![]() ![]() The majority of chapters in the book detail various parent strategies for helping children cope with and overcome anxiety. For example, he writes about “The Security System” to analyze “how anxiety is triggered, experienced, expressed and completed.” Like much of the book, he relies on simple metaphors and code words to explain concepts and the underlying assumptions of his approach. The book is filled with illustrations and case vignettes that are intended to explain how parents can and should deal with situations that provoke anxiety and associated difficult behavior in their children.Ĭohen first introduces parents to the biological and social causes of childhood anxiety through a basic overview of temperament, physiology and fight-or-flight responding. His therapeutic approach, which he calls playful parenting, stresses facilitative, supportive and nurturing relationships between parent and child. Cohen, was written for parents of anxious children. ![]() ![]() Unless properly treated, anxiety disorders can create serious psychosocial challenges among children and youth at school, within the family and later adulthood. Indeed, childhood anxiety is one of the most common clinical problems seen by mental health professionals. Many children experience chronic anxiety, persistent worry and specific fears. ![]() “The Opposite of Worry: The Playful Parenting Approach to Childhood Anxieties and Fears”īook helpful for parents of anxious children ![]()
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