Synopses & Reviews
Whether it's the monster in the closet or the fear that arises from new social situations, school, or sports, anxiety can be especially challenging and maddening for children. And since anxiety has a mind of its own, logic and reassurance often fail, leaving parents increasingly frustrated about how to help. Now Lawrence J. Cohen, PhD, the author of
Playful Parenting, provides a special set of tools to handle childhood anxiety. Offering simple, effective strategies that build connection through fun, play, and empathy, Dr. Cohen helps parents:
- start from a place of warmth, compassion, and understanding
- teach children the basics of the body's "security system": alert, alarm, assessment, and all clear
- promote tolerance of uncertainty and discomfort by finding the balance between outright avoidance and "white-knuckling" through a fear
- find lighthearted ways to release tension in the moment, labeling stressful emotions on a child-friendly scale
- tackle their own anxieties so they can stay calm when a child is distressed
- bring children out of their anxious thoughts and into their bodies by using relaxation, breathing, writing, drawing, and playful roughhousing
With this insightful resource of easy-to-implement solutions and strategies, you and your child can experience the opposite of worry, anxiety, and fear, and embrace connection, trust, and joy.
Review
"This book will help you calm the storm of worrying that floods so many children and teens. Take these hard-earned lessons and make them your own. Peace and clarity in your family are just pages away!" ---Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., co-author of The Whole-Brain Child
Synopsis
In this essential parenting resource, Lawrence J. Cohen, PhD, explains how to help your children overcome anxiety and fear, and embrace connection, trust, and joy.
About the Author
Lawrence J. Cohen, PhD, is a clinical psychologist specializing in children's play, play therapy, and parenting. He is the author of Playful Parenting and coauthor of The Art of Roughhousing; Best Friends, Worst Enemies; and Mom, They're Teasing Me. Dr. Cohen leads Playful Parenting workshops for parents, teachers, and child-care professionals. He lives in Brookline, Massachusetts, with his wife, Liz. They have two grown children. Johnny Heller has won two prestigious Audie Awards and has earned numerous Audie nominations. He has been praised for his adult, personal development, history, comedy, and children's book narrations. Named a Best Voice of 2008 and 2009, as well as one of the Top 50 Narrators of the Twentieth Century by AudioFile magazine, Johnny has earned almost twenty Golden Earphones Awards. Two of Johnny's audiobooks have been picked by AudioFile as Best Audiobook the Year, and he has won two Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Awards.