Cathy Creswell - Parent-Led CBT for Child Anxiety: Helping Parents Help Their Kids

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Creswell, Cathy, author. | Parkinson, Monika, author. | Thirlwall, Kerstin, author. | Willetts, Lucy, author.

Title: Parent-led CBT for child anxiety : helping parents help their kids / Cathy Creswell, Monika Parkinson, Kerstin Thirlwall, Lucy Willetts.

Description: New York : Guilford Press, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016031335 | ISBN 9781462527786 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781462540808 (paperback: alk. paper)

Subjects: | MESH: Anxiety Disorderstherapy | Child | Child Behavior Disorderstherapy | Cognitive Therapymethods | ParentChild Relations | Patient Education as Topic

Classification: LCC RJ506.A58 | NLM WM 172 | DDC 618.92/8522dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016031335

Cathy Creswell, DClinPsy, PhD, is Professor of Developmental Clinical Psychology in the School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences at the University of Reading, United Kingdom. She is also Honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Joint Director of the University of Reading Anxiety and Depression in Young People clinical research unit. Dr. Creswells research and clinical interests focus on the development and treatment of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. In addition to numerous academic publications, she is coauthor (with Lucy Willetts) of two self-help books for parents of children with anxiety disorders.

Monika Parkinson, DClinPsy, is a clinical psychologist and Clinical Research Fellow at the University of Reading. She has worked clinically for the U.K. National Health Service and on several large treatment trials at the University of Reading, as well as running her own private practice. Dr. Parkinsons interests focus on identifying effective components of treatments for youth and finding cost-effective ways of supporting families and parents of youth with mental health difficulties. She is coauthor (with Shirley Reynolds) of two self-help books on teenage depression.

Kerstin Thirlwall, DClinPsy, PhD, is a chartered clinical psychologist and Honorary Fellow at the University of Reading. She led a treatment trial funded by the U.K. Medical Research Council that assessed the effectiveness of a guided parent-delivered cognitive-behavioral therapy approach for childhood anxiety disorders. Dr. Thirlwall continues to have a special interest in evidence-based treatments for childhood anxiety disorders, with a particular focus on parent-led approaches; delivers teaching and training to mental health professionals; and provides treatment for children and their families.

Lucy Willetts, DClinPsy, PhD, is a chartered clinical psychologist and accredited cognitive-behavioral therapist. She worked as a clinical psychologist within the U.K. National Health Service for nearly 20 years and most recently was Clinical Director of the Berkshire Child Anxiety Clinic. Dr. Willetts now works in private practice and is Visiting Fellow at the University of Reading. She is coauthor of several books on childhood anxiety.

W e are extremely grateful to Vanessa Cobham, Xu Fuzhen, Polly Waite, Claire Hill, Brynjar Halldorssen, Debbie Andrews, and Kim Freeman for their feedback on the ideas and early proofs of this book. We would like to particularly thank Liz White for all her help with preparing the manuscript.

W ith more than 150 randomized controlled trials testing treatments for children with anxiety-related problems published as of early 2019, we are lucky to have extensive research literature on treating children with anxiety. In almost two-thirds of those studies, a child-focused cognitive-behavioral or exposure treatment was used as the key intervention. This might suggest that the field is dominated by child-focused treatments and does not involve caregivers in treatment in significant ways. Although this could appear to be true if you look only at how these treatments are described, it is actually a misleading statement in some important ways. And it is exactly those important ways that make the book you are holding so useful and timely. Parents and caregivers are always involved in treatment, but this has rarely been articulateduntil the publication of this book.

In reality, child therapy doesn't occur in isolation from parents or caregivers, even when clinicians are working primarily with the child. Caregivers are involved in treatment from the beginning phone call and almost always provide the impetus behind seeking treatment in the first place. In addition, they provide critical assessment information that guides case conceptualization. They bring the child to sessions and assist with home-based assignments. They are the key reporters on how treatment is going. And in many cases, they are critical participants in the change that occurs during treatment. Yet, in many child-focused treatments for anxiety, there is limited guidance for how best to involve and work with caregivers.

Enter this concise, clinically rich guide to how to involve parents in treatment, written by United Kingdombased authors Cathy Creswell, Monika Parkinson, Kerstin Thirlwall, and Lucy Willetts. Their work focuses on much needed treatments that explicitly involve caregivers. Fortunately for readers, their program not only makes clear how caregivers are involved, the program places the caregiver front and center. As such, they are ahead of the current clinical model, and they have created a volume that guides you through the steps to ensure that parents are involved in a way that promotes reduction in symptoms, if not complete remission.