Bibliotherapy
Bibliotherapy is the intentional use of literature to support emotional, psychological, or behavioral healing. It can take place prescriptively (a therapist recommends texts) or self‑guided (individuals choose meaningful materials).
Below are a list of evidence based resources by topic/condition recommended by the Journal of the American Academy of Chid & Adolescent Psychiatry with Amazon affiliate links for your convenience in finding trusted materials.
Cory Stories: A Kid's Book About Living With ADHD
Jeanne Kraus (Author), Whitney Martin (Illustrator)
In short statements and vignettes, Cory describes what it's like to have ADHD.
Cory has lots of stories to tell—and lots of ways to get organized, pay attention, calm down, remember things, make friends, and feel good about himself and life with ADHD. In short statements and vignettes, Cory describes what it’s like to have ADHD: how it affects his relationships with friends and family, his school performance, and his overall functioning. He also describes many ways of coping with ADHD: medication, therapy/counseling, and practical tips for school, home, and friendships. Includes a Note to Parents.
Did you every feel like there's a jumping bean inside of you even when you are trying to sleep? I do.
I feel wiggly and itchy almost all the time!
I love to be excited, but sometimes I get too excited. I wish I had a power switch, like the TV. Then I could turn myself off. (CLICK!)
ADHD
Learning To Slow Down & Pay Attention: A Book for Kids About ADHD
Kathleen G. Nadeau (Author), Ellen B. Dixon (Author), Charles Beyl (Illustrator)
Packed with practical tips, know-how, and fun, this friendly workbook just for kids has solutions for every situation ― at home, at school, and with friends.
Now in its third edition, updated and expanded, with notes and resources for parents.
Topics include:
Getting homework done
Making friends
Remembering stuff
Dealing with feelings
Getting ready in the morning
Learning to relax
Staying focused
Asking for help
And much, much more!
From the Just for Kids section:
Lots of kids (and some grownups, too) have trouble paying attention because it's hard for them to sit still and listen.
Do you ever feel as if your motor is running, even when you're sitting still?
Do you feel like wiggling and fidgeting when you have to sit and listen to your teacher?
Do you talk a lot and have trouble being quiet in class?
Do you forget to raise your hand and wait for the teacher to call on you?
Is it hard to wait your turn?
Do you play around and bump into other kids when you're waiting in line?
If you answer yes to lots of these questions, you have a lot of energy! And having so much energy can make it hard to settle down and pay attention in school.
ADHD
The Survival Guide for Kids with ADHD
John F. Taylor (Author)
What are ADHD? What does it mean to have ADHD? How can kids diagnosed with ADHD help themselves succeed in school, get along better at home, and form healthy, enjoyable relationships with peers? In kid-friendly language and a format that welcomes reluctant and easily distracted readers, this book helps kids know they’re not alone and offers practical strategies for taking care of oneself, modifying behavior, enjoying school, having fun, and dealing with doctors, counselors, and medication. Includes real-life scenarios, quizzes, and a special message for parents.
Survival Guides for Kids
Helping Kids Help Themselves®
Straightforward, friendly, and loaded with practical advice, the Free Spirit Survival Guides for Kids give kids the tools they need to not only survive, but thrive. With plenty of realistic examples and bright illustrations, they are accessible, encouraging, kid-friendly, and even life-changing.
ADHD
Don't Let Your Emotions Run Your Life for Teens: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills for Helping You Manage Mood Swings, Control Angry Outbursts, and Get Along with Others
Sheri Van Dijk MSW (Author)
Take charge of your emotions, take charge of your life! Now fully revised and updated, this workbook offers proven-effective dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills to help you find emotional balance and live the life you want.
Let’s face it: life gives you plenty of reasons to get angry, sad, scared, and frustrated—and those feelings are okay. But sometimes it can feel like your emotions are taking over, spinning out of control with a mind of their own. To make matters worse, these overwhelming emotions might be interfering with school, causing trouble in your relationships, and preventing you from reaching your goals and enjoying your teen years.
Now a teen self-help classic, Don’t Let Your Emotions Run Your Life for Teens has already helped thousands of teens take charge of their emotions using proven-effective dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills. This fully revised and updated second edition provides even more strategies for managing difficult feelings, and includes new information on how to accept your emotions, body-based practices for finding calm, and tips to help you identify the things in life that make you feel happy and fulfilled.
This book offers easy techniques to help you:
Stay calm and mindful in times of crisis
Effectively manage out-of-control emotions
Reduce the pain of intense emotions
Get along with family and friends
If you’re ready to take control of your emotions, be the best version of you, and reach your goals, this workbook has everything you need to get started today.
Anger
How to Take the Grrrr Out of Anger
Elizabeth Verdick (Author)
Kids need help learning how to deal with anger. For kids 8years and up, this book speaks directly to them with strategies they can start using immediately. Blending solid information and sound advice with humor and lively illustrations, it guides kids to understand that anger is normal and they can learn to express it in healthy ways.
This revised edition addresses children's exposure to increased societal violence and includes discussion and examples of anger related to texting and social media. Paperback. 128 pages.
Anger
What to Do When Your Temper Flares: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Problems With Anger (What-to-Do Guides for Kids Series)
Dawn Huebner (Author), Bonnie Matthews (Illustrator)
What to Do When Your Temper Flares guides children and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques used to treat problems with anger.
Engaging examples, lively illustrations, and step-by-step instructions teach children a set of "anger dousing" methods aimed at cooling angry thoughts and controlling angry actions, resulting in calmer, more effective kids. This interactive self-help book is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering children to work toward change.
This book is part of the Magination Press What-to-Do Guides for Kids series and includes an “Introduction to Parents and Caregivers.” What-to-Do Guides for Kids are interactive self-help books designed to guide 6–12 year olds and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques most often used in the treatment of various psychological concerns. Engaging, encouraging, and easy to follow, these books educate, motivate, and empower children to work towards change.
Anger
Coping Cat Parent Companion, 2nd Edition
Philip C. Kendall, Ph.D. (Author), Jennifer L. Podell, M.A. (Author), Elizabeth A. Gosch, Ph.D. (Author)
The newly designed and printed in color edition of the Parent Companion is the same resource for parents or caregivers of youth participating in the Coping Cat Program for anxiety. This 2nd edition features updated artwork and engaging, colorful text. The Parent Companion informs parents or caregivers about the experiences their child will have as they complete the program. It provides information about the nature of anxiety, about its treatment, and about the ways that parents may be involved in their child’s treatment. Specifically, this resource includes information about identifying somatic responses to anxiety, changing anxious thinking, using relaxation, engaging in problem solving, and approaching rather than avoiding anxiety provoking situations. (39 pages)
Anxiety
Coping Cat Workbook, 3rd Edition
Philip C. Kendall, Ph.D. (Author), Kristina A. Hedtke, Ph.D. (Author)
Philip C. Kendall, Ph.D., ABPP, & Kristina A. Hedtke, Ph.D., Temple University, Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Clinic The third edition contains the same evidence-based, sixteen-session Coping Cat CBT program, but with colorful artwork & a new design.
Children learn about identifying somatic responses to anxiety, changing anxious thinking, using relaxation, engaging in problem solving, and approaching rather than avoiding anxiety provoking situations. The program can be adapted for use with individual youth or with groups.
Appendices include updated "situation cards" with three levels of difficulty, a "feelings barometer", as well as other cut-outs and a certificate of achievement.
Ages 7-13.
Anxiety
Freeing Your Child from Anxiety, Revised and Updated Edition: Practical Strategies to Overcome Fears, Worries, and Phobias and Be Prepared for Life--from Toddlers to Teens
Tamar E. Chansky Ph.D. (Author)
A proven approach to helping children build emotional resilience for a happier and healthier life
Childhood should be a happy and carefree time, yet too many children and teens are stressed-out and exhibiting symptoms of anxiety. Parents everywhere want to know: How can you recognize when stress has crossed over into a full-blown anxiety disorder? How can you prevent anxiety from taking root? And how do you help your child break patterns of fear, worry, and avoidance and lead a happy, productive life? Fortunately, anxiety is very treatable, and parents can do a lot to help get their children’s emotional well-being back on track.
