Overview

The art of exposure lies in perfectly pitched challenges. Get them wrong and nothing changes. Get them right and you set an anxious child free. This practical resource guide contains 75 creative, user-friendly lists of exposure activities appropriate for 5-12-year olds struggling with anxiety. Entries cover a wide range of fears and concerns, such as Clowns, Making Mistakes, Picky Eating, Separation Anxiety, and Vomiting. An essential addition to the therapeutic toolbox of practitioners using Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), this A-Z guide combines evidence-based guidance with inventive, engaging, actionable activities for an extensive list of childhood fears and concerns.

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Author:   Dawn Huebner, PhD ,  Erin Neely
Publisher:   Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Imprint:   Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.353kg
ISBN:  

9781839973222

ISBN 10:   1839973226
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   19 January 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Primary & secondary/elementary & high school ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Introduction A-Z Guide A Addiction, Airplanes, Alarms, Alcohol/Alcoholism, Aliens, Alone, Animals, Ants, Apologies, Asymmetry, Attic B Bad Guys, Baddies (fictional), Baddies (real life), Balloons, Basement, Bathroom, Bees, Birds, Blood, Boats, Books, Bowel Movements, Bugs, Buttons C Cars, Cats, Cellar, Change in Plans, Characters, Cheating, Checking, Choices, Choking, Cigarettes, Cities, Clothing, Clowns, Confined Spaces, Contaminated Object, Costumed Characters D Dangerous Animals, Dark, Death, Decisions, Defecating, Differentness, Dirt/Dirty, Disability, Divorce, Dizziness, Doctors, Dogs, Dolls, Downstairs, Drugs E Earthquakes, Eating, Elevators, Embarrassment, Emotions, Errors, Escalators F Failure, Fainting, Feces, Feelings, Fire, Flaws, Floods, Flying, Food, Frogs, Furniture G Gagging, Germs, Getting Rid of Things, Ghosts, Going Upstairs or Downstairs Alone, Growing Up H Halloween, Harm, Health, Heights, Hoarding, Hornets, Household Pets, Hurricanes, Hurting Oneself or Others I Illness, Imperfection, Insects, Interruption, Intruders, Intrusive Thoughts J Jabs, Just Right Feeling K Kidnappers, Killing, Knives L Lateness, Lightning, Losing, Lying (inadvertent) M Making Decisions, Mascots, Masks, Media, Medical Procedures, Medicine, Mistakes, Monsters, Motion Sickness, Movies N Natural Disasters, Navigating Home Alone, Needles, New Experiences, Night, No, Noises, Numbers, Nurses O Ocean, Older People, Open Spaces, Over-wiping P Panic, People, Perfectionism, Pet Escaping, Pets, Picky Eating, Pills, Poop/Pooping, Potty Seat, Puberty, Public Speaking Q Qualifiers, Questions R Rain, Reassurance-Seeking, Religious Thoughts, Repeating, Re-Reading S Safety, Santa, School, Separation Anxiety, Sex, Sharks, Sickness, Sleeping Alone, Small Spaces, Snakes, Social Anxiety, Speaking, Spiders, Stains, Stinging Insects, Storms, Strangers, Suicide, Surrounded, Swallowing, Swimming, Symmetry T Talking, Teenagers, Terrorists, Tests, Throwing Up, Thunder, Tight Spaces, Timed Activities, Toads, Toileting, Tornadoes, Traveling, Treatment Avoidance, Triggering Words or Phrases, Trying New Things U Uncertainty, Unfairness, Unhealthy Foods, Upstairs, Urban Legends, Urinating, V Vacuum Cleaner, Vampires, Vegetables, Villains, Vomiting W Wasps, Water Immersion, Weather, Wiping, Witches, Words and Phrases X X-rays Y Yes, Yacking, Yellowjackets Z Zombies About the Authors

Reviews

The A-to-Z Guide belongs in the tool kit of every therapist who treats anxiety disorders. Succinct yet comprehensive overview of exposure-based therapy and why it works. Innovative, effective, and fun interventions. -- Sandra Whitehouse, Ph.D., Senior Director, Child Mind Institute Creative and effective, this book belongs on the shelf of every anxiety and OCD therapist. -- Natasha Daniels, Anxiety and OCD Therapist, Creator of ATParentingSurvival.com The A-Z Guide To Exposure is an excellent resource for therapists and trainees! In this easy-to-use reference, the authors share creative, targeted exposure ideas for a wide range of fears through the lens of experienced child psychologists. It is a must-have CBT resource for clinicians who provide exposure therapy for childhood anxiety disorders, OCD, and related disorders. -- Marla W. Deibler, PsyD, Faculty, IOCDF Behavior Therapy Training Institute (BTTI)

The A-to-Z Guide belongs in the tool kit of every therapist who treats anxiety disorders. Succinct yet comprehensive overview of exposure-based therapy and why it works. Innovative, effective, and fun interventions. -- Sandra Whitehouse, Ph.D., Senior Director, Child Mind Institute Creative and effective, this book belongs on the shelf of every anxiety and OCD therapist. -- Natasha Daniels, Anxiety and OCD Therapist, Creator of ATParentingSurvival.com

Author Information

Erin Neely, PsyD is a Clinical Psychologist and Integrative Nutrition Coach. She works with elementary school-aged children to help them create happier and healthier lives and produces animations about mental health for her YouTube channel, Miss Erin Doctor. www.drerinneely.com Dawn Huebner, PhD, is a Clinical Psychologist and Parent Coach specializing in childhood anxiety. She is the author of award-winning books for children and speaks to groups of educators, mental health professionals, and parents around the world. www.dawnhuebnerphd.com

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