Overcoming Your Child's Shyness and Social Anxiety
Cathy Creswell author Lucy Willetts author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Published:30th Aug '07
Should be back in stock very soon
Many children are naturally shy but extreme shyness and social anxiety can become a major childhood problem, leading to avoidance of school, difficulty in making friends and even developing into social anxiety in adulthood.
In Overcoming Your Child's Shyness and Social Anxiety, child psychologists Lucy Willetts and Cathy Creswell explain how parents can help a shy child learn to challenge their thoughts and behaviour patterns and learn to participate confidently in every aspect of their lives.
Based on clinically proven CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) principles, the book explains what causes shyness, how to identify social anxiety in your child (sometimes masked by anger or stubbornness) and how to gradually help your child face their anxieties and develop problem-solving strategies. This book is a must for parents, teachers and anyone working with children.
Invaluable for parents, teachers and clinicians alike. -- Charlotte Wilson, Chair, Child, Adolescent and Family Special Interest Branch, British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies
ISBN: 9781845290870
Dimensions: 197mm x 132mm x 22mm
Weight: 241g
336 pages