The Anti-Anxiety Workbook: Proven Strategies to Overcome Worry, Phobias, Panic and Obsessions. Martin Anthony & Peter Norton, $21.95

Effective, proven methods to help you identify anxiety triggers; defeat fears; challenge negative thinking and reduce stress.

Anxiety Disorders: General Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder Panic Disorder and Others. Paul Caldwell, $19.95

Anxiety-Free Kids: an Interactive Guide for Parents and Children. Bonnie Zucker, $21.95

Anxiety-Free Kids offers parents strategies that help children become happy and worry free, methods that relieve a child’s excessive anxieties and phobias, and tools for fostering interaction and family-oriented solutions.

The Anxiety Workbook for Teens. Lisa Schab, $19.95

About one in four teens suffers from mild to serious problems with anxiety, and many of them get little or no help. This workbook gives teens a collection of tools to help control anxiety and develop insight into their problems as well as offering practical guidance for overcoming them.

Professional Version, $39.95 — Includes workbook and a digital copy of workbook on CD-ROM for easy printing.

Anxious Annie: the World’s Greatest Thinker. Jill Bobula & Katherine Bobula, $16.95

Annie thinks about a lot of things — maybe a little too much. But Annie learns how to keep her thoughts under control and learns that there are many benefits to being ‘the world’s greatest thinker’.

Be the Boss of Your Body™ Kit with Stress Book: Self-Care for Kids. Timothy Culbert & Rebecca Kajander, $22.95 (Ages 8 and up)

Easy-to-learn tools help kids take control of their own health and wellness. The kit includes the Be the Boss of Your Stress book, a pinwheel (to help with breathing exercises), an acupressure tool, a star-shaped stress ball, a biofeedback card, a quick-start card (a quick self-care activity), a carabiner (for attaching the biofeedback card and quick-start card to backpacks, jackets, etc.), and stickers (to help kids remember to practice and track their progress). Kids learn ways to recognize, manage and relieve stress using self-care skills that can be used almost anywhere, anytime.

The book is also available separately: Be the Boss of Your Stress: Self-Care for Kids. Timothy Culbert & Rebecca Kajander, $10.50 (Ages 8 and up)

Boom … Boom … Boom … a Story to Raise Your Child’s Emotional Intelligence. Marsha Jacobson, Illustrated by Troy Brooks, $14.99 (ages 4 to 10)

With the help of her mother, Gabi searches her house trying to discover the source of a scary noise. What she discovers is quite unexpected ….

A Brief History of Anxiety (Yours and Mine). Patricia Pearson, $19.95

Drawing on personal episodes of incapacitating dread as a vivid, often hilarious guide to her quest to understand this most ancient of human emotions, Patricia Pearson delves into the history and geography of anxiety. Why are North Americans so much more likely to suffer than Latin Americans? Why did Darwin treat hypochondria with sprays from a hose? Why have we forgotten the insights of some of our greatest philosophers, theologians and psychologists in favor of prescribing addictive drugs? In this blend of fascinating reportage and poignant memoir, Pearson ends with her struggle to withdraw from antidepressants and to find more self-aware and philosophically-grounded ways to strengthen the soul.

Butterflies in My Belly. Jacqueline MacKay, $7.95

Meet Tommy. Tommy is in grade three, he loves to play soccer and he has an anxiety disorder.

Calming Your Anxious Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You from Anxiety, Fear and Panic. Jeffrey Brantley, $15.95

Calming Your Anxious Mind is a gentle call to stop and pay more attention to your self and your life, and practice being - not doing. Practicing mindfulness and attending to life, moment by moment, will reduce your anxiety and stress and help you find peace and calm.

Daily Meditations for Calming Your Anxious Mind. Jeffrey Brantley & Wendy Millstine, $19.95

In his first book, Calming Your Anxious Mind, psychiatrist and author Jeffrey Brantley, shows you how to use the principles of mindfulness to manage anxiety and panic and rediscover the joy in living. Now in this follow-up book, he and coauthor Wendy Millstine present a series of daily meditations you can use to overcoming fear, anxiety, and panic. These easy-to-learn and practice techniques can ease anyone into a regular beneficial mindfulness practice. Daily Meditations for Calming Your Anxious Mind also includes visualizations, affirmations, and activities you can use to deal with anxiety in daily life. By practicing these techniques, you'll discover their own inner core of stability, peace, and presence.