In Freeing Your Child from Anxiety, childhood anxiety expert Dr. Tamar Chansky shares easy, fun, and effective tools for teaching children and teens to outsmart their worries and take charge of their fears. You’ll find scripts for explaining anxiety to children of different ages, creative strategies for navigating common phobias, and “Do It Today” activities that help them implement the book’s advice right away. This revised and updated edition also prepares children to buffer themselves from the pressures of our competitive, test-driven culture and build resiliency skills.
These simple solutions can help parents protect their children from needless suffering—and ensure they have the tools to thrive today and for a lifetime.
Anxiety
Helping Your Anxious Child: A Step-by-Step Guide for Parents
Ronald Rapee PhD (Author), Ann Wignall D Psych (Author), Susan Spence PhD (Author), Vanessa Cobham PhD (Author), Heidi Lyneham PhD (Author)
With more than 150,000 copies sold, this fully revised and updated edition of the classic self-help guide for parents offers cutting-edge, proven-effective techniques for helping your child overcome anxiety and thrive.
Most children are afraid of the dark. Some fear monsters under the bed. But at least ten percent of children have excessive fears and worries―phobias, separation anxiety, panic attacks, social anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive disorder―that can hold them back and keep them from fully enjoying childhood. If your child suffers from any of these forms of anxiety, this book offers new, practical, and evidence-based proven tools that can help.
Now in its third edition, Helping Your Anxious Child has been expanded and updated to include the latest research and techniques for managing child anxiety, and includes new information on helping very young children and adolescents; as well as anxiety in children with behavioral problems, learning difficulties, or medical conditions. The book offers proven-effective skills based in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), exposure therapy, and mindfulness and relaxation techniques to aid you in helping your child overcome intense fears and worries. You'll also find out how to relieve your child's anxious feelings while parenting with compassion.
Parents will learn:
How to help your child practice “detective thinking” to recognize irrational worries
What to do when your child becomes frightened
How to expose your child gently and gradually to challenging situations
How to help your child learn important social skills
Also included are links to a free downloadable workbook for parents, and an activity book for kids. The kid-friendly, illustrated activity book will help your child take an active role in learning to manage their anxiety, as they learn and practice the skills outlined in Helping Your Anxious Child.
Anxiety
Mastery of Your Anxiety and Worry (Treatments That Work), 2nd Edition
Michelle G. Craske (Author), David H. Barlow (Author)
Individuals who suffer from Generalized Anxiety Disorder know that it can be extremely impairing, causing chronic tension, fatigue, irritability and difficulties sleeping. The most effective treatment for this disorder is a program based on principles of congnitive-behavioral therapy.
Written by the developers of an empirically supported and effective CBT therapy program for treating GAD, this workbook includes all the information necessary for a client to learn the appropriate skills to combat their excessive worry. When used in conjunction with the corresponding therapist guide, this book provides a complete treatment package with a proven success rate.
Through the use of this workbook, clients will become active participants in their supervised treatment. This revised edition includes new elements such as a listing of goals for each session chapter, as well as more detailed lists of homework assignments. Mastery of Your Anxiety and Worry, Workbook, 2e is a one-of-a-kind resource that allows clients to work alongside their therapist to personalize their treatment strategy and overcome their GAD.
TreatmentsThatWork™ represents the gold standard of behavioral healthcare interventions!
Anxiety
My Anxious Mind: A Teen's Guide to Managing Anxiety and Panic
Michael A. Tompkins (Author), Katherine A. Martinez (Author), Michael Sloan (Illustrator)
ABCT Self Help Book Seal of Merit Award
My Anxious Mind helps teens take control of their anxious feelings by providing cognitive behavioral strategies to tackle anxiety head-on.
My Anxious Mind helps teens feel more confident and empowered in the process of taking control of their anxious feelings. It also offers ways for teens with anxiety to improve their inter-personal skills, manage stress; handle panic attacks; use diet and exercise appropriately; and decide whether medication is right for them.
Can you spare 30 minutes to feel less anxious?
Go ahead. Think about how your life would be different if you were less anxious. What would change? Would you try out for the basketball team? Ask someone out on a date? Would you sleep better and feel less tense? Would you feel calmer and happier?
Anxiety
Outsmarting Worry (An Older Kid's Guide to Managing Anxiety)
Dawn Huebner (Author)
Worry has a way of growing, shifting from not-a-big-deal to a VERY BIG DEAL in the blink of an eye. This big-deal Worry is tricky, luring children into behaviours that keep the anxiety cycle going. Children often find it hard to fight back against Worry, but not anymore.
Outsmarting Worry teaches 9-13 year olds and the adults who care about them a specific set of skills that makes it easier to face - and overcome - worries and fears. Smart, practical, proven techniques are presented in language immediately accessible to children with an emphasis on shifting from knowing to doing, from worried to happy and free.
Anxiety
Playing with Anxiety: Casey's Guide for Teens and Kids
Reid Wilson (Author), Lynn Lyons LCSW (Contributor)
Casey, the fourteen year old narrator, knows just what it’s like to be miserable.
It started slowly: backing away from birthday parties, avoiding the Fourth of July fireworks, leaving before the end of movies. By second grade, stomach aches and tantrums before school seemed as common as strawberry jelly on toast. Then, just before her fourth grade chorus concert—as her mom was braiding her hair—Casey puked. No concert. No post-concert ice cream with her friends. Only a night filled with tears. Everything changed that next morning. Casey and her mom had had enough!
The days of being timid were over. They got mad and decided then and there to solve the puzzle called worry. Casey expresses a serious commitment to the task, but couples it with feisty, irreverent humor, as she releases a gaggle of characters and their stories. The narrative offers cautious kids (and their sometimes worried, often frustrated parents) a realistic guide for stepping into the new and scary experiments that arrive at each developmental stage, right up through the teen years.
Will her frightful encounter with the snarling dog keep her forever from walking to the bus stop, or the ominous storm clouds end her fun at the water park?
Will an asparagus-dog with cheese get her into the clubhouse-building project? Can you really talk to your worry like it’s a squirrel?
Will Lindsey’s coaching to “loosen up and scream” actually help her handle the scary-but-awesome one-minute and fifty-two second Yankee Cannonball roller coaster?
In PLAYING WITH ANXIETY: CASEY’S GUIDE FOR TEENS AND KIDS, the companion book to Reid Wilson and Lynn Lyons’ parenting book, ANXIOUS KIDS, ANXIOUS PARENTS: 7 WAYS TO STOP THE WORRY CYCLE AND RAISE COURAGEOUS & INDEPENDENT CHILDREN (HCI Books, 2013), Casey includes stories of everyday encounters—imagining warm chocolate chip cookies coming out of the oven, brother Elliot’s MARSH MAN comic book—as well as surprising feats—the accidental discovery of Post-it Notes, Benjamin’s uncle Steve’s jump from the helicopter, blind Eric Weihenmayer’s climb of the Seven Summits—to show the reader how to face the trials of the middle years.
Anxiety
Please Explain Anxiety to Me!: Simple Biology and Solutions for Children and Parents, 2nd Edition
Laurie E Zelinger PhD (Author), Jordan Zelinger (Author), Elisa Sabella (Illustrator)
What's happening to me?
This book translates anxiety from the jargon of psychology into concrete experiences that children can relate to. Children and their parents will understand the biological and emotional components of anxiety responsible for the upsetting symptoms they experience. Please Explain Anxiety to Me, 2nd Edition gives accurate physiological information in child friendly language. A colorful dinosaur story explains the link between brain and body functioning, followed by practical therapeutic techniques that children can use to help themselves.
