What to Do When You Don't Want to Be Apart: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Separation Anxiety

Author(s): Kristen Lavallee; Silvia Schneider; Janet McDonnell (Illustrator)

Emotions | Anxiety

The latest addition to the popluar What-to-Do Guides for Kids series addresses separation anxiety, a common developmental phase.
This workbook introduces kids and parents to cognitive-behavioural therapy-based strategies that can help them understand and cope with any type of separation anxiety. Like the other books in this series, it includes activities designed to change kids' perspectives on being separated and includes an introduction for parents and caregivers about how to most successfully use the book.
Ages 6-10.


Product Information

Kristen Lavallee, PhD, is a developmental and school psychologist, and has worked with children in the U.S. and Switzerland. She has coauthored empirical studies and a book chapter on treatment for separation anxiety, and is managing editor of the scientific journal European Psychologist.

Silvia Schneider, Dr. rer. nat., is a professor of child clinical psychology at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. She has conducted several studies on childhood separation anxiety disorder (SAD), and authored a treatment manual in German for SAD.

Janet McDonnell is a writer and illustrator living in the calm outskirts of the Windy City. Her characters populate many books and magazines for children.

General Fields

  • : 9781433827136
  • : American Psychological Association
  • : Magination Press
  • : October 2017
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Kristen Lavallee; Silvia Schneider; Janet McDonnell (Illustrator)
  • : Paperback
  • : Janet McDonnell
  • : 155.4/18
  • : 88