Resources
Websites & Recommended Reading
Recommended websites:
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Child Anxiety Tales: Online Parent-Training program for parents of children with anxiety: Coping Cat Parents Anxiety and Depression Association of America
Recommended reading:
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Rapee, R., Wignall, A., Spence, S.H., Cobham, V. & Lyneham, H. (2008). Helping Your Anxious Child: A Step-By-Step Guide for Parents. San Francisco: New Harbinger. Available at Amazon.
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Zucker, B. A (2008). Anxiety Free Kids: an Interactive Guide for Parents and Children. Prufrock Press. Available at Amazon.
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What to do when you worry too much, Dawn Huebner. Available at Amazon.
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I bet I won’t fret: a workbook to help children with generalized anxiety disorder: Available at Amazon.
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Bussman, R.. (2023). Being Brave With Selective Mutism: A Step-by-step Guide for Children and Their Caregivers. Jessica Kingsley Publications. Available at Amazon.
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Galnti, R. (2020). Anxiety Relief for Teens. Zeitgeist Young Adult. Essential CBT Skills and Mindfulness Practices to Overcome Anxiety and Stress. Available at Amazon.
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Duebner, D. (2017). Outsmarting Worry (An Older Kid's Guide to Managing Anxiety). Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Available at Amazon.
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Galanti, R. (2021). When Harley Has Anxiety: A Fun CBT Skills Activity Book to Help Manage Worries and Fears (For Kids 5-9). Z Kids. Available at Amazon.
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Galanti, R. (2024). Parenting Anxious Kids: Understanding Anxiety in Children by Age and Stage. Sourcebooks. Available at Amazon.
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Lebowitz, E. (2021). Breaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCD. Oxford University Press. Available at Amazon.
Recommended adult reading:
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Antony, M. M & Swinson, R.P. (2008). Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook: Proven, Step-by-Step Techniques for Overcoming Your Fear. New Harbinger Publications. Available at Amazon.
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Antony, M.M. & McCabe, R. (2004). 10 Simple Solutions to Panic: How to Overcome Panic Attacks, Calm Physical Symptoms, and Reclaim Your Life. New Harbinger Publications. Available at Amazon.
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Norton, P.J. & Antony, M.M. (2021). The Anti-Anxiety Program: A Workbook of Proven Strategies to Overcome Worry, Panic, and Phobias. Guilford Press. Available at Amazon.
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Clark, D.A.& Beck, A.T. (2023). The Anxiety and Worry Workbook: The Cognitive Behavioral Solution. Guilford Press. Available at Amazon.
Media Appearances
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Could our efforts to avoid anxiety only be making it worse?, Washington Post, July 10, 2019
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Your child is nervous about the new school year, which may be normal — or not featuring Dr. Alvord in Washington Post, Aug. 12, 2018
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For Teens Knee-Deep In Negativity, Reframing Thoughts Can Help by Dr. Alvord (NPR)
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Why anxiety fueled indulgences don’t bring Joy. December 2014. NBC News.