Change Your Thinking: Overcome Stress, Anxiety & Depression and Improve Your Life with CBT. Sarah Edelman, $22.50

A highly practical guide for taking charge of your negative emotions through cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) — the evidence based treatment methods used by clinical psychologists.

Child Anxiety Disorders: a Family-Based Treatment Manual for Practitioners. Jeffrey Wood & Bryce McLeod, $32.00

In Child Anxiety Disorders, Wood and McLeod present a clinically-proven treatment protocol based on a collaborative, family-based intervention approach—one that has seen remission rates of 80% in children. Incorporating family therapy strategies and targeted CBT techniques, the authors lay out session-by-session guidelines for implementing the protocol, offering all those who work with and counsel children a hands-on toolkit to effectively resolve childhood anxiety, whether generalized or severe in nature.

CHILL: Stress-Reducing Techniques for a More Balanced, Peaceful You. Deborah Reber, $11.50

Today’s teens are part of the most overscheduled, over-programmed, and overwhelmed generation on the planet. CHILL can help you manage it all:

• explains what happens to your body and mind when you're stressed
• shows you how to de-stress through a variety of techniques including time management, visualization, exercise, and creative outlets
• offers organizational tips to make every part of your life run more smoothly
• helps you deal with some of the side effects of stress
• … and much more.

You can do it all. It's just a matter of having the right frame of mind. So relax, take a deep breath...and chill.

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: Mastering Clinical Challenges. Gillian Butler, Melanie Fennell & Ann Hackmann, $27.95

Helping therapists bring about enduring change when treating clients with any anxiety disorder, this invaluable book combines expert guidance, in-depth exploration and innovative clinical strategies. The authors identify obstacles that frequently arise during the early, middle and later stages of treatment and present a wide range of practical solutions. The volume demonstrates clear-cut yet flexible ways to enhance client engagement, foster metacognitive awareness, facilitate emotional processing, address low self-esteem and fear of uncertainty, and much more.

The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Anxiety: a Step-by-Step Program. William Knaus, $28.50

Proven tools for overcoming anxiety, fear, and worry. This workbook offers a practical program for using techniques from rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), powerful treatment methods proven to be even more effective in the long term than anxiety medication. You’ll learn to recognize your anxiety triggers, develop skills to stop anxious thoughts before they get out of control, and stop needless fears from coming back.

Connected Parenting: How to Raise a Great Kid. Jennifer Kolari, $19.00

Connected Parenting offers a unique form of therapeutic parenting based on Kolari's groundbreaking application of the concept of "mirroring," an instinctive process that helps parents bond with their children and promotes optimum growth and development. Kolari's strategy is highly effective for kids of all ages, and has been proven to reduce a child's anxiety, increase self-esteem, and allow children to become more resilient and flexible. With step-by-step advice and examples from Kolari's years of experience, this is an easy-to-follow guide to strengthening the bond between you and your children.

Coping with an Anxious or Depressed Child. Samantha Cartwright-Hatton, $17.95

Covering practical issues such as diet and routine, as well as more specialized medical information — from the professionals you might encounter to the prescriptions offered — this book is an A to Z guide for parents of anxious or depressed children and will help you maximize your child’s likelihood of a happy, confident future.

When we are regularly undone by our emotions, we become victims of damaged relationships, trapped circumstances, self-sabotage, and illness. This workbook offers help to all of us who want to gain the upper hand on our feelings and our lives. Even high reactors, people disposed to experiencing strong, even overwhelming emotions on a regular basis, will find its strategies easy to use and effective at managing frequent emotional flare-ups.

Exam Stress? No Worries! Su Dorland, $23.95 (Includes audio CD)

Psychologist Su Dorland gives frazzled high school and college/university students insights into  the causes of exam anxiety, why some people get anxious about exams and why others  don’t, steps for coping with the two Ps (perfectionism and procrastination) and ways to finally free oneself from exam stress.

