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Working with Parents of Anxious Children: Therapeutic Strategies for Encouraging Communication, Coping & Change
Christopher McCurry
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Description for Working with Parents of Anxious Children: Therapeutic Strategies for Encouraging Communication, Coping & Change
Hardback. Changing the parent-child dynamic to improve anxiety symptoms. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JKSM; MJW; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 244 x 33. Weight in Grams: 722.
The topic of anxious children is on the front burner these days, both among parents and mental health professionals and it is only gaining attention as more and more clinicians are presented with anxious children in their practices. Anxiety symptoms—whether panic, OCD, phobias, social or separation anxiety—are one of the primary reasons parents seek help from a mental health professional for their child. And yet, parents may unintentionally reward or encourage the problem through their own behaviour (overprotection on the one hand, punishment on the other, or avoidance of all possible anxiety-provoking situations). This book will tackle that very issue, ... Read more
The topic of anxious children is on the front burner these days, both among parents and mental health professionals and it is only gaining attention as more and more clinicians are presented with anxious children in their practices. Anxiety symptoms—whether panic, OCD, phobias, social or separation anxiety—are one of the primary reasons parents seek help from a mental health professional for their child. And yet, parents may unintentionally reward or encourage the problem through their own behaviour (overprotection on the one hand, punishment on the other, or avoidance of all possible anxiety-provoking situations). This book will tackle that very issue, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
722g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393734010
SKU
V9780393734010
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About Christopher McCurry
Christopher McCurry, Ph.D. is a father, husband, and a clinical child psychologist in private practice in Seattle, Washington, where he specializes in the assessment and treatment of childhood anxiety, with an emphasis on parent-child interactions. He is also an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington. He received his M.A. in Developmental Psychology from San Francisco ... Read more
Reviews for Working with Parents of Anxious Children: Therapeutic Strategies for Encouraging Communication, Coping & Change
"What loving parent would not want to end the suffering of their child? Yet anxiety will run roughshod over families, taking advantage of responses that, on the surface, seem so caring. By the time they arrive in treatment, parents feel helpless and exhausted, while the worried child has become dependent on reassurance and overprotection. McCurry expertly elucidates for readers the ... Read more