About the Book
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.
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. He leads Playful Parenting workshops for parents, teachers, and child-care professionals. Lawrence lives in Brookline, Massachusetts, with his wife, Liz. They have two grown children. Johnny Heller, a Golden Voice Lifetime Achievement Award winner, has recorded over one thousand audiobooks in every genre and is a four-time Audie Award winner and a fourteen-time nominee. He was named an Audiofile Best Voice 2009-2011, 2014, and 2015, a Publishers Weekly Listen Up Award winner 2008-2018 and a multiple Booklist Editor's Choice winner, and a 2020 Odyssey Award winner. A winner of over forty Earphone Awards and three SOVAS Awards, Johnny was named one of the top fifty Voices of the 20th Century by Audiofile Magazine.
Johnny Heller, a Golden Voice Lifetime Achievement Award winner, has recorded over one thousand audiobooks in every genre and is a four-time Audie Award winner and a fourteen-time nominee. He was named an Audiofile Best Voice 2009-2011, 2014, and 2015, a Publishers Weekly Listen Up Award winner 2008-2018 and a multiple Booklist Editor's Choice winner, and a 2020 Odyssey Award winner. A winner of over forty Earphone Awards and three SOVAS Awards, Johnny was named one of the top fifty Voices of the 20th Century by Audiofile Magazine.
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"
"The Opposite of Worry is an informative resource for parents and other family members. The book is easy to read, comprehensive and notable for its many practical suggestions."
-- "New England Psychologist"
"Good advice for parents making daily calls to the pediatrician...Anxiety is a full-body sport, and Cohen's main advice is not to treat it with words but with actions...Physicality is about living in the present, and for anxious people, the present is a powerful place of healing. Intended for parents of children ages 3 to 15, this book offers anecdotes and fun anti-anxiety games."
-- "Publishers Weekly"
