When Anxiety Roars: Partnering with Your Child to Tame Worry and Anxiety

When Anxiety Roars: Partnering with Your Child to Tame Worry and Anxiety

by Jean Holthaus
When Anxiety Roars: Partnering with Your Child to Tame Worry and Anxiety

When Anxiety Roars: Partnering with Your Child to Tame Worry and Anxiety

by Jean Holthaus

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Overview

According to the American Psychological Association, today's children and teenagers are anxious about many things. In addition to the stressors common to any generation—family issues, financial instability, pressure to perform in school or sports—these young people also worry about gun violence, social justice, the state of their divided nation, the fate of a warming planet, and much more. To top it off, recent global events and resulting restrictions have added significant stress even as they have stripped away support systems.

For parents, teachers, counselors, and youth leaders longing to understand and help the young people in their lives, When Anxiety Roars unpacks the biological, psychological, social, and spiritual factors that influence anxiety in children and offers specific practical steps to take together to tame that anxiety. Integrating faith with best practices to reduce anxiety, it also teaches coping skills that will help children live more confidently today and into the future.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780800736088
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Publication date: 03/29/2022
Pages: 272
Sales rank: 684,540
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Jean Holthaus, LISW, LMSW, has more than twenty-six years of experience providing therapy and is the mother of two adult children. She is currently a regional director and clinic manager for Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services. Her professional experience includes working with individuals, couples, and families dealing with abuse, anxiety, depression, marital issues, divorce, spiritual issues, changes of life, parenting, and more. A member of the National Association of Social Workers and the American Association of Christian Counselors, Jean is the author of Managing Worry and Anxiety and lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 9

1 Why Children Don't Act and React like Adults 13

2 Normal Childhood Development or Anxiety? 33

3 Helping Children Understand They Are Not Their Anxiety 50

4 Biology Affects Anxiety 62

5 How Children Think and What They Think Affect Anxiety 75

6 Social Environments Affect Anxiety 96

7 Children's View of God Affects Anxiety 123

8 Partnering with Your Child 135

9 Taming the Body's Anxiety 151

10 Taming Anxious Belief Systems 163

11 Taming Anxious Thoughts 185

12 Taming Anxious Feelings 206

13 Taming Anxious Behavior 228

14 Moving Forward 244

Appendix A Attachment Style Inventory 251

Appendix B Growth Mindset Resources 254

Appendix C Feeling Words 256

Appendix D Feeling Faces 262

Notes 264

About the Author 272

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