Acknowledgements. About the Author. Information for Parents and Practitioners. Introduction. 1. What is Anxiety? 2. The Many Faces of the Anxiety Gremlin: What Are Anxiety Disorders? 3. You're Not on Your Own: Anxiety in Other Young People. 4. My Anxiety. 5. The Anxiety Gremlin: How Anxiety Occurs. 6. Effects of Anxiety. 7. Starving the Anxiety Gremlin: An Introduction to Anxiety Management. 8. Starving the Anxiety Gremlin: Managing Your Thoughts. 9. Starving the Anxiety Gremlin: Managing Your Behaviours. 10. Anxiety Do's and Don'ts. 11. Summing Up! Appendices.
A unique and award-winning resource to help young people understand different types of anxiety and how to manage them
Kate Collins-Donnelly has worked as a therapist, psychologist, criminologist and anger management consultant based in the UK for many years. She runs a successful independent consultancy practice which provides cognitive behavioural therapy, counselling, coaching and training, and is head of the Psychological and Criminological Research Division. She is the author of several books for children and young people published by JKP, including Banish Your Body Image Thief, Banish Your Self-Esteem Thief and the Starving the Gremlin series.
This workbook is an excellent resource for young people suffering
from anxiety... The author, Kate Collins-Donnelly, has an extensive
background in therapy and counselling and she demonstrates her
comprehensive knowledge in this book... Through a series of
questionnaires and exercises, the reader is able to explore and
understand their own experiences with the gremlin so as to more
efficiently deal with it... I really liked about this book was the
use of pictures, games and questionnaires to keep the information
fresh and easy to digest. The information has great practical
application in real life and I found myself really engaging with
the material and filing away the knowledge should a gremlin take up
residence in my life!
*mentalhealth.org.nz*
The book is enormously practical, using quizzes, crosswords and
wordseraches to encourage readers to interact and consolidate their
learning, and giving plenty of opportunity to record thought,
discoveries and progress. It also uses many examples from the
experience of other worried youngsters, which bring added clarity
to theory and practice... I'm convinced that this book will offer
great help to young sufferers from anxiety, especially when
supported in using it. I think it would be a great asset to
therapists and parents of anxious youngsters, and it also provides
a very useful resource for teachers dealing in any pastoral
capacity with anxious youngsters, because it offers an excellent,
accessible and straightforward introduction to using CBT techniques
with young people.
*BACP Children & Young People*
Collins-Donnelly provides three CBT workbooks targeting stress,
anxiety and anger. A great feature of these books is that they are
geared towards teens. Although the book itself states it is for
youth aged 10+, the book is most appropriate for older teens. The
gremlin character is accessible for youth, without being too cute
and babyish for this age group. The extensive use of visuals and
repetition of topics and concepts makes this series a good fit for
youth on the spectrum. The workbooks encourage writing and drawing,
and youth who enjoy and have strength in reading will be able to
benefit... Overall, these workbooks serve as a great introduction
to cognitive behavioral therapy and can serve as a great adjunct to
in-person psychotheraphy. Teens are taught to identify the sources
of their stress, anger, and anxiety as well as the thoughts that
accompany these feelings. "Starving the gremlin" serves as a great
metaphor for changing your thoughts to change your behavior.
*On The Spectrum Magazine*
Starving the Anxiety Gremlin is a well-written comprehensive
workbook that helps readers identify the sources of their anxiety
and learn effective ways of coping. The activities are fun,
engaging, and practical. This book is a recommended read for any
teen wanting to break free from anxiety.
*Raychelle Cassada Lohmann, MS, LPC, professional school counselor
and author of The Anger Workbook for Teens and co-author of The
Bullying Workbook for Teens*
The book helps young people to understand the different types of
anxiety, how to manage them and 'starve' the anxiety gremlin.
Activities and worksheets are provided throughout the book offering
different creative strategies, and the book would also be very
beneficial to use as an adjunct to small group discussions. Written
in a very clear and accessible manner, it allows the reader to
focus on specific sections rather than having to work through the
book from cover to cover. The book is aimed primarily for young
people to work through independently, or with adult support, but
would also be a helpful resource for many professionals working
with children and young people who may be experiencing anxiety.
*Youth in Mind*
Fun activities, including quizzes, work sheets, questionnaires,
crosswords, and word searches.... presented in an attractive format
in order to interest and engage children aged 10+..... These books
would be useful for professionals who are already working with
children, but would like to introduce a more activity based
approach or extend the range of materials which they already
use.
*ACPNL Magazine*
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