• Includes a free CD with centering exercises, visualization techniques, and relaxation tracks
•  Offers advice for students mixing work or other commitments with study, as well as off-campus students, mature students, international students, or students from migrant worker families

An important guide not simply for test-takers but anyone facing a stressful situation such as a job interview, a driving test, or a public speaking engagement.

Fighting Invisible Tigers: Stress Management for Teens, 3rd Edition. Earl Hipp, $17.50

Proven, practical advice covers everything you need to know about stress management and life management, from coping with stress to being assertive, building supportive relationships, taking risks, making decisions, staying healthy, dealing with fears and misconceptions, recognizing perfectionism, using positive self-talk-even growing a funny bone.

Fighting Their Fears: Child and Youth Anxiety. Directed by Melanie Wood, $19.95 (DVD format, 56 minutes).

For many children, anxiety disrupts everyday life, interfering with their ability to make friends or go to school. Through interviews with experts and three young people, this compelling documentary outlines the causes, symptoms and treatments for anxiety disorders and emphasizes the importance of early identification and intervention.

Help for Worried Kids: How Your Child Can Conquer Anxiety and Fear. Cynthia Last, $15.95

Most childhood fears are nothing to worry about. But panic attacks, phobias, and persistent anxiety can darken a child’s horizons and lead to disrupted sleep, lower grades, and missed opportunities to make friends and explore the world. Dr. Cynthia G. Last helps parents determine when a child’s apprehension is cause for concern. Drawing on 25 years of clinical practice and research, she vividly illustrates the different forms that childhood anxiety can take and offers practical solutions specific to each. The book emphasizes strategies for preventing episodes before they begin, demonstrates how to intervene when one is in progress, and offers tips on how to keep anxiety from worsening as a child matures. Readers will learn to be consistent and encouraging as their child develops the confidence needed to face and conquer worries of every kind.

Helping Children to Cope with Change, Stress and Anxiety: a Photocopiable Activities Book. Deborah Plummer, $29.95 (ages 7 -11)

This book is full of creative ideas for use with children who have difficulty in coping with change, stress and normal levels of anxiety. Supported by a comprehensive but accessible theory section, the practical exercises are a simple and fun way of helping children to learn healthy stress management strategies.

This photocopiable activity book will be an invaluable resource for anyone looking for creative, enjoyable ways of helping children to cope with change, stress and anxiety. It is primarily designed for use with individuals and groups of children aged 7-11, but the ideas can easily be adapted for both older and younger children and children with learning difficulties.

Helping Your Anxious Child: a Step-by-Step Guide for Parents, 2nd Edition. Ronald Rapee, et al. $23.50

Helping Your Anxious Child, 2nd Edition describes the common types of childhood anxiety, how anxiety originates, and options for dealing with the problem, with or without a therapist's help. Throughout, the book employs a step-by-step approach that is both structured and directive. You’ll learn how to help your child overcome intense fears and worries and find out how to relieve anxious feelings, while parenting with compassion.  

Helping Your Child Overcome Separation Anxiety or School Refusal. Andrew Eisen, Linda Engler, Joshua Sparrow, $15.95

Sometimes extreme or persistent kinds of separation anxiety can make life difficult for both parent(s) and child. Separation anxiety issues can lead a child to be reluctant to get ready for school or to simply refuse to go at all. This behavior, called school refusal, comes with its own set of challenges. This book shows you how to identify when your child’s separation anxiety or school refusal is more than just a phase and offers effective tools that you can use to manage your child’s anxiety.

In social situations, certain children are more likely than others to be subject to emotional and physical harm by more aggressive children. Shyness, social anxiety, or a tendency to be withdrawn may underlie this socially vulnerability, as may awkwardness in social situations or an inclination to be impulsive or explosive. In this book, authors Eisen and Engler provide parents with a clinically proven set of coping tools and social-skill strategies you can tailor to your child's unique social and emotional needs.

