The Anxiety Workbook for Teens

In our increasingly uncertain world, there are plenty of reasons for anyone to feel anxious. And as a teen, many are dealing with academic stress, social and societal pressures, and massive changes taking place in your body, brain, and emotions. The good news is that there are a lot of effective techniques to use—both self-help and with the help of a therapist or counselor—to reduce feelings of anxiety.

Now fully revised and updated, this second edition of The Anxiety Workbook for Teens provides the most up-to-date strategies for managing fear, anxiety, and worry.. There are new skills to help teens handle school pressures and social media overload, develop a positive self-image, recognize anxious thoughts, and stay calm in times of extreme uncertainty. The workbook also includes resources for seeking additional help and support if needed.

While working through the activities in this book, the individual teen will discover ways to help prevent and handle their anxiety. Some of the activities may seem unusual at first. The teen may be asked to try doing things that are very new to them. These are tools intended to carry forward and be used over and over throughout a lifetime. The more practice using them, the better at managing anxiety.

Praise

“This is a comprehensive guide to managing anxiety and finding emotional balance! It offers interventions to calm a hypervigilant alert system, increase activity to burn adrenaline, and retrain the brain to decrease reactions to stimuli—all through engaging activities with easy-to-follow instructions. A GREAT workbook for teens struggling with anxiety!”

—Christina Reese, LCPC, PhD, psychotherapist and author ofAttachment and The Attachment Connection

“If you are searching for a highly recommended self-help resource that will enable your teen to learn to manage their anxiety, get this workbook. In this revised edition, Lisa Schab encourages self-reflection and discovery through thought-provoking questions, and simultaneously equips adolescents with a toolbox full of useful strategies and accessible skills that they can readily apply to daily practice. Especially today, any anxious teen can benefit from these techniques.”

—Stephanie Margolese, PhD, clinical psychologist, associate professor of psychiatry and assistant professor of psychology at McGill University, and author of author of My Brain Team and Sam’s Big Secret