Freeing Your Child from Anxiety: Powerful, Practical Solutions to Overcome Your Child's Fears, Worries, and Phobias [Paperback]

Tamar Chansky Ph.D. (Author)

Book Description

Release date: March 30, 2004

Anxiety is the number one mental health problem facing young people today.


Childhood should be a happy and carefree time, yet more and more children today are exhibiting symptoms of anxiety, from bedwetting and clinginess to frequent stomach aches, nightmares, and even refusing to go to school. Parents everywhere want to know: All children have fears, but how much is normal? How can you know when a stress has crossed over into a full-blown anxiety disorder? Most parents don’t know how to recognize when there is a real problem and how to deal with it when there is.

In Freeing Your Child From Anxiety, a childhood anxiety disorder specialist examines all manifestations of childhood fears, including social anxiety, Tourette’s Syndrome, hair-pulling, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and guides you through a proven program to help your child back to emotional safety.

No child is immune from the effects of stress in today’s media-saturated society. Fortunately, anxiety disorders are treatable. By following these simple solutions, parents can prevent their children from needlessly suffering today—and tomorrow.



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Editorial Reviews

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"...the master of providing clear, accessible, practical advice and guidance for wise and loving care of the anxious child." -- Jeffrey M. Schwartz, M.D. author of Dear Patrick: Letters to a Young Man, Brain Lock, and The Mind & The Brain

"Freeing Your Child from Anxiety is an excellent book, one of the best of its kind." -- Judith S. Beck, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

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Anxiety is the number one mental health problem facing young people today. Childhood should be a happy and carefree time, yet more and more children today are exhibiting symptoms of anxiety, from bedwetting and clinginess to frequent stomach aches, nightmares, and even refusing to go to school. Parents everywhere want to know: All children have fears, but how much is normal? How can you know when a stress has crossed over into a full-blown anxiety disorder? Most parents don?t know how to recognize when there is a real problem and how to deal with it when there is. In Freeing Your Child From Anxiety, a childhood anxiety disorder specialist examines all manifestations of childhood fears, including social anxiety, Tourette?s Syndrome, hair-pulling, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and guides you through a proven program to help your child back to emotional safety. No child is immune from the effects of stress in today?s media-saturated society. Fortunately, anxiety disorders are treatable. By following these simple solutions, parents can prevent their children from needlessly suffering today?and tomorrow.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press (March 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0767914929
• ISBN-13: 978-0767914925
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.6 x 7.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,242 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #10 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Psychology & Counseling > Child Psychology
  • #55 in Books > Parenting & Relationships > Family Relationships
  • #88 in Books > Parenting & Relationships > Parenting

More About the Author

Tamar Chansky is a psychologist and author of four popular books. Her newest book for adults is: Freeing Yourself from Anxiety: Four Simple Steps to Overcome Worry and Create the Life You Want. Her previous books for parents are: Freeing Your Child from Negative Thinking: Powerful, Practical Strategies to Build a Lifetime of Resilience, Flexibility and Happiness; Freeing Your Child from Anxiety, and Freeing Your Child from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Dr. Chansky is passionate about helping kids, parents and other adults pursue the lives that they want to lead, free from the obstacles of anxiety, pessimism and OCD. Dr. Chansky is frequently interviewed in newspapers and magazines on these topics as well as on the radio including NPR's Voices in the Family with Dr. Dan Gottlieb and The Parent's Journal with Bobbi Conner. A blogger on Huffington Post and Psychology Today, Dr. Chansky is the Founder and Director of The Children's and Adult Center for OCD and Anxiety in Plymouth Meeting PA, and of the educational website: worrywisekids.org. Dr. Chansky lives in Philadelphia with her husband and two daughters. Visit her website: www.tamarchansky.com.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

106 of 106 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read June 3, 2004

By Lynne Siqueland

Format:Paperback

This is a must read book for parents of children with anxiety disorders. So many books tell you what to do but this one tells you how to do it. Its chock-full of practical and useful examples on what to say. Dr. Chansky tells you how to talk to your child about anxiety in kid friendly and parent friendly language. She gives parents a way to understand what their child is experiencing so they can help. Dr Chansky also gives advice on how to handle lots of difficult day to day situations. Though written for parents, this book is a great help for therapists by providing a language to talk to kids and treatment guidelines for the different anxiety disorders useful for even the experienced clinician.

