Starving the Anxiety Gremlin for Children Aged 5-9 ─ A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Workbook on Anxiety Management

Collins-Donnelly, a therapist, psychologist, criminologist, and anger management consultant in the UK, offers a workbook aimed at helping children ages five to nine deal with their anxious thoughts, feelings, and behaviors using principles of cognitive behavioral therapy. It contains stories, puzzles, and coloring activities to explain what anxiety is; why people get anxious; how they think, feel, and act when anxious; its effects; and managing anxiety. It includes a brief guide for parents and professionals and a chapter for children to evaluate their progress and what they have learned. Annotation c2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Kate Collins-Donnelly has worked as a therapist, psychologist, criminologist and anger management consultant based in the UK for many years. She presently runs a successful independent consultancy practice which provides cognitive behavioural therapy, counselling, coaching and training, and is head of the Psychological and Criminological Research Division. She is the author of several books for children and young people published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers, including Banish Your Body Image Thief, Banish Your Self-Esteem Thief and a range of titles in her Starving the Gremlin series.