How Do I Stop Them Worrying?! : What to Say and Do to Really Help Your Child with Anxiety

Parenting an anxious child can leave us feeling, well, anxious! In this book, Cognitive Behavioural Therapist Ted Bradshaw offers evidence-based and practical advice in straightforward, easy-to-understand language. You'll learn how to meet your child's anxieties with compassion and care, whilst managing your own parenting anxieties in the process.

When our child is anxious, all we want to do is make it better, to make it go away. Whether you are searching for the right things to say, looking for reassurance that what you are doing is helpful, or wanting to understand something that doesn't make sense right now, this book will help you feel clearer about what's happening in your child's mind and what you can do to help. Ted Bradshaw is a cognitive behavioural therapist and father of three. In this book, he breaks down how anxiety works and the evidence-based techniques that can help. You will learn how to really understand what is going on for your child, why they might be getting anxious in the first place and the most effective things to do to tackle anxiety in the moment and long term. The book covers anxiety in all its forms, focusing on the principles and techniques that always apply, as well as including chapters on specific forms of anxiety like OCD, health anxiety, agoraphobia and panic attacks.