Hot Stuff to Help Kids Worry Less: the Anxiety Management Book. Jerry Wilde & Jack Wilde, $11.50 (ages 9-14)

Hot Stuff to Help Kids Worry Less is a practical, activity-based guide to help children and young adolescents who struggle with anxiety.

How to Start a Conversation and Make Friends. Don Gabor, $18.99

Break through the shyness barrier, be a better speaker, meet more people and make new friends. How to Start a Conversation shows you how communicate with confidence, wit and enthusiasm in person or on the phone, one-on-one or in groups.

I Bet I Won't Fret: a Workbook to Help Children with Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Timothy Sisemore, $19.95; professional version with CD-ROM, $29.95

Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is one of the most common anxiety disorders in children. It’s important to recognize and treat anxiety in kids early, before these problems develop into serious, lifelong conditions. I Bet I Won’t Fret offers parents a range of proven-effective techniques that can support and accelerate any treatment. These activities can be done on their own or as part of a therapy program, and are appropriate for kids between the ages of six and twelve.

Companion workbook for professionals: Tools & Techniques for Helping Children with Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Timothy Sisemore, $45.00, includes a CD-ROM of printable forms and hand-outs.

I Can Relax! A Relaxation CD for Children. Donna Pincus, $16.95 (ages 4-12)

Almost any child can benefit from having the skill of relaxation. Now your child can experience a guided relaxation training session, and will learn specific relaxation skills that he or she can use anywhere. Written by Dr. Donna Pincus, creator of The Child Anxiety Network, the "I Can Relax!" CD focuses on teaching children relaxation skills while also promoting positive self-image.

If Your Adolescent Has an Anxiety Disorder: an Essential Resource for Parents. Edna Foa & Linda Wasmer Andrews, $10.95

Growing up can be stressful for any teenager, but it is considerably harder for the many adolescents who develop an anxiety disorder. If Your Adolescent Has an Anxiety Disorder provides adult readers with the clinical information and practical advice they need to understand and help the teen … Knowing the right information about anxiety disorders is the first step towards helping adolescents who are dealing with them grow to become healthy, happy adults.

Indigo Ocean Dreams CD. Lori Lite, $17.95 (ages 6-12)

Indigo Ocean Dreams is a 60 minute CD/audio book designed to entertain your child in an ocean setting while introducing them to four relaxation and stress-management techniques. Children follow their sea friends along as they learn to release and manage anger with Angry Octopus, build self-esteem with Affirmation Weaver, implement breathing with Sea Otter Cove and visualize with Bubble Riding.

The narration is accompanied by calming sounds of dolphins, sea otters and gentle waves. An additional music sound track is included to further enhance your child's relaxation experience. These proven techniques encourage wellness and provide tools for children who suffer from anxiety, stress, trauma, hyperactivity, anger, sleep issues and lack of confidence.

The four stories featured on Lori Lite’s Indigo Ocean Dreams CD are now available separately in these delightfully illustrated books:

Affirmation Weaver: a Believe in Yourself Story. Lori Lite, $18.50
Sea Otter Cove: a Relaxation Story. Lori Lite, $16.95
Bubble Riding: a Relaxation Story. Lori Lite, $17.50
Angry Octopus: a Relaxation Story. Lori Lite, $17.95

Is a Worry Worrying You? Ferida Wolff & Harriet May Savitz, illustrated by Marie Le Tourneau, $8.95

“Suppose, just suppose, one hundred elephants come to tea and you discover you don't have any tea bags. Uh, oh. What will you do with a herd of thirsty elephants? Now that's a worry! But you can get rid of that worry by offering the elephants lemonade instead…”

Adults think of childhood as a carefree time, but the truth is that children worry, and some children worry a lot. This book addresses children's worries with humor and imagination, and teaches kids the use of perspective and the art of creative problem-solving.

Keys to Parenting Your Anxious Child, 2nd Edition. Katharina Manassis, $10.99

Still the most-popular, accessible and comprehensive guide to the entire range of childhood anxieties, the specific problem behaviours associated with anxiety, and the appropriate strategies for supporting anxious children.

