From Timid To Tiger: A Treatment Manual for Parenting the Anxious Child

Sam Cartwright-Hatton

okt 2010. · Prodaje John Wiley & Sons

O ovoj e-knjizi

This book is an essential manual for mental health professionals who work with young anxious children and their parents. Organised into a 10-session parenting-based course, the book provides parents with simple cognitive behavioural techniques for helping their children to manage their worries and fears.

• The first manual designed specifically to help therapists take parents through a step-by-step approach to managing young anxious children
• The manual's empirical focus is highly effective in treating anxiety disorders in children under the age of 10
• The provision of scripts throughout the book offer realistic illustrations of the techniques described
• Stories and analogies included to explain the more complex concepts
• Includes handouts which can be photocopied and useful additional materials

O autoru

Sam Cartwright-Hatton is a clinical psychologist and senior lecturer in clinical psychology at the University of Manchester. She previously held an MRC Clinician Scientist Fellowship, during which she developed and trialled a new parenting intervention for young anxious children. She was awarded the British Psychological Society May Davidson Award in 2009 for her research into anxiety disorders of childhood.

With:
Ben Laskey is a clinical psychologist who co-ordinates and delivers parenting programmes for the under 8s. He conducts research through the University of Manchester where he is an honorary tutor in Clinical Psychology.

Stewart Rust is a consultant clinical psychologist in Neuropsychology at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. He previously delivered parenting groups to families struggling with their children’s behavioural difficulties.

Deb McNally is a Clinical Psychologist. She has a particular interest in parenting and cognitive behavioural interventions.