Children will:
learn that they can handle most issues if they are explained at their developmental level
understand the brain/body connection underlying anxiety
identify with the examples given
find comfort and reassurance in knowing that others have the same experience
be provided with strategies and ideas to help them change their anxiety responses
be able to enjoy childhood and to give up unnecessary worrying
Anxiety
Taming Sneaky Fears: Leo the Lion's Story of Bravery & Inside Leo's Den: the Workbook
Dr Diane Benoit (Author), Dr Suneeta Monga (Author), Pia Reyes (Illustrator)
Taming Sneaky Fears starts with Leo the Lion's Story of Bravery. Leo is too shy, nervous, and scared to speak to other animals or his teachers-and he's definitely afraid of his own roar. With his mother's help, Leo learns that change takes patience, practice, and practical tools. Leo overcomes his anxiety by taming his Sneaky Fears, and even uses his newfound skills to help his friend, Ellie the Elephant, challenge her fear of heights and her need to always be perfectly perfect.
The included Inside Leo the Lion's Den: How to Tame Your Sneaky Fears workbook outlines the techniques that helped Leo find his voice and overcome his shyness. These practices were developed by experienced child psychiatrists to help children who suffer intense anxiety, including those who are excessively shy, unable to speak in social situations, or fearful of new experiences and new people.
Taming Sneaky Fears aims to help your young child become more aware of feelings and learn to cope with anxiety through fun, creative, and active exercises.
Anxiety
The Anxiety Survival Guide for Teens: CBT Skills to Overcome Fear, Worry, and Panic
Jennifer Shannon LMFT (Author), Doug Shannon (Illustrator)
Do the things you worry about feel overwhelming sometimes? Is anxiety getting in the way of making friends, dating, getting good grades, or just getting through the day? You may be wondering whether it's only developmental and will go away, or something more serious? This "survival guide" will help you identify the kind of anxiety you are having, how "normal" it is, and what you can do about.
Written by a Cognitive Behavioral therapist who's specialized in helping anxious teens, she 'll show you how to identify and deal with not only everyday anxiety, but with phobias, social anxiety, panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), agoraphobia, separation anxiety, and generalized anxiety.
If you feel like your anxiety is taking over your life, this book will help you get it back. If confidence, independence and happiness is what you're after, this is your guide!
Anxiety
The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook
Edmund J. Bourne PhD (Author)
The must-have, unparalleled, essential resource for people struggling with anxiety and phobias—now in its 8th edition with more than 1.4 million copies sold.
Living with anxiety, panic disorders, or phobias can make you feel like you are helpless, stuck, and that you don’t have control of your life. Packed with the most effective skills for assessing and treating anxiety, this evidence-based workbook contains the latest clinical research to help you tackle the fears that hold you back.
Written by Edmund Bourne—a leading expert in the treatment of anxiety disorders—and recommended by therapists worldwide, this fully revised and updated 8th edition offers powerful, step-by-step treatment strategies for panic disorders, agoraphobia, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), worry, and fear. You’ll also find new, cutting-edge information on climate anxiety, health anxiety, coping with uncertainty about the future, and more.
In the book, you’ll discover an array of evidence-based tools for quieting worry, ending negative self-talk, and taking charge of your anxious thoughts, such as:
Relaxation and breathing techniques
Strategies for coping with panic attacks
Exposure therapy for phobias
Lifestyle, exercise, mindfulness, and nutrition tips
Originally published in 1990, this eighth edition explores the unique challenges and stressors we face today, and offers a message of courage, optimism, and hope to help you quell your anxiety and envision a better future.
Whether you suffer from anxiety and phobias yourself, or are a mental health professional working with this population, this workbook provides the latest treatment solutions for overcoming the fears that stand in the way of living a meaningful and happy life.
Anxiety
What to Do When You Worry Too Much, 2nd Edition: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety (What-to-Do Guides for Kids)
Dawn Huebner (Author), Bonnie Matthews (Illustrator)
Can kids learn to shrink their worries? Yes―and this workbook shows them how!
Worries can feel like weeds―once they start growing, they can take over everything. For kids, those worries can seem impossible to control. But with the right tools, they can learn to stop feeding their fears and start feeling calm and confident again.
This updated edition of What to Do When You Worry Too Much is a trusted, interactive guide that helps kids understand anxiety and take charge of their thoughts. Through playful metaphors, engaging illustrations, and step-by-step strategies, this workbook teaches kids how to break the worry cycle and build coping skills that last.
Whether your child is anxious about school, friends, or everyday challenges, this book offers a clear, compassionate path toward peace of mind―and a happier, more confident life.
Key Features:
Perfect for kids ages 6–12 who struggle with anxiety or frequent worrying
Uses proven cognitive-behavioral techniques to help kids manage anxious thoughts and feelings
Includes fun, hands-on exercises and creative prompts to make learning engaging and effective
Features a supportive note for parents and caregivers to guide kids through the process
Part of the trusted What-to-Do Guides for Kids series―used by parents, educators, and therapists for more than 20 years
Created by Magination Press, the children’s imprint of the American Psychological Association―leaders in children’s mental health and well-being
Anxiety
Therapy Quest: An Interactive Journey Through Acceptance And Commitment Therapy
Janina Scarlet (Author), Vince Alvendia (Illustrator)
Did you ever want to be a hero? Have you ever dreamed of going on an epic quest to destroy monsters, defeat evil forces and fly on the back of a dragon?
This interactive new self-help book puts you, the reader, in a fantasy world where every decision you make and every path you take will influence the outcome of your journey.
When the seer Anka spirits you away to the world of Here, you find yourself proclaimed the Chosen One - the hero everyone is relying on to defeat the evil sorceress Mallena before she destroys everything. But you don't feel like a hero, do you?
If you choose to accept this quest, you will have an opportunity to learn the skills that you need and put together a crew of loyal friends and companions to help you with your journey. The skills are based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), which has been shown through research to help people overcome depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), chronic pain, addiction disorders and many other common problems.
Your journey will be full of danger, loss and strange creatures, but it will also be full of excitement, adventure and fun, and will let you form life-long bonds of friendship, which no curses can break. This book is your call to adventure, an invitation to be the hero in your own story.
Anxiety & Depression
Treating Childhood and Adolescent Anxiety: A Guide for Caregivers
Eli R. Lebowitz (Author), Haim Omer (Author)
Focusing on the treatment of childhood anxiety, both in one-on-one therapist to child treatment and within the family, Treating Childhood and Adolescent Anxiety: A Guide for Caregivers adopts an integrated approach presenting novel strategies to help mental health professionals and families create change and momentum in otherwise stagnant situations.
This empowering guide offers practical, evidence-based, and theory-driven strategies for helping children to overcome anxiety, even if they resist treatment. Uniquely providing concrete advice for both the therapeutic and home environment, this insightful book covers:
What to do when anxiety takes over the family
School phobia and school refusal
Working with highly dependent young adults
Parental support and protection
Creating and maintaining family boundaries
A walk-through of The Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) Program
Cognitive, behavioral, physiological, and emotion-based tools for treating anxiety
Medication for childhood anxiety
Anxiety & OCD
Superhero Therapy: Mindfulness Skills to Help Teens and Young Adults Deal with Anxiety, Depression, and Trauma
Janina Scarlet PhD (Author), Wellinton Alves (Illustrator)
Winner of the United Nations Association’s Eleonor Roosevelt Human Rights Award!
A hero’s journey always begins with a struggle—what’s yours? For the first time ever, psychologist Janina Scarlet and Marvel and DC Comics illustrator Wellinton Alves join forces to create Superhero Therapy—a dynamic, illustrated introduction to acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help you vanquish your inner monsters, explore your unique superpowers, and become a Superhero questing for what matters to you.
Haven’t you ever wanted to be a Superhero? Wished that you could have amazing superpowers, such as super-strength, the ability to fly, or the ability to heal people? Or maybe you wished that you could travel through time and space, enjoying the many adventures that you would encounter along the way? Many of us wish we had special abilities to help us navigate through life—especially when super villains like anxiety, depression, anger, or shame make an appearance.
This fun, unique, and “outside-the-box” self-help guide provides everything you need to begin your very own superhero training using evidence-based ACT and mindfulness skills. Within these colorful pages, you’ll team up with a group of troubled heroes—inspired by both fictional characters and real-life people—enlisted at the Superhero Training Academy. By learning to face up to their inner villains and monsters, these characters will inspire you to overcome your problems as well. When you’re finished, you’ll have a slew of new tools you can use—like mindfulness, self-compassion, and values—to help you conquer whatever life throws your way.
Sometimes life is hard, and it takes super inner super strength to succeed and reach your goals. With this fun and unique guide under your belt, nothing will stand in your way.
Anxiety, Depression, & Trauma
A Parent's Guide to High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder: How to Meet the Challenges and Help Your Child Thrive, 2nd Edition
Sally Ozonoff (Author), Geraldine Dawson (Author), James C. McPartland (Author)
Over 100,000 parents have found the facts they need about high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD), including Asperger syndrome, in this indispensable guide.
Leading experts show how you can work with your child's unique impairments--and harness his or her capabilities. Vivid stories and real-world examples illustrate ways to help kids with ASD relate more comfortably to peers, learn the rules of appropriate behavior, and succeed in school.
You'll learn how ASD is diagnosed and what treatments and educational supports really work. Updated with the latest research and resources, the second edition clearly explains the implications of the DSM-5 diagnostic changes.
Autism
A Practical Guide to Autism: What Every Parent, Family Member, and Teacher Needs to Know, 2nd Edition
Fred R. Volkmar (Author), Lisa A. Wiesner (Author)
An accessible guide to the most recent information about autism
The revised and updated second edition of A Practical Guide to Autism offers an authoritative guide to the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of Autism/Autism Spectrum Disorder. Written by two highly regarded medical professionals, the book offers parents, family memberts, and teachers a useful review of the concept of autism, its diagnosis, and the most current treatments available. This comprehensive resource covers the range of the condition in infants, young, and school age children, adolescents, and adults.
The authors explore evidence-based treatments and review of some of the alternative and complementary treatments proposed for autism. Information on educational programs and entitlement services are also provided. In addition, the book contains information on issues, such as medical care, medication use, safety, behavioral, and mental health problems. The book covers the range of ages and entire spectrum of autism and provides an introduction to the diagnostic concept. With the expanding number of treatments and interventions this book is a useful guide for all those involved in caring for individuals on the autism spectrum.
This important guide:
Offers lists of resources for parents and professionals compiled by experts in the field and reviewed by parents.
Includes updated research that adheres to DSM-5 standards
Provides an accessible resource with succinct content delivery
Contains new discussions on modern treatments that have been identified since the publication of the first edition
Written for parents, teachers, and caregivers, A Practical Guide to Autism, Second Edition offers an updated and expanded edition to the practical guide to autism.
Autism
Different Like Me: My Book of Autism Heroes
Jennifer Elder (Author, Illustrator), Marc Thomas (Illustrator)
Different Like Me introduces children aged 8 to 12 years to famous, inspirational figures from the world of science, art, math, literature, philosophy and comedy.
Eight-year-old Quinn, a young boy with Asperger's Syndrome, tells young readers about the achievements and characteristics of his autism heroes, from Albert Einstein, Dian Fossey and Wassily Kandinsky to Lewis Carroll, Benjamin Banneker and Julia Bowman Robinson, among others. All excel in different fields, but are united by the fact that they often found it difficult to fit in-just like Quinn.
Fully illustrated in colour and written in child-friendly language, this book will be a wonderful resource for children, particularly children with autism, their parents, teachers, carers and siblings.
Autism
Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence
Luke Jackson (Author)
Have you ever been called a freak or a geek? Have you ever felt like one? Luke Jackson is 13 years old and has Asperger Syndrome. Over the years Luke has learned to laugh at such names but there are other aspects of life which are more difficult. Adolescence and the teenage years are a minefield of emotions, transitions and decisions and when a child has Asperger Syndrome, the result is often explosive.
Luke has three sisters and one brother in various stages of their adolescent and teenage years but he is acutely aware of just how different he is and how little information is available for adolescents like himself.
Drawing from his own experiences and gaining information from his teenage brother and sisters, he wrote this enlightening, honest and witty book in an attempt to address difficult topics such as bullying, friendships, when and how to tell others about AS, school problems, dating and relationships, and morality.
Luke writes briefly about his younger autistic and AD/HD brothers, providing amusing insights into the antics of his younger years and advice for parents, carers and teachers of younger AS children. However, his main reason for writing was because "so many books are written about us, but none are written directly to adolescents with Asperger Syndrome. I thought I would write one in the hope that we could all learn together".
Winner of the NASEN & TES Special Educational Needs Children's Book Award 2003
Autism
Overcoming Anxiety and Depression on the Autism Spectrum: A Self-help Guide Using CBT
Lee A. Wilkinson (Author)
Many adults on the autism spectrum experience isolation,interpersonal difficulties, anxiety, depressed mood, and coping problems. Award-winning author Dr. Lee A. Wilkinson's new book presents strategies derived from cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), adapted specifically for adults on the higher end of the autism spectrum, to help them overcome anxiety and depression, and improve their psychological well-being. It is written for individuals in the early and middle years of adulthood, with and without a formal diagnosis, who share features associated with autism spectrum conditions. It is also appropriate for adults who recognize their autistic traits, even though they may not have experienced major social difficulties and clinical impairment, but who want to improve their emotional well-being. The author takes the best of CBT therapeutic techniques to facilitate greater self-understanding, self-advocacy, and better decision-making in life-span activities such as employment and interpersonal relationships.
Accessible and easy-to-read, this self-help guide provides evidence-based tools that can be used to learn new self-fulfilling ways of thinking,feeling, and doing. It includes questionnaires, forms/worksheets, and exercises to help the reader:
Evaluate his or her autistic traits and discover their cognitive style.
Identify and modify the thoughts and beliefs that underlie and maintain the cycles of anxiety, depression, and anger.
Apply therapeutic techniques such as mindfulness, positive self-talk, guided imagery, and problem solving.
Accept their past and achieve unconditional self-acceptance.
Deal effectively with perfectionism and low frustration tolerance.
Avoid procrastination and learn to maintain positive changes to their progress.
Honored as an "Award-Winning Finalist in the "Psychology/Mental Health" category of the 2016 Best Book Awards," Overcoming Anxiety and Depression on the Autism Spectrum: A Self-Help Guide Using CBT is an essential self-help book for adults on the higher end of the spectrum looking for ways to understand and cope with their emotional challenges and improve their psychological well-being. Family members, friends, and others touched by autism will also find this self-help book a valuable resource.
Autism
Nothing Was the Same: A Memoir
Kay Redfield Jamison (Author)
A penetrating psychological study of grief viewed from deep inside the experience itself—from the national bestselling author of Unquiet Mind.
Kay Redfield Jamison, award-winning professor and writer, changed the way we think about moods and madness. Now Jamison uses her characteristic honesty, wit and eloquence to look back at her relationship with her husband, Richard Wyatt, a renowned scientist who died of cancer.
Bereavement
The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide: What You and Your Family Need to Know, 3rd Edition
David J. Miklowitz (Author)
Bipolar disorder is a lifelong challenge--but it doesn't have to rule your life.
Find the science-based information you need in the revised third edition of this indispensable guide. Trusted authority Dr. David J. Miklowitz shares proven strategies for managing your illness or supporting a loved one with the disorder. Learn specific steps to cope with mood episodes, reduce recurrences, avoid misdiagnosis, get the most out of treatment, resolve family conflicts, and make lifestyle changes to stay well.
Updated throughout, the third edition has a new chapter on kids and teens; the latest facts on medications and therapy, including important advances in personalized care; and expanded coverage of the bipolar II subtype. It features boxes on complementary and alternative treatments and provides downloadable practical tools.
Bipolar Disorder
The Bipolar Workbook for Teens: DBT Skills to Help You Control Mood Swings
Sheri Van Dijk (Author), Karma Guindon (Author)
When you have bipolar disorder, it can sometimes seem like mood swings are keeping you from being the person you want to be. You may alternate between feelings of depression and overexcitement even though what you really want is to find a healthy balance between the two. This easy-to-use workbook presents a set of skills you can learn that will help you find that balance, become more independent, and stay focused on the big-picture goals that are most important to you.
