides all 40 Parent handouts and work sheets from the Take Action program bound and numbered in a 44-page color large sized book with contents page. For more information about Take Action go to www.takeactionprogram.com
About the Author
Dr Allison Waters Associate Professor and Clinical Psychologist BSS(Psych), BA(Hons), PhD(Clin), MAPS, MCCP Dr Waters is Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology at Griffith University. She completed a Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) at The Queensland University of Technology, a Bachelor of Arts (with first class honours) and her PhD in Clinical Psychology at The University of Queensland in 2002. She also completed a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles between 2002 and 2004 prior to commencing at Griffith University in 2004. Dr Waters is the Director of the Childhood Anxiety Disorders Research Program at Griffith University through which more than 450 anxious children have been assessed and treated using the Take Action group program. Her research focuses on the cognitive-neuroscience of childhood anxiety disorders and translating these research findings into clinical practice using current generation treatments and novel interventions. She has published over 60 peer-reviewed book chapters and journal articles in this area, and her research is funded by the Australian Research Council, the National Health and Medical Research Council, the Financial Markets for Children, Australian Rotary Health, Queensland Health and Griffith University. She supervises the research projects of PhD, Doctorate, Masters and Honours level students, teaches at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in clinical psychology, and supervises the clinical work of postgraduate students on clinical placement at Griffith University. She is Associated Editor of the Australian Journal of Psychology and also of Psychopathology Review. Dr Waters also resides on the Research Advisory Committee of the Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute. The quality of her research is recognised through an Australian Psychological Society Early Researcher Career Award, Griffith Health Institute Research Awards, and keynote addresses at national conferences. In addition to her research and academic roles, Dr Waters has a small private practice through her partnership with Dr Groth. She is a member of the Australian Psychological Society College of Clinical Psychologists and the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy.Dr Trisha Groth Clinical Psychologist BPsych(Hons), DPsych(Clin), MAPS, MCCP Dr Groth specialises in the assessment and treatment of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. She received First Class Honours in Psychology at Griffith University in 2002. She completed her Doctorate of Clinical Psychology at Griffith University in 2006. Together with Dr Allison Waters, she developed the Take Action Program. Dr Groth has practiced for nine years on the Gold Coast, working with children individually and in groups across a variety of university, government and community settings. Through her partnership with Dr Waters, she is the Clinic Director of Take Action Psychology on the Gold Coast. She primarily works with children experiencing separation or generalised anxiety, social worries, and specific fears/phobias. She provides individual and group treatment to children, adolescents and their families. Dr Groth is a member of the Australian Psychological Society College of Clinical Psychologists, and the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy.