Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) offers a new way out of separation anxiety, excessive worry, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and other anxiety problems that children and their parents face. Based on well-researched parent-child treatment programs, Parenting Your Anxious Child with Mindfulness and Acceptance presents a set of skills parents can pass on to anxious children as young as four years old. These skills help kids learn to shift their focus away from anxious thoughts and feelings and focus instead on the things that are most important to them -- relationships with friends, learning new things in school, and having fun. The book addresses the difficult thoughts and feelings, such as guilt and sadness, parents sometimes face when raising an anxious child. This compassionate and effective guide emphasizes that emotional and behavioral problems are normal, and with the ACT skills in this book, they can be outgrown. --- from the publisher About the Author: Christopher McCurry, Ph.D., is a clinical child psychologist in private practice specializing in the treatment of childhood anxiety. He is a clinical assistant professor in the departments of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Washington and also works at the Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle, WA. |