What to Do When You Worry Too Much, Second Edition, guides children and parents through the modern cognitive-behavioral techniques most often used in the treatment of anxiety. Now revised and expanded, this groundbreaking best-selling series has helped millions of children. 

An updated edition of the classic best-seller, What to Do When You Worry Too Much, the second edition pairs everything that worked so well in the original—the conversational tone, interactive elements, clear and actionable strategies—with new tools, new illustrations, and expert advice for modern issues. Lively metaphors and humorous illustrations make the concepts and strategies easy to understand, while clear how-to steps and prompts to draw and write help children to master new skills related to reducing anxiety. This interactive self-help book is still the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering kids to overcome their overgrown worries. Includes a note to parents and caregivers by psychologist and author Dawn Huebner, PhD.


From the Note to Parents and Caregivers:

If you are the parent or caregiver of an anxious child, you know what it’s like to be held captive by fear. So does your child. Children who worry too much go to great lengths to avoid frightening situations, unable to shake the fear of what might happen. Unfortunately, the more children capitulate to anxiety, the more powerful it becomes. You have undoubtedly seen this pattern and done your best to reverse it, reassuring, distracting, accommodating, and/or encouraging your child, but it doesn’t work. None of it. At least, not in the long run. Anxiety can be neither forced nor jollied away.

 But there is hope.
 
What to Do When You Worry Too Much, Second Edition teaches a new way of thinking about and managing anxiety, one that addresses fear where it begins: in the brain. 


This book is part of the Magination Press What-to-Do Guides for Kids® series and includes a “Note to Parents and Caregivers.” What-to-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.
 

Dawn Huebner, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in Exeter, New Hampshire, specializing in the treatment of children and their parents. She is the author of several books for children, including What to Do When Bad Habits Take Hold: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Nail Biting and More and What to Do When Your Temper Flares: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Problems With Anger. Visit www.dawnhuebnerphd.com and Facebook: @DawnHuebnerPhDSelf-HelpforParentsandKids.

Sabine Rothmund studied communication design with a focus on book design and illustration in Mainz. She lives in Southern Germany.