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"This easy-to-read volume helps readers recognize when
the 'monkey mind, ' or the primitive, instinctual part of the
brain, is doing the thinking and offers advice in overcoming
those thoughts. The author's strategies are practical and
designed to help teens facing all kinds of anxiety-inducing
scenarios."
--School Library Journal
"We know how to win over fearful worry. The skills take effort,
but they are surprisingly simple. Now Jennifer Shannon places
these tools directly into your hands. If you will act on her
clever guidance, you can do more than survive, you can thrive."
--Reid Wilson, PhD, coauthor of Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents
and Playing with Anxiety: Casey's Guide for Teens and Kids
"With clarity and fun, The Anxiety and Survival Guide for Teens
offers effective cognitive behavioral strategies for teens to
overcome their fear, worry, and panic. This book will not only
help teens survive their anxiety, but will guide them out of the
fear and worry that limits their lives. I highly recommend it."
--Michael A. Tompkins, PhD, author of My Anxious Mind: A Teen's
Guide to Managing Anxiety and Panic and codirector of the San
Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy
"This is a terrific book for teens, explaining all the best that
cognitive behavioral therapy, ACT, and mindfulness have to offer
in terms that are engaging, fun, and easy to understand. Teens
can easily recognize themselves in this book and become empowered
to overcome their anxiety."
--Karen Lynn Cassiday, PhD, managing director at The Anxiety
Center of Greater Chicago and clinical assistant
professor at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
"The Anxiety Survival Guide for Teens by Jennifer Shannon is a
clear, concise, helpful guide with all the key tools to help you
overcome your anxiety. Why suffer another day from anxiety when
you can use these tools right now? Each chapter gives you
powerful and easy-to-understand self-help tools to overcome the
many difficulties that teens will face. I will recommend this to
my colleagues and clients."
--Robert L. Leahy, PhD, director of the American Institute for
Cognitive Therapy in New York, NY, and author of The Worry Cure:
Seven Steps to Stop Worry from Stopping You
"All parents want to lift the burden of stress from their teen's
shoulders, but many teens don't want to talk about it. They do,
however, desperately want to feel better. In a completely clear,
accessible, and engaging way, Jennifer Shannon's Anxiety Survival
Guide for Teens tells teens exactly what they need to do to help
themselves do just that. The simple exercises in this book teach
teens how to break free from their anxiety and see themselves and
their lives in a whole new light--a more realistic one. Every
teen will benefit from the strategies Ms. Shannon provides. I
highly recommend this wonderful book!"
--Tamar Chansky, PhD, author of Freeing Your Child from Anxiety
and Freeing Yourself from Anxiety: 4 Simple Steps to Overcome
Worry and Create the Life You Want
" is on the way for anxious teens. The Anxiety Survival
Guide for Teens teaches proven steps to uncover the causes and
learn what to do to manage anxiety. Unlike many similar books,
this guide addresses all types of anxiety with drawings and
helpful stories about common situations faced by teens and young
adults. Whether mildly or super anxious, complete the exercises
in this book to get a grip on your anxiety."
--Christine A. Padesky, PhD, psychologist and coauthor of Mind
Over Mood
"This is the first self-help book I've ever read where the
narrator doesn't over-romanticize the possibilities to get better
soon. What a ! In a calm, orderly manner, author Jennifer
Shannon characterizes and gives specific instructions for
different kinds of anxiety: shyness and social anxiety, panic and
agoraphobia, specific phobias, generalized anxiety, and
obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The tone is just so warm and
pleasant, and every teen who suffers from anxiety--but doesn't
know what kind yet--can easily recognize him or herself in the
detailed and often funny examples, without being ed to death.
It's the best introduction to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
that I've ever seen, and it's amazing that it's written
specifically for teens, because they need it so much. I wish it
had existed for little teenage me."
--Peter Henrichsen, editor at Youth Culture Denmark
Book Description
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Do you have problems with anxiety? The Anxious Teen
Survival Guide is a much-needed, go-to guide to help you finally
break free from the worry and ruminations that can get in the way
of reaching your goals.