The Power of Your Child's Imagination: How to Transform Stress and Anxiety into Joy and Success [Paperback]

Charlotte Reznick (Author)

Book Description

Release date: August 4, 2009

Imagine your frustrated four-year-old calming her own anger with a few simple breaths. Picture your fourth grader visualizing an ice blue pillow to cool his hot headaches. Or your worried eleven-year-old improving her concentration by consulting a personal wizard to help with homework.

The Power of Your Child's Imagination will show you how to empower your child with easy, effective, and creative skills for surviving-and thriving-in a stressful world. This indispensable guide provides nine simple tools to help children cope with stress and anxiety by tapping into their imagination to access their own natural strength and confidence. Dr. Reznick illustrates how each tool can be used every day to deal with problems such as:

* Stress-induced headaches and stomachaches
* Phobias, panic attacks, and social anxiety
* Bed-wetting and sleepless nights
* Separation anxiety and fear of the unknown
* Coping with death, divorce, and other losses
* Hurt, frustration, and anger
* Trouble with schoolwork and concentration
* Sibling rivalry and school-yard squabbles

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Simple, practical, brilliant. What a wonderful world it will be when all families give their children the gifts presented in Dr. Reznick's book. Joy, success...and health and happiness are just around the corner!"
--Harvey Karp, M.D., FAAP, creator of the book and DVD, The Happiest Toddler on the Block

"Dr. Reznick offers a revolutionary approach for parents to help their children handle fears, worries, and self-doubt. Her simple, accessible advice allows kids to develop their self-esteem while creatively tackling problems. This book is a must-read for any parent who hopes to arm their child with the tools to handle life's daily struggles."
--Jack Canfield, co-author of The Success Principles ™ and co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series

"This is a wonderful guide for anyone raising children in a stressful world. I'm looking forward to practicing Dr. Reznick's strategies with my own daughters as they grow and become more aware of life's everyday pressures."
--Mallika Chopra, co-author of 100 Questions From My Child and author of 100 Promises to My Baby

"The way out is through the inside. This is how this profound guide for joy and success begins... right where it should. Charlotte knows kids, and she also knows the power of our own minds to heal ourselves, create images of joy, and become the things we believe we are. Join Charlotte in this journey into a very practical tool set for this age... helping our children to cope with all that is around them. It couldn't have come at a better time!"
--Lee Carroll, co-author of the Indigo Children book series

"As a skilled psychologist, Dr. Reznick draws from her wealth of experience to offer children and parents a treasure trove of skills to relieve stress. She presents well-written, easy-to-follow tools to use in every situation. From visualization techniques to breathing exercises, Dr. Reznick taps the power of a child's imagination to ensure kids achieve peace and success."
--Judith Orloff, M.D., author of Emotional Freedom

"Charlotte Reznick shows how kids can access the power of their imaginations for healing, growth, learning, change and peak performance. Her practical wisdom and considerable experience provide the groundwork and the actual imagery tools to reach all kinds of kids - rich and poor, smart kids and learning disabled, confident and unsure - not to mention their parents, teachers and counselors. This is a wonderful resource!"
--Belleruth Naparstek, LISW, author of Invisible Heroes: Survivors of Trauma and How They Heal; and creator of the Health Journeys guided imagery audio series.

About the Author

Charlotte Reznick, Ph.D, a nationally recognized child educational Psychologist and Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology at UCLA, created Imagery for Kids: Breakthrough for Learning, Creativity, and Empowerment, which she has used with thousands of children, parents, and professionals for more than twenty-five years. Reznick is a consultant, counselor, and healer, and maintains a private practice in Los Angeles, California. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Perigee Trade; 1st edition (August 4, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0399535071
• ISBN-13: 978-0399535079
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #168,792 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #82 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Psychology & Counseling > Adolescent Psychology

More About the Author

Charlotte Reznick PhD author of the LA Times bestseller The Power of Your Child's Imagination: How to Transform Stress and Anxiety into Joy and Success (Perigee/Penguin, 2009), specializes in helping children and adolescents develop the emotional skills necessary for a happy and successful life. She is a licensed educational psychologist and Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology at UCLA. Dr. Charlotte is the creator of Imagery For Kids: Breakthrough for Learning, Creativity, and Empowerment and is the author/producer of the several therapeutic CDs for children, teens, and parents. An international workshop leader on the healing power of children's imagination, she maintains a private practice in Los Angeles, California. Visit www.ImageryForKids.com

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring and Practical August 12, 2009

By Leonard C. Felder

Format:Paperback

Dr. Reznick offers very inspiring and practical tools you can teach your child or yourself for self-soothing, anger management, and coping with the ups and downs of daily living. What I like most is that she goes directly to how to use the methods and doesn't waste time like most authors who somehow feel the need to drag readers through 50-100 pages of speculation on the brain's mechanisms before they (sometimes) deliver the useful tools. Each tool is explained easily and also what to do if it doesn't work immediately with your particular child. What a gift for all of us who have very creative and very intense children.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A School Counselor's Dream August 21, 2009

By S. Jaye

Format:Paperback

Dr. Reznick's book, "The Power of Your Child's Imagination is such a perfect book for any school counselor.
I work with the lowest performing children in the Los Angeles School District and am always searching for tools to help these children and their parents. I know they need a safe, calm, peaceful environment to help them understand the pain, grief, loss and trauma that so many experience to have a more successful and thriving emotional and academic life. So many of these children experience ADD/ADHD like symptoms as well as being so angry and acting out at home and in the classroom. I strive to bring activities and games to heighten or stimulate their imagination and to give them as many stress-free and calming moments. This book is a veritable plethora of amazing interventions that are so needed for these children and their parents. It is like I thought to myself everything I have been thinking and dreaming about that would help these kids....and Dr. Reznick put it all into words that are so reader-friendly! Brava Charlotte...Just what I needed to start my school year!
I will share it with all my colleagues and friends,
Sherri Jaye LMFT, PSA and Chairperson of LAUSD's Resource Fair

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The Power of Your Child's Imagination August 10, 2009

By Terry Reed

Format:Paperback

Dr. Reznick's book is an invaluable gift that offers self-care tools that
creates a ripple effect of healing for both parents, children and the
generations to come.