Martha the (confident) Mouse. Written & illustrated by Karen Lang, $7.95

Martha, a shy and timid mouse, lives alone in a tree fort, high above a cottage. She dreams about the mice that live in the cottage, and the friendships she might enjoy… if only she could figure out a way to manage her worries … and feel confident about making new friends.

This charming story tackles shyness, teaching children concrete strategies to manage it. Martha’s simple idea is a straightforward and visual strategy, allowing her to manage her feelings of shyness and worry with confidence. It is also about having the courage to take a chance in a situation that may seem completely overwhelming, and the belief that one can find ways to manage and conquer one’s fears and trepidations.

Mind Over Basketball: Coach Yourself to Handle Stress. Jane Weierbach & Elizabeth Phillips-Hershey, $10.95 (ages 8-12)

With coaching guides, skill exercises and self-quizzes, this interactive book helps kids learn to coach themselves to handle stress and to be their most calm and confident selves.

The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being. Daniel Siegel, $35.00

A new framework for maintaining mental health and well-being.

Three human experiences have been documented as promoting well-being: secure attachment, mindfulness meditation, and effective psychotherapy. Leading neurobiologist Daniel Siegel presents a unifying theory that shows that the effects of these three experiences have a similar neural mechanism. Siegel uses theory, science, and anecdote to reveal how to transform the brain as well as promote well-being.

The Mindfulness & Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety: a Guide to Breaking Free from Anxiety, Phobias & Worry Using Acceptance & Commitment Therapy. John Forsyth & Georg Eifert, $23.95

The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety has one purpose: to help you live better, more fully, more richly. Your life is calling on you to make that choice, and the skills in this workbook can help you make it happen. Find out how your mind can trap you, keeping you stuck and struggling in anxiety and fear. Learn to nurture your capacity for acceptance, mindfulness, kindness, and compassion. Use these qualities to shift your focus away from anxiety and onto what you really want your life to be about. As you do, your life will get bigger as your anxious suffering gets smaller. No matter what kind of anxiety problem you're struggling with, this workbook can guide you toward a more vibrant and purposeful life.

The Mindfulness Solution: Everyday Practices for Everyday Problems. Ronald Siegel, $16.50

Mindfulness offers a path to well-being and tools for coping with life's inevitable hurdles. And though mindfulness may sound exotic, you can cultivate it — and reap its proven benefits — without special training or lots of spare time. In this inviting guide, you’ll get effective strategies to use while driving to work, walking the dog, or washing the dishes, plus tips on creating a formal practice routine in as little as 20 minutes a day. Flexible, step-by-step action plans will help you become more focused and efficient in daily life; cope with difficult feelings, such as anger and sadness; deepen your connection to your spouse or partner; feel more rested and less stressed; curb unhealthy habits; find relief from anxiety and depression; and resolve stress-related pain, insomnia, and other physical problems. Free audio downloads of the meditation exercises are available at the author's website. Start living a more balanced life — today.

Miranda Peabody and the Stress-Free Birthday Party. Susan DeBell, $18.95 (grades K-4)

A story of how to deal with worry and stress.

My Anxious Mind: a Teen’s Guide to Managing Anxiety and Panic. Michael Tomkins & Katherine Martinez, $16.50 (ages 12 – 18)

My Anxious Mind outlines a simple and proven plan to help you understand and deal with your anxiety and panic. It is chock full of simple-to-use tools and strategies that easily fit into any teen’s busy routine.

The No-Cry Separation Anxiety Solution. Elizabeth Pantley, $19.95

Gentle ways to make good-bye easy, from six months to six years.

Does even the thought of a visit to the doctor's office start your heart racing? These fears might already have inconvenienced you, but if you're avoiding necessary medical attention, you could be putting yourself in great physical danger. This book can help you overcome your medical phobia, maybe in less time that you ever thought possible. Start by learning about your fears, where they might come from, what factors influence them, and how you can best prepare to overcome them. Then you'll gradually and safely confront your specific fears. The book also includes information about avoiding relapse so you can maintain your progress, as well as steps for helping someone you care about who suffers from a medical phobia.