The Bipolar Workbook for Teens includes exercises and worksheets that will help you learn skills drawn from a special technique called dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). DBT skills can help people with bipolar disorder improve their relationships with friends and family and calm themselves when their emotions get really overwhelming.
Working through this book will help you:
Recognize and respond to your emotional triggers
Create a crisis plan and find support
Get a handle on addictive behavior
Maintain friendships and get along with your family
Bipolar Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder in Adolescents, 3rd Edition: A Complete Guide for Families of Teens with BPD
Blaise Aguirre (Author)
Navigate the challenges of BPD in teens with Dr. Blaise Aguirre’s classic guide, now updated with the latest research and guidance for parents.
Borderline Personality Disorder is a startlingly common condition, affecting as many as 3% of people under the age of 18. Characterized by struggles with emotional regulation, self-image, self-worth, mood swings, and impulse control, and often appearing alongside other conditions like anxiety, depression, and substance use, BPD is a condition any parent with an adolescent should be aware of. The good news is that BPD is treatable, and families can find relief with an accurate diagnosis and proper treatment.
A long-trusted BPD reference, Borderline Personality Disorder in Adolescentsoffers parents, caregivers, and adolescents a complete understanding of this complex and tough-to-treat disorder. Written by one of the foremost experts in the field, this fully up-to-date and comprehensive guide includes:
A thorough explanation of what BPD is that brings into focus what we know, and don’t know, about this condition
Prognosis and treatment options, including recent advances and an overview of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), the most common and effective treatment
A deep dive into the development of BPD research
Myths and misunderstandings about BPD
Tips and strategies for parents, including practical techniques for effective communication with those who have BPD
NEW to this edition, a discussion on the intersection of BPD with neurodiversity and gender, as well as the impact of social media
With thoughtful updates and practical tools throughout, the third edition of Borderline Personality Disorder in Adolescents remains an indispensable resource, empowering families to navigate diagnosis, build effective support systems, and foster resilience and hope.
Borderline Personality Disorder
Coping with BPD: DBT and CBT Skills to Soothe the Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder
Blaise Aguirre MD (Author), Gillian Galen PsyD (Author), Alec Miller PsyD (Foreword)
In this much-needed book, two renowned borderline personality disorder (BPD) experts offer simple, easy-to-use skills drawn from dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) to help you address the most common issues of BPD, such as intense feelings of anger, depression, and anxiety.
For many, having BPD is like living in emotional overdrive. And whether you are feeling depressed, anxious, worried, or angry, you might struggle just to get through each day. So, how can you start balancing your moods and managing your symptoms? This helpful guide addresses over fifty of the most common struggles people with BPD face every day, and offers accessible, evidence-based solutions to help you feel better and get back to living your life.
You'll discover powerful DBT and mindfulness skills to help you set personal limits, manage intense emotions and moods, and address issues like substance abuse and doing harm to yourself and others. In addition, you'll learn how to deal with the inevitable negative self-talk, feelings of paranoia, and self-invalidation.
If you’re ready to take charge of your BPD―instead of letting it take control of you―this book will be your go-to guide. Perfect for everyday use, the practices within will help you manage your symptoms as they arise.
Borderline Personality Disorder
Beyond the Blues: A Workbook to Help Teens Overcome Depression
Lisa M. Schab LCSW (Author)
Many people experience depression at one time or another in their lives, but during the adolescent years, the vast number of physical, emotional, and mental changes that occur make teens even more susceptible to feelings of confusion or sadness. However your depression originates, you must to learn to handle it so that you can manage the stresses of daily life.
The activities in Beyond the Blues can help you cope with sad and difficult feelings, find new ways to make friends, and deal with conflicts. Little by little and on your own schedule, you can make small changes in your life that will lead you to a brighter, more enjoyable future. Since everyone is different and heals in slightly different ways, this book presents a wide variety of exercises.
Know that as you work through this book, you are doing something good for yourself. You are learning to cope with your feelings and take care of yourself in a healthy way. You can learn to manage depression just like you learned to tie your shoes or read and write. Just give it a chance and be patient with yourself. You deserve to feel good, and you will if you keep working at it!
If you're feeling depressed, don't be afraid to reach out for help.This workbook offers things you can do, both on your own and with a counselor, to start feeling more like yourself again.
Depression
Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think, 2nd Edition
Dennis Greenberger (Author), Christine A. Padesky (Author), Aaron T. Beck (Foreword)
Discover simple yet powerful steps you can take to overcome emotional distress--and feel happier, calmer, and more confident.
This life-changing book has already helped more than 1,300,000 readers use cognitive-behavioral therapy--one of today's most effective forms of psychotherapy--to conquer depression, anxiety, panic attacks, anger, guilt, shame, low self-esteem, eating disorders, substance abuse, and relationship problems.
Revised and expanded to reflect significant scientific developments of the past 20 years, the second edition contains numerous new features: expanded content on anxiety; chapters on setting personal goals and maintaining progress; happiness rating scales; gratitude journals; innovative exercises focused on mindfulness, acceptance, and forgiveness; 25 new worksheets; and much more.
Mind Over Mood will help you:
Learn proven, powerful, practical strategies to transform your life.
Follow step-by-step plans to overcome depression, anxiety, anger, guilt, and shame.
Set doable personal goals and track your progress (you can photocopy the worksheets from the book or download and print additional copies).
Practice your new skills until they become second nature.
Cited as “The Most Influential Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Publication” by the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies and included in the UK National Health Service Bibliotherapy Program.
Depression
Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder
James Lock (Author), Daniel Le Grange (Author)
ating disorders are among the most dangerous--and misunderstood--adolescent mental health problems.
When your teenager shows signs of an eating disorder, where can you turn? Now in a revised and updated third edition, this trusted resource helps you separate fact from myth and play an active role in your child's recovery.
Treatment experts James Lock and Daniel Le Grange spell out what parents need to know about anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID). They guide you step by step to find the right care, monitor your teen's eating and exercise habits, manage family meals, end weight-related power struggles, and team successfully with professionals.
The revised third edition incorporates key research and treatment advances, new vignettes, and expanded coverage of ARFID. When families work together to get the most out of treatment and prevent relapse, eating disorders can be beat--this book is your essential roadmap.
Eating Disorder
What to Do When You Dread Your Bed, 2nd Edition: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Problems with Sleep
Dawn Huebner (Author), Katie Saunders (Illustrator)
A reassuring, interactive guide to help kids feel calm, safe, and confident at bedtime
Bedtime can feel overwhelming for many children. Noises in the dark, racing thoughts, worries about being alone, or a body that just won’t settle can turn nights into a source of stress instead of rest. But bedtime doesn’t have to be scary. With the right support and tools, children can learn to calm their minds, feel safe in their beds, and fall asleep with greater ease.
This updated second edition of What to Do When You Dread Your Bed is a comforting, hands-on workbook designed to help kids understand their nighttime worries and develop healthy sleep habits. Through engaging activities, friendly illustrations, and evidence-based strategies, children are guided step by step toward feeling more in control of bedtime. A supportive section for parents and caregivers offers practical ways to reinforce skills and create a calm, reassuring nighttime routine.
Key features:
Designed for Ages 7-11: Supports children who experience bedtime worries, nighttime fears, or difficulty settling down to sleep.
Interactive, Child-Friendly Format: Engages kids through activities and illustrations that make coping skills approachable and empowering.
Evidence-Based Strategies: Uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to help children manage worries and build calming bedtime routines.
Addresses Common Sleep Challenges: Covers concerns such as fear of the dark, anxious thoughts, and reliance on caregivers at bedtime.
Trusted, Award-Winning Resource: Part of the What-to-Do Guides for Kids series from Magination Press, the children’s imprint of the American Psychological Association.
Insomnia
When Children Don't Sleep Well: Interventions for Pediatric Sleep Disorders Parent Workbook
V. Mark Durand (Author)
If your child suffers from sleep problems, you are aware of the toll it can take on your child and your family. You may hope your child will just 'grow out of it,' but this is not usually the case. You may have tried giving your child medication, only to find it has little effect in the long-term. You may also be concerned about the serious side-effects these drugs may have in children.
This workbook will help you effectively manage your child's sleep problems without the use of drugs. Each module describes a different problem and gives options for treating it. Bedtime disturbances, night waking, sleep terrors, nightmares, and other sleep-related issues are all addressed in this workbook. It also includes a module on bedwetting. Working with your therapist, you will choose the best intervention options for your family. You can then follow the step-by-step instructions for carrying out each intervention.
This workbook is easy-to-use and complements the program described in the corresponding therapist guide. It includes questionnaires about your child and family, as well as forms for recording your child's sleep and behavior. Seeking professional help is an important step, but your participation is crucial to the success of treatment. With your help, your child can start getting a good night's sleep.
Insomnia
Helping Teens Who Cut: Using DBT Skills to End Self-Injury, 2nd Edition
Michael Hollander (Author)
Discovering that your teen “cuts” is every parent's nightmare. Your most urgent question is: "How can I make it stop?" Tens of thousands of worried parents have turned to this authoritative guide for information and practical guidance about the growing problem of teen self-injury.
Dr. Michael Hollander is a leading expert on dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), the most effective treatment approach for cutting. Vivid stories illustrate how out-of-control emotions lead some teens to hurt themselves, how DBT can help, and what other approaches can be beneficial. You'll learn practical strategies for talking to teens about self-injury without making it worse, teaching them skills to cope with extreme emotions in a healthier way, finding the right therapist, and helping reduce stress for your whole family.
Incorporating the latest research, the second edition offers a deeper understanding of the causes of self-injury and includes new DBT skills.
Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
Freeing Your Child from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Powerful, Practical Program for Parents of Children and Adolescents
Tamar E. Chansky (Author)
Parents of children with obsessive-compulsive disorder know firsthand how confusing and even frightening the symptoms of OCD can be. They have questions about how this condition works and how they can best help their kids: Which behaviors are part of ordinary childhood, and which are symptoms of OCD? How can they help their child take back control of their lives from disruptive thoughts and debilitating rituals? What should they do if their child experiences a relapse in symptoms?
In Freeing Your Child from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, child psychologist and OCD expert Dr. Tamar E. Chansky helps parents make sense of a child’s experience with this very confusing but highly treatable disorder. She shares intuitive, easy-to-implement strategies for helping kids and teens confidently outsmart the “brain tricks and traps” of OCD, alongside scripts for explaining symptoms to children of all ages and targeted advice for navigating a wide range of OCD themes. Dr. Chansky also advises parents on how they can tailor treatment to their child’s needs with fully updated information on diagnostic criteria, medication, effective therapy modalities, and treatment outcomes, as well as the most recent findings on PANS and PANDAS, the sudden appearance of OCD symptoms after a strep or viral infection.
With its research-backed and reassuring guidance, Freeing Your Child from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder spells out exactly what parents can say and do to help their children reclaim their lives.
OCD
Getting Over OCD: A 10-Step Workbook for Taking Back Your Life
Jonathan S. Abramowitz (Author)
Thoroughly updated based on the latest science, this empowering workbook gives you the skills to overcome obsessional thoughts and compulsive behaviors--and live a freer, happier life.
Leading OCD specialist Dr. Jonathan Abramowitz presents a step-by-step program grounded in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), the most effective treatment for the disorder. Vivid stories and numerous practical tools (which you can download and print for repeated use) help you:
Understand how OCD affects your mind and body.
Develop a customized plan for change.
Find relief from distressing intrusive thoughts.
Confront the situations you avoid--and discover a new sense of safety.
Break free of compulsive rituals.
Reduce anxiety and improve your relationships.
The second edition is revised throughout with cutting-edge strategies for coping with unwanted thoughts that can't be eliminated completely, plus new learning techniques drawn from brain research. Ready to get over OCD? Your journey starts here.
OCD
It's Only a False Alarm: A Cognitive Behavioral Treatment Program Workbook
John Piacentini (Author), Audra Langley (Author), Tami Roblek (Author)
It's Only a False Alarm, Workbook is written for children and adolescents ages 8 - 17 who are undergoing treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
Designed to be used in conjunction with the program outlined in the corresponding Therapist Guide, this workbook contains easy-to-read psychoeducational material that help children understand their disorder and how to covercome it. It is filled with interactive worksheets and forms, as well as at-home exercises designed to help children relieve their anxiety and manage their OCD-related symptoms. Whether they are fearful of contamination or obsessed with symmetry, children will benefit from the exposure exercises found in this workbook.
They will learn that just like a false fire alarm, there is nothing really dangerous around and nothing bad will occur if they don't perform their rituals and habits. Graphs and an OCD Thermometer provide children with a visual reminder of their progress over time.
OCD
Take Control of OCD, 2nd Edition
Bonnie Zucker (Author)
Take Control of OCD: A Kid's Guide to Conquering Anxiety and Managing OCD is a must-have guide for kids and teens ages 10-16 with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder to help them take control and use their strengths to find success in school and in life. This fully updated second edition:
Uses a cognitive-behavioral therapy and exposure/response prevention method to stress gradual exposure to obsessive thinking patterns.
Provides a step-by-step ladder-based process to help readers conquer their fears and demolish their worries.
Helps kids change their obsessive thoughts, tolerate uncertainty, and develop positive self-talk and stress management.
Also helps kids advocate for their needs in school and build successful relaxation procedures.
Includes workbook-style pages for readers to complete.
By interviewing kids with OCD from across the country, the author offers tons of advice, information, and ideas for students, by students just like them. Readers will find themselves in this book, as it normalizes and validates the often hidden and undisclosed thoughts, urges, and images, and accompanying rituals and compulsions that so many children and teens with OCD struggle with.
OCD
Talking Back to OCD: The Program That Helps Kids and Teens Say "No Way" -- and Parents Say "Way to Go"
John S. March (Author), Christine M. Benton (Contributor)
No one wants to get rid of obsessive-compulsive disorder more than someone who has it.
That's why Talking Back to OCD puts kids and teens in charge. Dr. John March's eight-step program has already helped thousands of young people show the disorder that it doesn't call the shots--they do. This uniquely designed volume is really two books in one. Each chapter begins with a section that helps kids and teens zero in on specific problems and develop skills they can use to tune out obsessions and resist compulsions. The pages that follow show parents how to be supportive without getting in the way. The next time OCD butts in, your family will be prepared to boss back--and show an unwelcome visitor to the door.
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Self-Help Book of Merit
OCD
The OCD Workbook: Your Guide to Breaking Free from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Bruce M. Hyman PhD LCSW (Author), Cherlene Pedrick RN (Author)
If you have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), chances are that your persistent obsessive thoughts and time-consuming compulsions keep you from enjoying life to the fullest. But when you are in the habit of avoiding the things you fear, the idea of facing them head-on can feel frightening and overwhelming. This book can help.
The OCD Workbook has helped thousands of people with OCD break the bonds of troubling OCD symptoms and regain the hope of a productive life. Endorsed and used in hospitals and clinics the world over, this valuable resource is now fully revised and updated with the latest evidence-based approaches to understanding and managing OCD. It offers day-to-day coping strategies you can start using right away, along with proven-effective self-help techniques that can help you maintain your progress. The book also includes information for family members seeking to understand and support loved ones who suffer from this often baffling and frustrating disorder. Whether you suffer with OCD or a related disorder, such as body dysmorphic disorder or trichotillomania, let this new edition of The OCD Workbook be your guide on the path to recovery.
This new edition will help you: use self-assessment tools to identify your symptoms and their severity; create and implement a recovery strategy using cognitive behavioral self-help tools and techniques; learn about the most effective medications and medical treatments; find the right professional help and access needed support for your recovery; and maintain your progress and prevent future relapse.
This book has been awarded The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Self-Help Seal of Merit — an award bestowed on outstanding self-help books that are consistent with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and that incorporate scientifically tested strategies for overcoming mental health difficulties. Used alone or in conjunction with therapy, our books offer powerful tools readers can use to jump-start changes in their lives.
