The Anxiety Survival Guide for Teens: CBT Skills to Overcome Fear, Worry, and Panic (The Instant Help Solutions Series)

We looked at MANY books about teenage anxiety and settled on this one. This has helped my son tremendously. I really don't know what we would have done without it!!If your child wants to understand their anxiety better and not feel alone in it then this is the book you need for them!

I was profoundly impressed with the way this book explains anxiety to teens. The book is helpful and applies to helping teens with various anxiety issues. Adults could benefit as well as it is written clearly with excellent skill suggestions.

I like this book so much because of the way Ms Shannon teaches us. In a clear and engaging manner, she takes a complex subject and puts it into simple language. Although written specifically for teens, the ideas and writing are strong enough to help anyone. Shannon uses the simile of an anxious brain being like a monkey’s mind, “. . . its relentless stream of scary thoughts is like a frightened monkey’s chatter” to give us an image we can remember. She then teaches us how to stop the monkey’s chattering. We all know that hearing stories is a powerful way to understand and remember ideas, and Ms Shannon uses this technique so effectively. She tells stories of fictitious teens . . . of how they become anxious, how the anxiety affects their lives, and how they get better. The stories appear with perceptive illustrations that enhance the ideas and provide the reader with a memorable visual. I related instantly to the characters, and the stories really helped me make a plan to use the “Tools that Tame the Monkey” and “Tools that Rule the Monkey”. Shannon follows up her stories with straightforward explanations of classic CBT tools I can follow in order to get better (to stop the monkey chatter). When my “monkey brain” is chattering away at night when I’m trying to go to sleep, I practice the techniques Ms Shannon taught me, and am getting better at being able to relax and sleep.

This is the most comprehensive and easy to understand book on anxiety that I have ever read. I stumbled upon this book as I was trying to find help for my teen with anxiety, but realized it helped me much more. It has practical techniques for identifying and dealing with anxiety and I have recommended it to just about everyone I've talked to in the last few weeks. Thank you Jennifer Shannon for writing this book in a way we can all understand.

For my daughter.

So good! I use it to run a small group for teens

This is the perfect book for anyone suffering from anxiety!

Looks like it will fit our needs well. Clear and engaging.

I am 15 and have very bad anxiety. This book helps, and it's easy to read and understand. Nice size too!Having read the whole book, I would especially recommend it to anyone who has panic attacks, eating disorders or OCD.

Brilliant book and very easy to read. My teenage daughter enjoyed dipping into it and it was so easy for her to understand.

As described and arrived promptly, recommended by school counsellor in a leaflet given to my 14 year old for anxiety

Good book for young teenager, with plenty of examples of dealing with the stresses of a young person trying to cope.

I was recommended this at primary school by our educational psychologist. My youngest is about to transition to high school and COVID plus life atm, it’s been tough. This book has been our rock. We’ve read it alone, together just us and with dad/ big bro too. It’s prompted discussions and helped us all cope with the anxiety that is inevitable at his age, but heightened right now. Thoroughly recommend. It’s helped us!