67 of 68 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A miracle for me and my 8-yr-old March 22, 2005

By Ginny S.

Format:Paperback

From the first page, this book gave me inspiration. I have two children with anxiety disorder and I learned right away that some of the ways I was trying to "help" were actually making them more anxious. After showing the books' illustrations and ideas to my son, we are now working TOGETHER against the anxiety. The results are nothing short of a miracle! My daughter's anxiety is under control with medication, but we will soon be trying to take her off, and we have the tools to help her.

45 of 47 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent advice for all who struggle with anxiety May 6, 2004

By A Customer

Format:Paperback

This book is a pleasure - full of excellent, concrete advice about how to help your child master his or her internal "worry brain". But what surprised me is how much insight it gave me about how to handle my own worries and anxieties. Although written for parents, Dr. Chansky's insights and advice would be helpful to anyone who struggles with fears or phobias. Excellent resource, beautifully written.

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Helped Me Understand the Disorder May 9, 2007

By Suburban Mommy

Format:Paperback

This book was extremely useful for me -- I don't suffer from anxiety so I didn't understand and was easily frustrated by many of my daughter's actions that were directly related to her anxiety disorder. I didn't understand the biological element and how the brain chemistry affects everything from how sensitive she was about her socks not feeling right to being unable to participate in an activity that she loved. I feel I understand some of what she must be going through and it has helped me be more supportive of her condition.

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars extremely helpful! February 17, 2007

By Stacie Vigiard

Format:Paperback

Our son was suffering an extreme case of separation anxiety. It came on suddenly after attending kdg for a few months. We believe that my being ill for a week was the trigger. He became overly worried about my well-being and the well-being of other immediate family members. He wanted us all to be together all the time. I ordered this book in hopes of finding some techniques to talk him through this and to get him over it so that he could return to school without crying. Within a week of using the ideas and conversations in this book, my son was back to "normal". Other anxieties are covered in this book as well and I would recommend it to anyone who would like to help their child overcome childhood anxiety. Wonderfully written and a wealth of information!

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for parents September 30, 2005

By JVR

Format:Paperback

This book is one of the best I've seen in terms of describing how anxiety works and providing tips to combat it. It is written clearly and plainly and even includes some illustrations that make it very easy to understand why kids with anxiety have difficulty with certain tasks. This book gave me hope for how I could help my two sons with anxiety. It made me feel empowered by giving me concrete advice that I could use at home and pass on to their teachers at school. This is required reading for anyone who has anxiety themselves or is trying to helping someone else who does.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent resource April 23, 2004

By A Customer

Format:Paperback

This book is absolutely terrific. It is incredibly easy-to-read and provides wonderfully concrete suggestions. It is an excellent resource for any parent who is struggling with trying to help their child with anxiety. In addition, it gives great suggestions to all parents, whether their child is overtly anxious or not, in helping deal with normal, day-to-day anxieties (such as being afraid of the dark).

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent guide to parents of anxious children April 13, 2004

By Avraham Ben-Yochanan

Format:Paperback

Tamar Chanskys' book "Freeing Your Child From Anxiety" is a very practicle,jargon-free ,down to earth, yet professional book for parents. I am already reccomending it to the parents of my anxious young clients in order to compliment behavior therapy. It is also a wonderful guide for parents of "regular",non-patient, normal kids who face anxiety generating situations from time to time. As a child psychologist I am grateful to have this book to reccomend to parents.