When a child's fears start deciding what the family can and cannot do, reassurance runs out fast. Stephen P. H. Whiteside's Anxiety Coach gives parents a structured plan built on exposure therapy.
Readical Key Points
- A parent's guide to anxiety disorders and OCD in kids and teens, published by Mayo Clinic Press
- Covers social anxiety, separation anxiety, generalized anxiety, specific phobias, panic attacks and OCD
- Written by Stephen P. H. Whiteside, PhD, director of the Pediatric Anxiety Disorders Program at Mayo Clinic
- Paperback, published April 2024; 288 pages
Whiteside starts by defining anxiety and showing how to tell when ordinary worry has become a problem, then makes the case that children need to approach the situations they fear instead of avoiding them. From there he introduces exposure therapy and how parents can put it into practice at home, using step-by-step strategies and action plans. Later chapters turn to handling anxious behavior in the moment, measuring progress, anticipating obstacles and deciding when to bring in professional help.
The book is written for parents and caregivers of school-age children and teenagers whose worries, fears or rituals have started to shape daily life. It sets out a method; it does not diagnose a child, and it gives its own guidance on when a clinician should be involved. Parents supply the practice at home, and a professional still makes the diagnosis.
About the Author
Stephen P. H. Whiteside, PhD, ABPP, is a board-certified clinical psychologist, a professor of psychology in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, and director of the Pediatric Anxiety Disorders Program at Mayo Clinic, according to his publisher. He co-wrote the professional texts Exposure Therapy for Child and Adolescent Anxiety and OCD and Exposure Therapy for Anxiety: Principles and Practice.
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