Can I tell you about Anxiety?

Meet Megan – a young girl who has an anxiety disorder. Megan invites readers to learn about anxiety from her perspective, helping them to understand why she sometimes feels anxious and how this affects her thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Megan talks about techniques she has learnt to help manage her anxiety, and how people around her can help.

With illustrations throughout, this will be an ideal way to explore anxiety difficulties. It shows family, friends and teachers how they can support someone who experiences anxiety and will be an excellent way to start a conversation about anxiety, in the classroom or at home. Suitable for readers aged 7-12.

Author Biography

Polly Waite is a Clinical Psychologist and BABCP-accredited CBT therapist who has extensive experience of assessing and treating children and young people with anxiety disorders within the Anxiety and Depression Pathway, Berkshire CAMHS and the University of Reading. She also undertakes research with the aim of improving our understanding and treatment of anxiety disorders in children and young people and has been involved in a range of treatment trials for childhood and adolescent anxiety disorders and written and lectured extensively on childhood anxiety. Dr Lucy Willetts is a clinical psychologist working in private practice. She is co-author of Can I Tell You About Anxiety?, Overcoming Your Child’s Fears and Worries, Parent-led CBT for Child Anxiety, and Free From Panic.