title: The Anxiety Workbook for Kids: Take Charge of Fears and Worries Using the Gift of Imagination
author: Robin Alter PhD  CPsych
description: <DIV>&ldquo;<I>The Anxiety Workbook for Kids</I> is very child-friendly and engaging. It offers children and adolescents concrete and effective strategies for calming their fears and taking control of their lives. The workbook provides helpful techniques for children to become the bosses of their imagination so it serves them well.&#160;Children who use this workbook will undoubtedly master their worries, feel more positive about themselves and their lives, and interact more confidently with others. <I>The Anxiety Workbook for Kids</I> is a must-have for any therapist or counselor working with children, and for any family concerned about a child with anxiety.&rdquo;<BR /><B>&mdash;Nadine J. Kaslow, PhD, ABPP</B>, Emory University; 2014 president of the American Psychological Association<BR /></DIV><br /><br /><DIV>&ldquo;With inventive illustrations and activities, Alter and Clarke excel at explaining worry and cognitive-behavioral strategies to young readers. Whether a child&rsquo;s worries are improbable or impossible, readers will benefit from these practical tools which engage the strength of imagination. A great resource for kids as well as parents and teachers.&rdquo;<BR /><B>&mdash;Andrea Umbach, PsyD</B>, clinical psychologist and author of<I> Conquer Your Fears and Phobias for Teens</I><BR /></DIV><br /><br /><DIV>&ldquo;<I>The Anxiety Workbook for Kids</I> provides families with a wonderful tool for helping the growing number of children experiencing problems of anxiety: the child&rsquo;s own imagination. Robin Alter and Crystal Clarke have created a much-needed resource that is not just thoroughly engaging, but extremely beneficial.&rdquo;<BR /><B>&mdash;</B><B>Stuart Shanker</B>, distinguished research professor of philosophy and psychology at York University<BR /></DIV>
zlib_text: “The Anxiety Workbook for Kids is very child-friendly
  and engaging. It oﬀers children and adolescents concrete
  and eﬀective strategies for calming their fears and taking
  control of their lives. The workbook provides helpful
  techniques for children to become the bosses of their
  imagination so it serves them well. Children who use this
  workbook will undoubtedly master their worries, feel more
  positive about themselves and their lives, and interact more
  conﬁdently with others. The Anxiety Workbook for Kids is a
  must-have for any therapist or counselor working with
  children, and for any family concerned about a child with
  anxiety.”
  —Nadine J. Kaslow, PhD, ABPP, Emory University;
  2014 president of the American Psychological Association
  “With inventive illustrations and activities, Alter and Clarke
  excel 
  at 
  explaining 
  worry 
  and 
  cognitive-behavioral
  strategies to young readers. Whether a child’s worries are
  improbable or impossible, readers will beneﬁt from these
  practical tools which en