Freeing Your Child from Negative Thinking: Powerful, Practical Strategies to Build a Lifetime of Resilience, Flexibility, and Happiness

by Tamar E. Chansky

Book Overview

A leading clinical expert in the fields of child cognitive behavior therapy and anxiety disorders, Dr. Tamar Chansky frequently counsels children (and their parents) whose negative thinking creates chronic or occasional emotional hurdles and impedes optimism, flexibility, and happiness. Now, in the first book that specifically focuses on negative thinking in kids, Freeing Your Child from Negative Thinking provides parents, caregivers, and clinicians...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738211850
• ISBN13: 9780738211855
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
• Length: 321 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful insight into the negative child

I really enjoyed reading this book. There are some wonderful tips that you can follow when dealing with your child. So far, my 9 year old daughter seems somewhat receptive. We're working on it. This book is a great starting point! I really needed to get a handle on the negative thought process and figure out why she struggles through it.

More great advice from Tamar Chansky

I own "Freeing your child from anxiety" and was happy to see Dr Chanksy tackle this topic. Once again, it's packed with very practical advice and gives a great perspective as to what might be going on in my kid's mind. I recommend this book to anyone with a "Glass half-empty" child.

Excellent book - I can't recommend this enough

I am just about finished with this and can't wait to put in a good word, because it is full of such fantastic advice, much of which isn't stuff that would come to a parent intuitively. I've already put some of the suggestions to use with great results. It's written in a very clear and straightforward way, easy to understand, and with great examples and scripts that help you take the step from understanding the concepts (ie help child make problem smaller and specific rather than blow it up) to practice. Thank you Tamar Chansky!

Practical ideas for parents and educators

Chansky has written an amazingly practical guide to specific techniques that can help parents, teachers, and therapists work together to guide young children, school age children, and teens cope with anxiety and negative thinking so that they keep their "power" and avoid the trap of learned helplessness. As an educator for more than 35 years, I was delighted with this book's relevance and research-based approach to a wide-spread difficulty faced by more children and teens every year.

Easily the best book for parents on the subject!!

As a child psychologist, this is the book I wish I had written. It is an absolutely essential book for parents who have children of any age. Dr. Chansky has a gift of explaining information in a way that is understandable and does not demean parents. She gives you a starting place with real strategies that work. I will be buying many copies to offer to parents. Although I have bought several hundred parenting books, this is the first time I felt compelled to write a review. No need to hesitate, just buy this book.