OCD
Understanding OCD: A Guide for Parents and Professionals
Adam B. Lewin (Editor), Eric A. Storch (Editor)
Giving a full overview of childhood obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and discussing all major treatment options, including cognitive behavioural therapy and medication, this guide provides the essential information that families, teachers, caregivers, clinicians and mental health professionals need in order to understand and treat childhood OCD.
It covers origins, symptoms and related illnesses and explains how OCD is diagnosed. The book also suggests ways to maximise the outcomes of treatment, what to do when treatment doesn't work, and how to help manage OCD in children at school and in the home.
OCD
What to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck, 2nd Edition: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming OCD
Dawn Huebner (Author), Sabine Rothmund (Illustrator)
Your seven-year-old suddenly wonders if there’s poison in their food and can’t eat a meal without asking. Your nine-year-old apologizes incessantly. Your eleven-year-old does everything in multiples of five.
OCD isn’t always about hand washing. It’s about unwanted thoughts that take hold of your child and urges they cannot ignore. It’s about rituals intended to ward off harm. And it's about questions. Endless questions. Questions about safety. Questions about certainty. Questions that drive you crazy. Questions that break your heart.
What to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck, 2nd Edition, teaches evidence-based cognitive-behavioral strategies to combat obsessive-compulsive disorder. Like the best-selling first edition, this engaging workbook combines step-by-step instructions, engaging interactive activities, and lively illustrations to help children and their parents learn to spot OCD’s tricks and manage them more effectively. Written with warmth and humor, this indispensable guide helps families personalize a game plan to reduce the power of OCD.
This book is part of the Magination Press's What-to-Do Guides for Kids series and includes an informative “Introduction to Parents and Caregivers” written by the author.
OCD
Prolonged Exposure Theraphy for PTSD Teen Workbook
Kelly R. Chrestman (Author)
This treatment program adapts the principles of Dr. Foa's proven effective Prolonged Exposure Therapy for adolescents suffering from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The treatment program is based on the principles of prolonged exposure and emotional processing for use with those individuals who suffer from PTSD.
In vivo and imaginal exposure comprise the core of the treatment, along with breathing retraining and techniques for monitoring progress. The treatment is presented in modules that can be individually tailored to fit the needs of each patient.
Because many adolescent PTSD sufferers do not initiate therapy on their own, but are referred to therapy by social workers, parents, or other authority figures, their willingness to participate in their treatment can vary widely. The first element of this treatment, serves to assess the client's attitude, and increase motivation to change. Other modules introduce psychoeducation, real-life exposure, emotional processing, and relapse prevention.
This companion workbook provides additional information, monitoring forms, and worksheets to help clients take control of their treatment.
PTSD
Reclaiming Your Life from a Traumatic Experience: A Prolonged Exposure Treatment Program - Workbook
Barbara Olasov Rothbaum (Author), Edna B. Foa (Author), Elizabeth A. Hembree (Author), Sheila A.M. Rauch (Author)
Those who have experienced a traumatic event and are having trouble moving past feelings of fear, shame and guilt, or helplessness may be diagnosed with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Reclaiming Your Life from a Traumatic Experience: A Prolonged Exposure Treatment Program can help readers to overcome and reclaim their lives from PTSD.
Best used in combination with treatment by a mental health professional, the second edition of this Workbook, along with the accompanying Therapist Guide, will help readers work through PTSD regardless of the type of trauma experienced-be it a motor vehicle accident, physical or sexual assault, or combat-related event.
The program outlined in this book will reduce anxiety and distress, teaching readers to face memories of trauma while processing their emotions about the event using a scientifically tested and proven technique called Prolonged Exposure Therapy. Instead of avoiding or escaping situations that provoke anxiety and other negative emotions, readers will learn how to reevaluate feelings and beliefs to think differently about their traumatic experiences.
Complete with information on PTSD, as well as case examples, self-assessment tools, and homework assignments, Reclaiming Your Life from a Traumatic Experience is an invaluable tool on the road to recovery from PTSD.
PTSD
The PTSD Workbook: Simple, Effective Techniques for Overcoming Traumatic Stress Symptoms
Mary Beth Williams PhD LCSW CTS (Author), Soili Poijula PhD (Author)
If you’re living with PTSD, trauma symptoms like flashbacks, nightmares, intrusive memories, anxiety, emotional numbness, or insomnia may feel overwhelming. Whether your trauma stems from military combat, domestic or sexual violence, a car accident, workplace injury, natural disaster, or another terrifying event, the impact can interfere with relationships, work, sleep, and daily life.
You are not broken―and you are not alone.
In The PTSD Workbook, Third Edition, psychologists and trauma experts Mary Beth Williams and Soili Poijula provide a comprehensive, evidence-based program grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), one of the most effective treatments for PTSD. This fully revised and updated edition offers practical tools used by trauma specialists worldwide to help you reduce symptoms and build emotional resilience.
In this workbook, you’ll learn how to:
Understand how trauma affects the brain and body
Manage flashbacks, intrusive memories, and trauma triggers
Reduce anxiety, insomnia, and emotional reactivity
Address avoidance, numbing, and hypervigilance
Strengthen coping skills and regain a sense of safety
Build resilience after combat trauma, violence, accidents, or disaster
This updated edition includes expanded content for veterans with PTSD, new research on the role of cortisol and adrenaline in trauma response, guidance on the mind-body connection in PTSD recovery, and important updates aligned with the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria.
Designed for both trauma survivors and clinicians, this accessible workbook delivers structured, step-by-step exercises to help you process trauma, reduce distress, and move toward lasting recovery.
Healing is possible―and this workbook offers a clear path forward.
PTSD
Facing Panic: Self-Help for People with Panic Attacks, 2nd Edition
Reid Wilson PhD (Author)
Facing Panic: Self-Help for People With Panic Attacks teaches seven steps to break the cycle of panic and regain control of your life, including techniques and exercises to manage and overcome panic attacks and panic disorder.
Written by renowned anxiety disorders expert Reid Wilson, PhD, this book provides charts to help you practice and track the skills you learn to overcome your panic.
Panic Disorder
Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic: Workbook
David H. Barlow (Author), Michelle G. Craske (Author)
The fifth edition of Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic, Workbook, has been fully revised and updated to offer helpful, scientifically proven strategies and techniques for dealing with both panic disorder and agoraphobia. The program outlined is based on the principles of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and is organized by skill, with each chapter building on the one before it.
The Workbook covers the importance of record-keeping and monitoring progress, as well as breathing techniques and thinking skills, with the main focus of the treatment involving the importance of learning how to face agoraphobic situations, and the often-frightening physical symptoms of panic, from an entirely new perspective.
Self-assessment quizzes, homework exercises, and interactive forms allow clients to become active participants in their own treatment, and to learn to manage panic attacks, anxiety about panic, and avoidance of panic and agoraphobic situations.
Panic Disorder
Riding the Wave Workbook (Treatments That Work)
Donna B. Pincus (Author), Jill T. Ehrenreich David A. Spiegel
The treatment described in this Therapist Guide is teen-friendly patient workbook to be used along with the Riding the Wave Therapist Guide for the effective treatment of panic disorder and agoraphobia in adolescence. Panic disorder often first appears in adolescence, making effective treatment for this age group a priority. Left untreated, panic disorder can severely impair an adolescent's development and functioning. It can put an adolescent at risk for depression and have consequences into adulthood.
The program was developed at the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University and targets patients ages 12-17. It is comprised of 12 sessions to be delivered over an 11-week period.
Adolescents learn about the nature of panic and anxiety and how to challenge their panic thoughts. Exposure sessions help them face their fears and stop avoiding situations that cause heightened anxiety. An adaptation chapter addresses how to modify the program for intensive(8 day)treatment, as well as how to tailor the treatment to different ages. Each session includes an optional parent component and an appendix provides handouts for parents.
The corresponding workbook is specifically designed for adolescent use, with easy to understand explanations and teen-friendly forms.
