Sam Cartwright-Hatton, Ben Laskey, Stewart Rust, Deborah Mcnally

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A Treatment Manual for Parenting the Anxious Child

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is an essential manual for mental health professionals who work with young anxious children and their parents. Organised into a 10-session parenting-based course, the book provides parents with simple cognitive behavioural techniques for helping their children to manage their worries and fears. * The first manual designed specifically to help therapists take parents through a step-by-step approach to managing young anxious children * The manual's empirical focus is highly effective in treating anxiety disorders in children under the age of 10 * The provision of scripts throughout the book offer realistic illustrations of the techniques described * Stories and analogies included to explain the more complex concepts * Includes handouts which can be photocopied and useful additional materials

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470970324
• Artikelnr.: 38203065

Autorenporträt

Sam Cartwright-Hatton is a clinical psychologist and senior lecturer in clinical psychology at the University of Manchester. She previously held an MRC Clinician Scientist Fellowship, during which she developed and trialled a new parenting intervention for young anxious children. She was awarded the British Psychological Society May Davidson Award in 2009 for her research into anxiety disorders of childhood. With: Ben Laskey is a clinical psychologist who co-ordinates and delivers parenting programmes for the under 8s. He conducts research through the University of Manchester where he is an honorary tutor in Clinical Psychology. Stewart Rust is a consultant clinical psychologist in Neuropsychology at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. He previously delivered parenting groups to families struggling with their children's behavioural difficulties. Deb McNally is a Clinical Psychologist. She has a particular interest in parenting and cognitive behavioural interventions.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors ix
Preface xy
Who Is This Book For? xiii
Acknowledgements xv
1 Theoretical Background to the Programme 1
2 How to Use This Book 17
3 Session One: Introduction to the Programme and Some Basic Concepts 27
4 Session Two: Securing the Parent--Child Bond through Play 45
5 Session Three: Understanding Children's Anxiety 57
6 Session Four: Using Praise to Build Children's Confidence 73
7 Session Five: Using Rewards to Get Children Motivated 85
8 Session Six: Setting Limits on Anxious Children's Behaviour 99
9 Session Seven: Using Withdrawal of Attention to Manage Children's
Behaviour 109
10 Session Eight: Managing Children's Worry 121
11 Session Nine: Managing Really Difficult Behaviour: Time Out and
Consequences 133
12 Session Ten: Wrapping Up: Review, Managing School, Celebration 147
Additional Resources 165
Index 167

Rezensionen

"This book should be found in the library of everycommunity and school based clinician working in childrenservices." (Behavioural & CognitivePsychotherapy, 2012)

"As a mental health practitioner I found reading this bookextremely helpful in understanding how to apply a framework ofcognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and Webster-Stratton styleparenting training into a group programme." (YoungMinds, 1 June 2012)

"Organised as a 10-session parenting-based course, thisstep-by-step approach to conquering anxieties is easy to read andpotentially life-changing." (Family Interest Magazine, 1 August2011)

'Parents and therapists will be delighted that there finallyexists a scientifically tested and clearly described program tohelp change the lives of young, anxious children. This bookprovides a clear and practical guide for mental healthprofessionals based on the authors' years of scientificresearch and applied clinical experience. It will give therapiststhe confidence and knowledge to address an important area ofemotional health that has been ignored for far toolong.'
--Dr Ronald M. Rapee, Macquarie University, Australia

'Anxiety is the leading problem for children in this eraof increased stress, vulnerability, and uncertainty. And parentsplay a critical role in our attempts to both understand and treatthese vexing and troubling problems. Based on the well establishedprinciples of cognitive behavior therapy and parent managementtraining, this is a highly readable, clinically sensitive, anduncannily helpful volume. These master clinicians speak from thetrenches and the heart and they speak loudly and clearly. This is avolume that will not only be helpful to parents - and, Imight add, grandparents - but also to clinicians and studentsin training. It is a volume whose time has come.'
--Professor Thomas H. Ollendick, Virginia Tech, USA