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Overcoming Parental Anxiety is a book that should be given to every parent! It provides essential information to help you understand why parenting is so often anxiety-provoking. More importantly, it provides really helpful ways to get unhooked from anxiety and accept the realities of being an imperfect parent. This book will help you get back to enjoying being a parent. --Kimberly Morrow, LCSW, co-owner of Anxiety Training, and coauthor of CBT for Anxiety--Kimberly Morrow, LCSW Overcoming Parental Anxiety provides parents with practical tools for coping with children's anxiety. It also addresses the critical issue of helping parents manage their own anxiety. Parents are helped to reduce unrealistic expectations and identify unproductive catastrophic and perfectionistic thinking. Ultimately, the book guides parents toward more flexible, resilient, and relaxed parenting. This book will become a treasured resource for parents yearning to create a better emotional climate for their families. --Judith Davis, PhD, retired clinical psychologist with forty years' experience treating families--Judith Davis, PhD Parenting in the modern age can be perilous, but it need not be ridden with anxiety. This formative text, which provides practical guidance based on current evidence, is a must-read for anxious parents! --David H. Rosmarin, PhD, ABPP, founder of the Center for Anxiety, and associate professor at Harvard Medical School--David H. Rosmarin, PhD, ABPP The guidebook today's stressed parents need to transform themselves and their families. Based in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and grounded in research, this book will give you step-by-step instructions so you can rewire your brain as you become confident parents and enjoy your children and your life. --Elizabeth DuPont Spencer, LCSW-C, clinical social worker, and coauthor of CBT for Anxiety--Elizabeth DuPont Spencer, LCSW-C This is the perfect book for the anxious family. Helping your children manage their own anxiety begins with you learning how to deal with yours. This book not only offers tools and strategies to reduce your own worries, but it gives practical advice to help you parent your anxious children. The guidance is easy to follow and is based on research for the best treatment for anxiety. --Ken Goodman, LCSW, member of the board of directors for the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, and author of The Anxiety Solution Series and The Emetophobia Manual--Ken Goodman, LCSW Timely and practical, Overcoming Parental Anxiety is truly essential for all parents. This book will show you how to tame the anxiety that is so often present in parenting, and instead find joy, compassion, and connection with your child. Well written and full of useful tools, the authors use a brain-based approach to teach you to rewire your brain to be a calmer, more present, and more effective parent. Highly recommended! --Kevin L. Gyoerkoe, PsyD, director of The Anxiety and OCD Treatment Center in Charlotte, NC; and coauthor of 10 Simple Solutions to Worry and The Pregnancy and Postpartum Anxiety Workbook--Kevin L. Gyoerkoe, PsyD

"""Overcoming Parental Anxiety is a book that should be given to every parent! It provides essential information to help you understand why parenting is so often anxiety-provoking. More importantly, it provides really helpful ways to get unhooked from anxiety and accept the realities of being an imperfect parent. This book will help you get back to enjoying being a parent."" --Kimberly Morrow, LCSW, co-owner of Anxiety Training, and coauthor of CBT for Anxiety--Kimberly Morrow, LCSW ""Overcoming Parental Anxiety provides parents with practical tools for coping with children's anxiety. It also addresses the critical issue of helping parents manage their own anxiety. Parents are helped to reduce unrealistic expectations and identify unproductive catastrophic and perfectionistic thinking. Ultimately, the book guides parents toward more flexible, resilient, and relaxed parenting. This book will become a treasured resource for parents yearning to create a better emotional climate for their families."" --Judith Davis, PhD, retired clinical psychologist with forty years' experience treating families--Judith Davis, PhD ""Parenting in the modern age can be perilous, but it need not be ridden with anxiety. This formative text, which provides practical guidance based on current evidence, is a must-read for anxious parents!"" --David H. Rosmarin, PhD, ABPP, founder of the Center for Anxiety, and associate professor at Harvard Medical School--David H. Rosmarin, PhD, ABPP ""The guidebook today's stressed parents need to transform themselves and their families. Based in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and grounded in research, this book will give you step-by-step instructions so you can rewire your brain as you become confident parents and enjoy your children and your life."" --Elizabeth DuPont Spencer, LCSW-C, clinical social worker, and coauthor of CBT for Anxiety--Elizabeth DuPont Spencer, LCSW-C ""This is the perfect book for the anxious family. Helping your children manage their own anxiety begins with you learning how to deal with yours. This book not only offers tools and strategies to reduce your own worries, but it gives practical advice to help you parent your anxious children. The guidance is easy to follow and is based on research for the best treatment for anxiety."" --Ken Goodman, LCSW, member of the board of directors for the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, and author of The Anxiety Solution Series and The Emetophobia Manual--Ken Goodman, LCSW ""Timely and practical, Overcoming Parental Anxiety is truly essential for all parents. This book will show you how to tame the anxiety that is so often present in parenting, and instead find joy, compassion, and connection with your child. Well written and full of useful tools, the authors use a brain-based approach to teach you to rewire your brain to be a calmer, more present, and more effective parent. Highly recommended!"" --Kevin L. Gyoerkoe, PsyD, director of The Anxiety and OCD Treatment Center in Charlotte, NC; and coauthor of 10 Simple Solutions to Worry and The Pregnancy and Postpartum Anxiety Workbook--Kevin L. Gyoerkoe, PsyD"

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Debra Kissen, PhD, is CEO of Light on Anxiety CBT Treatment Center. Kissen specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety disorders, and has a special interest in the principles of mindfulness and their application for anxiety disorders. She is coauthor of The Panic Workbook for Teens, and is an active contributor to HuffPost, where she regularly shares information on the empirically supported treatment for anxiety and related disorders. Kissen is cochair of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) Public Education Committee. She often serves as a media psychologist, and is available for press inquiries.Micah Ioffe, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who specializes in the treatment of youth anxiety disorders. She earned her PhD in clinical psychology from Northern Illinois University, with an emphasis on child and adolescent development. Ioffe utilizes both CBT and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) in her work with teens to help them move through anxious moments feeling empowered, fulfilled, and brave.

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