Panic Disorder
The Perfectionism Workbook for Teens: Activities to Help You Reduce Anxiety and Get Things Done
Ann Marie Dobosz MA MFT (Author)
Unhealthy perfectionism can result in low self-esteem, severe anxiety, and self-destructive behavior—and teens are especially vulnerable. Based in proven-effective cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), this workbook will help you develop the self-compassion and mindfulness tools you need to counteract the negative effects of perfectionism and develop new, healthy skills for boosting your self-confidence.
In our high-pressure society, it’s easy to hold ourselves (and others) to impossibly high standards. And when we fail to meet those standards—as we inevitably do—we may become overly critical of ourselves, or lash out toward others. While perfectionism is often associated with positive traits, such as conscientiousness, ambition, and pride in good work, dysfunctional perfectionism is destructive and can lead to anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship problems, and a number of mental health concerns, like depression, procrastination, and self-harm.
With The Perfectionism Workbook for Teens, you’ll gain a clear understanding of what perfectionism is and learn to differentiate between healthy and unhealthy perfectionism so you’ll be better able to manage your own and others’ expectations. Using powerful tools drawn from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness-based therapies, you’ll learn to identify your perfectionist thoughts, discover new ways of responding to your critical inner voice, and build the skills you need to combat negative behaviors based in perfectionism, like chronic procrastination.
If perfectionism is causing trouble in your life, the techniques and exercises in this book will help you develop non-perfectionist skills and habits, leading to reduced fear, anxiety, and shame, and increased self-compassion and confidence in getting things done and handling daily pressures.
Perfectionism
What to Do When Mistakes Make You Quake: A Kid's Guide to Accepting Imperfection
Claire A. B. Freeland (Author), Jacqueline B. Toner (Author), Janet McDonnell (Illustrator)
Mistakes can feel scary. For some kids, even small slip-ups can lead to big worries. Whether it’s a fear of being wrong, making a bad decision, or not meeting expectations, the pressure to be perfect can hold kids back. But it doesn’t have to.
What to Do When Mistakes Make You Quake is a revised edition of the trusted self-help guide that helps kids understand their fear of failure and learn how to bounce back with confidence. Through engaging activities, colorful illustrations, and expert strategies, this interactive workbook empowers kids to accept imperfection and keep moving forward.
Whether your child is afraid to try new things or gets stuck striving for perfection, this book offers a safe, encouraging space to explore mistakes―and discover the courage to learn from them.
Key Features:
Updated edition with fresh content and illustrations to reflect today’s kids and families
Part of the trusted What-to-Do Guides for Kids series―used by parents, educators, and therapists for more than 20 years
Perfect for kids ages 7–11 who struggle with perfectionism, decision-making, or fear of failure
Uses proven cognitive-behavioral techniques to help kids reframe mistakes and build resilience
Encourages self-compassion and a growth mindset through fun, hands-on exercises
Includes a guide for parents and caregivers to support kids in building emotional strength
Created by Magination Press, the children’s imprint of the American Psychological Association―trusted leaders in children’s mental health and well-being
Perfectionism
When Children Refuse School: Parent Workbook
Christopher A. Kearney (Author), Anne Marie Albano (Author)
School refusal behavior is a common and difficult problem facing parents of children and teenagers. The behavior often results in severe academic, social, and psychological problems. A child's absence from school also significantly increases family conflict. If your child experiences anxiety or noncompliance about attending school and has trouble remaining in classes for an entire day, When Children Refuse School, Parent Workbook, and the corresponding Therapist Guide, can help.
The third edition of When Children Refuse School, Parent Workbook, is designed to help you work with a qualified therapist to resolve your child's school refusal behavior. This edition introduces parent involvement strategies, especially with respect to intervention compliance, and offers recommendations regarding consultation with school officials.
Regardless of whether your child refuses school to relieve school-related distress, to avoid negative social situations at school, to receive attention from you or another family member, or to obtain tangible rewards outside of school, the flexible treatments described in this book will help you and your child overcome school refusal behavior. The Workbook describes what you can expect throughout the assessment and treatment of your child and provides answers to questions you may have about the process of therapy. It also provides instructions for continuing certain aspects of the program at home, including relaxation and breathing techniques, as well as exposure exercises to decrease your child's anxiety.
School Avoidance
Managing Social Anxiety, Workbook: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach, 3rd Edition
Debra A. Hope (Author), Richard G. Heimberg (Author), Cynthia L. Turk (Author)
Social anxiety is a common problem that can occur in situations ranging from dating to conversations to job interviews. Fortunately, three decades of research have shown that most people struggling with social anxiety can benefit from the treatment described in Managing Social Anxiety.
The third edition of this Workbook provides essential information on the nature of social anxiety and the scientifically supported cognitive-behavioral techniques used to treat it. Readers may use it as part of therapy with a mental health professional or on their own. This new edition is fully updated with current science and clinical findings, a greater emphasis on multicultural experiences of social anxiety, and much more. Complete with user-friendly forms and worksheets, as well as relatable case examples and chapter review questions, this workbook contains all the tools necessary to help readers manage anxiety and improve quality of life.
Social Anxiety
The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook for Teens: CBT and ACT Skills to Help You Build Social Confidence
Jennifer Shannon LMFT (Author), Doug Shannon (Illustrator)
The essential go-to workbook for shy and socially anxious teens—now fully revised and updated with skills for dealing with social media anxiety and “social perfectionism.”
Do you feel shy when meeting new people? Do you freeze up when speaking in front of a group? Do you worry about what others think of you? If you struggle with shyness or social anxiety, you may try to avoid situations that cause you to feel uneasy. The problem is, avoiding stuff can also lead to missing out―on friendships, fun, and opportunities. If you’re ready to stop hiding behind your shyness and start enjoying everything life has to offer, this workbook is your guide.
The fun and easy worksheets and exercises in this fully revised and updated second edition of The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook for Teens will show you how to handle any kind of social situation with confidence, so you can connect with others and create great friendships. Based in proven-effective cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), the skills in this guide will also help you speak up for yourself when you need to, and stop dreading situations that put you on the spot—whether you’re called upon in class, interviewing for a job, or introducing yourself to new people.
This new edition also includes tons of tips to help you navigate the world of social media; and self-compassion skills to help you stop comparing yourself to others, deal constructively with criticism, and stop worrying so much about what other people think. Most importantly, you’ll learn how to move beyond “social perfectionism,” and set realistic goals for yourself.
So, why let shyness and social anxiety run your life? With this workbook, you can discover a more confident, outgoing you.
Social Anxiety
In Her Wake: A Child Psychiatrist Explores the Mystery of Her Mother's Suicide
Nancy Rappaport (Author)
In 1963, Nancy Rappaport's mother committed suicide after a bitter divorce and custody battle. Nancy was four years old. As one of eleven children in a prominent Boston family, Nancy struggled to come to terms with the reasons why her mother took her own life. After years spent interviewing family and friends, Rappaport uncovers the story of a conflicted and troubled activist, socialite, and community leader. Drawing on court depositions, her mother's unpublished novel, newspapers, and her own experiences, she highlights heartbreaking stories of a complicated life that played out in the public eye. Inspiring, honest, and engaging, Rappaport's story sheds light on the agonizing nature of loss and healing, and reveals the permeable boundaries between therapists and the patients they treat.
Suicide
Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide
Kay Redfield Jamison (Author)
The first major book in a quarter century on suicide—and its terrible pull on the young in particular—Night Falls Fast is tragically timely: suicide has become one of the most common killers of Americans between the ages of fifteen and forty-five.
From the author of the best-selling memoir, An Unquiet Mind—and an internationally acknowledged authority on depression—Dr. Jamison has also known suicide firsthand: after years of struggling with manic-depression, she tried at age twenty-eight to kill herself. Weaving together a historical and scientific exploration of the subject with personal essays on individual suicides, she brings not only her remarkable compassion and literary skill but also all of her knowledge and research to bear on this devastating problem. This is a book that helps us to understand the suicidal mind, to recognize and come to the aid of those at risk, and to comprehend the profound effects on those left behind.