Overcoming School Anxiety: How to Help Your Child Deal with Separation, Tests, Homework, Bullies, Math Phobia and Other Worries. Diane Peters Mayer, $18.95

School should be rewarding, not terrifying. This unique guide shows parents how to make their child's learning experience a positive one.

Filled with real-life examples as well as proven advice for working with teachers, principals, and counselors, this is the only comprehensive guide that will enable every parent to help a child cope, build confidence, and succeed in school.

Parenting Your Anxious Child with Mindfulness and Acceptance. Christopher McCurry, $20.95

A powerful new approach to overcoming fear, panic and worry using acceptance and commitment therapy.

The Power of Your Child's Imagination: How to Transform Stress and Anxiety into Joy and Success. Charlotte Reznick, $18.50

Imagine your frustrated four-year-old calming her own anger with a few simple breaths. Picture your fourth grader visualizing an ice blue pillow to cool his hot headaches. Encourage your worried eleven-year-old to improve her concentration by consulting a personal wizard to help with homework.

The Power of Your Child’s Imagination will show you how to empower your child with easy, effective, and creative skills for surviving—and thriving—in a stressful world. This indispensable guide provides nine simple tools to help children cope with stress and anxiety by tapping into their imagination to access their own natural strength and confidence. Dr. Reznick illustrates how each tool can be used every day to deal with problems such as:

• Stress-induced headaches and stomachaches
• Phobias, panic attacks, and social anxiety
• Bed-wetting and sleepless nights
• Separation anxiety and fear of the unknown
• Coping with death, divorce, and other losses
• Hurt, frustration, and anger
• Trouble with schoolwork and concentration
• Sibling rivalry and school-yard squabbles

The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook, 6th Edition. Martha Davis, Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman & Matthew McKay, $25.95

Since its first publication in 1980, The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook has become the most indispensable resource for effective and up-to-date techniques for relaxing the body and calming the mind. No other book offers easy-to-use, step-by-step instructions for using progressive relaxation, autogenics, self-hypnosis, visualization, mindfulness, acceptance…and the list goes on. If it means relaxation, it's in this newly revised and updated edition.

The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook for Kids: Help for Children to Cope with Stress, Anxiety & Transitions. Lawrence Shapiro & Robin Sprague, $19.95; Professional edition (includes CD-ROM with workbook handouts) $29.95

Children pay close attention to their parents' moods. When parents feel upset, their kids may become anxious, and when parents wind down, children also get the chance to relax. When you feel overwhelmed and stressed, it can be hard to help your child feel balanced. The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook for Kids, written by two child therapists, offers more than fifty activities you can do together as a family to help you and your child replace stressful and anxious feelings with feelings of optimism, confidence, and joy.

You'll learn proven relaxation techniques, including deep breathing, guided imagery, mindfulness, and yoga, and then receive guidance for teaching them to your child. Your child will also discover how taking time to do art and creative projects can create a sense of fulfillment and calm. By completing just one ten-minute activity from this workbook each day, you'll make relaxation a family habit that will stay with both you and your child for a lifetime.

Say Goodbye to Being Shy: a Workbook to Help Kids Overcome Their Shyness. Richard Brozovich & Linda Chase, $19.95; Professional Version, $36.95 — Includes a digital copy of workbook on CD-ROM for easy printing

Say Goodbye to Being Shy is a book for children who struggle with extreme to occasional shyness. Shyness is a barrier to social and academic development which can prevent children from reaching their greatest potential. Say Goodbye to Being Shy offers focused activities with clearly stated purposes designed to move children from feelings of shyness to developing competence and skill.

Self-Calming Cards. Elizabeth Crary & Mits Katayama, $16.95

Use these engaging cards to make learning self-calming strategies fun.

