The Opposite of Worry-The Playful Parenting Approach to Childhood Anxieties and Fears

The Opposite of Worry-The Playful Parenting Approach to Childhood Anxieties and Fears by Lawrence J.Cohen, Ph.D. provides a special set of tools to handle childhood anxiety.

Offering simple, effective strategies that build connection through fun, play and empathy, Dr Cohen helps parents :

• Teach children the basics of their body's 'security system' : alert, alarm, assessment and all clear.
• Promote tolerance of uncertainty and discomfort by finding the balance between outright avoidance and 'white-knuckling' through fear.
• Find lighthearted ways to release tension in the moment.
• Tackle the parent's own anxieties so they can stay calm when a child is distressed.
• Bring children out of their anxious thoughts and into their bodies by using relaxation, breathing, writing, drawing and playful roughhousing.

With this helpful resource of easy to implement solutions and strategies, you and you child can experience the opposite of anxiety and fear and embrace connection, trust and joy.