My Book
I am very pleased to announce the release of my first book: Parenting Your Anxious Child with Mindfulness and Acceptance, from New Harbinger Publications.
In this book I apply Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to the problems parents face when their child becomes worried or afraid. This book provides a new way to think about your child’s anxiety, one that emphasizes the attempts at communication and help-seeking which underlie much of his anxious behavior. I look at the ‘dance’ between parent and child when the child’s means of communication and help-seeking evoke similar feelings of anxiety, helplessness, frustration, and even anger in the parent. The result can be a cycle of desperate and unpleasant reactions and counter-reactions, of avoiding important tasks and challenges, and unhelpful attempts at controlling one’s emotions and one another. This book will help you break this cycle and establish a new dance; one that promotes good communication, self-control in the face of strong thoughts and feelings, and better problem-solving and resilience within the family.
Parenting Your Anxious Child with Mindfulness and Acceptance: a powerful new approach to overcoming fear, panic, and worry using acceptance and commitment therapy
Christopher McCurry, Ph.D.
New Harbinger Publications
March 3, 2009
ISBN-13: 9781572245792
List price: $17.95
You may purchase this book through any of the following sites:
Link to New Harbinger website
http://www.newharbinger.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=733
Link to Amazon webpage
Link to Barnes and Noble webpage
What people are saying about Parenting Your Anxious Child with Mindfulness and Acceptance:
‘This book is a tremendous contribution to parents who want to help their children with the spectrum of anxieties that can hinder optimal development. McCurry provides a whole range of techniques that parents can use to help their children accept and handle anxious feelings that can cripple them in their daily lives. He is a stellar guide to this new and exciting approach. Without a doubt, this book will be valuable to parents and therapists alike who want to help build children’s social and emotional competence through effective management of anxiety.’
‘Laura Kastner, Ph.D., clinical associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Washington
‘Parenting Your Anxious Child with Mindfulness and Acceptance is a funny, warm, and wise resource for parents. This book is full of very useful specific suggestions, ideas, and how-tos for parenting an anxious child. What makes it special is Christopher McCurry’s very compassionate guidance through the process of dealing with all the intense emotions and questions that parents have as they work to best help their anxious children. This book will be incredibly helpful to many kids and families.
Stacy Shaw Welch, Ph.D. Director of the Anxiety and Stress Reduction Center in Seattle, WA.
‘McCurry breaks new ground by applying acceptance and commitment therapy to the treatment of anxiety disorders in children. His approach is based on solid principles and offers understandable and practical guidelines to help parents treat this common but often misunderstood condition.’
‘James T. Grimm, MD, MPH, child psychiatrist in Eugene, OR
‘For years I’ve looked in vain for books on acceptance-based strategies for anxious children and their parents. McCurry’s book was well worth the wait. His crystal clear writing, sprinkled with humor and touching self-disclosure, makes techniques such as validation and mindfulness immediately understandable and accessible. As a scientist-practitioner, I’m impressed with McCurry’s thoughtful consideration of current developmental research in the formulation of his clinical model and recommendations. The book contains many useful and concrete strategies for helping parents to regulate their own thoughts and feelings in order to help their child stand up to anxiety.’
‘Matthew L. Speltz, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine and chief of outpatient psychiatry services at Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle, WA
‘This book is an awesome and timely parent resource for those seeking to help their anxious child be positive, strong, and happy in this age of economic and social uncertainty. McCurry’s extensive professional background clearly shines through as he helps parents understand and intervene when their anxious child is in need.’
‘Steve Curtis, Ph.D., NCSP, child clinical psychologist, nationally certified school psychologist, and author of Understanding Your Child’s Puzzling Behavior