• Learn Effective Strategies to Help Your Child Communicate Worries
• Help Your Child Face Worries
• Develop a Plan with Your Child to Manage Worry, Fear, and Anxiety
• Learn Ways to Improve Your Child's Self-Esteem and Build Resilience

The Shyness Workbook for Teens. Bernardo J. Carducci & Teesue H. Fields, $19.95

Adolescence is a crucial time for learning to deal with shyness and overcoming the pain and difficulty it can cause. This hands-on workbook is a valuable resource for counselors who work with shy teens in schools and other settings. The authors help teens understand the nature and dynamics of shyness, and explain how teens can achieve happiness by learning to be ‘successfully shy.’ Through a series of 30 user-friendly lessons, teens will discover ways to control their shyness instead of letting it control them. The lessons will help them in establishing friendships and intimate relationships, pursuing educational and career opportunities, and fostering personal and family relationships over a lifetime.

Sometimes I Don’t Like to Talk (But Sometimes I Can’t Keep Quiet). Jessica Lamb-Shapiro, $19.95

Early intervention for extreme shyness is the key to helping children reach the social and emotional milestones that shape their sense of self-worth.  Sometimes I Don’t Like to Talk tells the story of Emmy and her how she learns to face her fears, one step at a time.

Sometimes I’m Scared. Jane Annunziata & Marc Nemiroff, illustrated by Bryan Langdo, $10.95 (ages 4-8)

Easy steps kids can use to help them overcome their everyday fears.

Sophie and the Sea Monster. Don Gillmor, illustrated by Michael Martchenko, $6.99

Sophie is a worrier. She worries about snapping dogs and thunderstorms and losing her homework. And now there is a sea monster under Sophie’s bed! She’s afraid to look at him — but the sea monster is even more afraid to come out! It turns out that friendship is stronger than fear and soon Sophie and the sea monster are having adventures and together they learn not to be so worried about everything.

Narratives by individuals with autism, family members, clinicians, and a historian help to understand in a rich and unique way in which the role and impact of stress in the life of people living with autism. First-person accounts also highlight creative coping strategies over a lifetime. This volume's biological, psychological and social perspectives on stress and autism reflect many modes of inquiry and types of information. Stress and Coping in Autism will be of great help to both mental health professionals and caregivers alike.

Stress Relief: Ultimate Teen Guide. Mark Powell, $19.75

Stress Relief is not about managing stress, but rather about preventing and avoiding it and eliminating the feelings it causes. This is a clear and practical guide that is also challenging and inspiring. Packed with insightful thoughts, ideas, and techniques like breathing exercises, meditation, affirmation and creative visualization, Stress Relief empowers teens by giving them control over their lives.

Take the Time: Mindfulness for Kids. Maud Roegiers, $10.95 (ages 4-8)

With gentle rhythms and soothing imagery, Take the Time guides kids toward self-awareness and mindfulness.

Too Stressed to Think? A Teen Guide to Staying Sane When Life Makes You Crazy. Annie Fox & Ruth Kirschner, $17.99

When stress has the 'survival brain' on overdrive, what happens to the 'thinking brain'? How can teens learn to use the mind-body connection to stay cool and make smart choices when the pressure's on? This book is packed with practical information and stress-lessening tools teens can use every day. Dozens of realistic scenarios describe stressful situations teen readers can relate to. Each scenario is followed by a clear, understandable process for reducing or stopping the stress and making decisions … Throughout, quotes from real teens remind readers that they're not alone, that stress affects everyone, but it doesn't have to ruin your life.

Transforming Anxiety: the HeartMath® Solution for Overcoming Fear and Worry and Creating Serenity. Doc Childre & Deborah Rozman, $16.95

Feelings of anxiety can sap your energy, joy, and vitality. At the core of the HeartMath® method is the idea that our thoughts and emotions affect our heart rhythms. By focusing on positive feelings such as appreciation, care, or compassion, you can create coherence in these rhythms — with amazing results. Using the HeartMath® method, you'll learn to engage your heart to bring your emotions, body, and mind into balance. Relief from anxiety, optimal health, and high performance all day long will follow.

What to Do When Good Enough Isn’t Good Enough: the Real Deal on Perfectionism. Thomas Greenspon, $11.50 (ages 9 – 13)

Most children don’t know what perfectionism is, yet many suffer from it. Nothing they do is ever good enough. School assignments are hard to start or hand in. Relationships are challenging, and self-esteem is low. Written for kids ages 9–13, this book helps them understand how perfectionism hurts them and how to free themselves. Includes true-to-life vignettes, exercises, and a note to grown-ups.

What to Do When You Worry Too Much: a Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety. Dawn Huebner. $17.95 (ages 6-12)

What to Do When You Worry Too Much guides children and parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques most often used in the treatment of anxiety. Lively metaphors and illustrations make the concepts and strategies easy to understand while clear how-to steps and prompts to draw and write help children master new skills related to reducing anxiety.

The complete list of books in this series by psychologist Dawn Huebner:

What to Do When You Dread Your Bed: a Kid's Guide to Overcoming Problems with Sleep

What to Do When You Grumble Too Much: a Kid's Guide to Overcoming Negativity

What to Do When You Worry Too Much: a Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety

What to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck: a Kid's Guide to Overcoming OCD

What to Do When Your Temper Flares: a Kid's Guide to Overcoming Problems with Anger

What to Do When Bad Habits Take Hold: a Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Nail Biting and More

What You Must Think of Me: a Firsthand Account of One Teenager’s Experience with Social Anxiety Disorder. Emily Ford, with M. Liebowitz & L. Wasmer Andrews, $10.95

What You Must Think of Me is an absorbing story and a useful guide, encouraging young people to believe that, with commitment and hard work, they can overcome Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD). Written specifically for teens and young adults, What You Must Think of Me will also be a valuable resource for friends and family of those with SAD. It offers much-needed hope to young people, helping them to lead healthy, productive lives.

When Fuzzy was Afraid of Losing His Mother. Inger Maier & Jennifer Candon, $10.95

A gently empowering book for children ages 3 to 7 about separation anxiety and coping with fear.

When My Worries Get Too Big: a Relaxation Book for Children Who Live with Anxiety. Kari Dunn Buron, foreword by Brenda Smith Myles, $17.95

"Losing control” can cause major problems for children. Through the irresistible character of Nicholas, this book gives young children an opportunity to explore with parents or teachers their own feelings as they react to events in their daily lives while learning some useful relaxation techniques. Children who use the simple strategies presented in this charming book, illustrated by the author, will find they can relax and be ready to work or play. Can be used in conjunction with The Incredible 5-Point Scale, by Kari Dunn Buron & Mitzi Curtis.

Willow’s Whispers. Lana Button, illustrated by Tania Howells, $18.95

When Willow speaks, her words slip out as soft and shy as a secret. At school, her barely audible whisper causes her no end of troubles. But Willow is as resourceful as she is quiet, and she fashions a magic microphone from items she finds in the recycling bin. But Willow’s clever invention is only a temporary solution. How will this quiet little girl make herself heard?

The Worried Child shows that anxiety is preventable - or can at least be minimized - by raising children's self-confidence and increasing social and self-control skills. Written for parents and anyone dealing with children, this guide provides detailed lists, skill exercises, sample dialogues and case studies and also covers the importance of adequate rest, sleep and exercise.

• Part I discusses normal anxiety, anxiety disorders, and the personality of anxious children.
• Part II addresses the role of parents, schools, and society in contributing to children's anxiety. Additional chapters discuss the impact of terrorism and war, and the media.
• Part III gives sources of help: psychotherapy, medication, and alternative and complementary therapies.

Packed with information, practical guidance and specific how-to steps to help children overcome worry, school refusal, separation anxiety, social anxiety, excessive shyness, panic, phobias, traumas and tragedies, obsessions and compulsions. With clear and practical information on:

• how to tell normal anxiety from problem anxiety
• different forms of anxiety in children and teenagers
• red flags for anxiety
• expressions of anxiety in school
• effective treatments
• what parents can do to help
• what schools can do to help
• step-by-step action plans with examples
• ready-to-use forms and tools for parents and schools

Grounded in the powerful new acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), this book will help you get relief from chronic worry and even generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) by learning to stop controlling your feelings and avoiding life and to start living it in a way that really matters to you.