Find What To Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck: A Kids Guide To Overcoming OCD Narrated By Dawn Huebner Rendered As Textbook

is a very simple yet informative guide to understanding and overcoming OCD, This is a hereditary mental illness, which runs in my family, and I immediately read the symptoms and said, “Yep thats me, ” Hahaha. Im grateful that I came across this book, and that its helping me navigate whats going on inside my head, This will be a resource for the rest of my life! My therapist sent me home with this and it was a surprisingly helpful resource, I love that's it's simplified for kids but still relevant to adults, Also, where was thisyears ago! I would've found it very reassuring and helpful in my elementary days as well, This is a fantastic stepbystep manual on how to work towards overcoming OCD using CBT Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques, It is written to the child but designed to be used by parents or caregivers to help them work with the child to develop an understanding of their OCD and develop strategies for dealing with it.


Every step is laid out thoughtfully with a handson activity, The steps are broken down into manageable parts, The only reason I give it four instead of five is that I have not had the experience of putting it in to actual practice with an OCD child.
I do intend to use some of the metaphors and strategies to help with a young child who struggles with other overpowering emotions like anger or the "gimmies" needing to buy or have lots of things all at once.
کتابی بسیار کاربردی و کمککننده در زمینه وسواس کودکان که با واژههایی ساده و تصاویر جذاب به عینیتر کردن هرچه بیشتر مفاهیم پیچیده شناخت وسواس و ارائه راهبردهایی برای مقابله با این اختلال برای کودکان پرداخته است.
ترجمه قابلقبولی از این کتاب توسط انتشارات ارجمند منتشر شده است. Good book but does not address obsessive thoughts enough, Focuses more on compulsions. A bit elementary for my daughters age but still had some helpful ideas

and tasks for her to use, We really found Talking Back to OCD helpful as another option for an older kid, I found this book very informative and simple to understand, The author explains everything so that a child can begin to make sense of a behavior which they or a loved one may exhibit, I know, I'm an adult and this is a kid's book, But my counselor recommended it and I'm glad because it was excellent, The book does a great job of explaining how OCD works and gives tools to treat it, Excellent resource for families and clinicians working with children with OCD, Beautifully illustrated and accessible to kids, I'm a pediatric OT and I shared it with a family, I loved all of the useful analogies, This is a practical and incredibly useful book for parents and children dealing with childhood OCD, Concise chapters include information on various OCD manifestations and tools to use to manage them, Explanations are clear and childfriendly, Activities like drawing and writing about OCD are included to help children understand and manage their particular circumstances, Parents and children will want to use this book together, I highly recommend all the titles by Magination Press which is a publishing arm of the American Psychological Association, Many parents with children who worry obsessively think that OCD only applies to frequent concerns about germs the obsession and then washing hands all the time the compulsion,

Obsessivecompulsive disorder is much more complex, and this book published by Magination Press does an excellent job of stepping parents and children through understanding this,

While chapter two of the book does include the handwashing examplebecause it's so classic most likelythe graphic images and thought bubbles throughout the book show characters grappling with whatif questions, always/never limitations, pressures in the form of "I better do.
. . " or "I need to ," as well as "should/must/ought" phrasing,

This is a workbook but I usually tell clients to possibly scan the pages or make photocopies so that the child can fill them out, draw, or color them at different times.
By doing so and dating the papers your child produces, you may see improvement AND have something to take into your child's therapy session,

I like how the author educates about fight or flight responses, becoming aware of anxiety in one's own body, and then uses cognitive therapy to work on or challenge automatic thoughts.


Remember, the author reports that OCD always wants more and OCD is a slow learner, meaning this takes time, It may also take your child forming an alliance with a trusted therapist to guide you through these steps, Useful book for professionals, parents and children who are working with/experiencing OCD symptoms, The book provides an explanation of OCD and also tools in order to manage their symptoms, All of which is provided in a childfriendly mannner, I like how the book encourages parents to read the book with the child and also to take it one chapter at a time in order for them to practice the tools.
Great intro to dealing with OCD, Its elementary of course, but the basics are good to know, Great for primary aged children who are dealing with OCD and OC traits,

I didn't always like the language, hard to pinpoint why exactly, but myyear responded very well to it, Really kidfriendly and accessible with helpful explanations and exercises, I checked it out from the library, but decided to purchase a copy as well, A good book for kids, Gives them the words to explain how they feel and what's going on, plus a way to get help, This still shouldn't be done without professional help, obviously made for younger children, but was helpful nonetheless! Helpful for all ages, Breaks OCD down in a simple way that is approachable for parents and kids, in a fun workbook format, Easily readable for parents in aboutmin, to get a better grasp on how to approach parenting a kid with OCD,

Btw, if you haven't yet, check out Huebner's other books that are similar to this treating anxiety, nighttime fears, etc, They're all excellent. This is a great tool to help anyone that is suffering from OCD, A friend loaned this book to me because she was so impressed with this series, I am too! This specific one focused on OCD, and I felt it handled the topic in a very nonthreatening, encouraging, practical way, Other topics in the series include anxiety, negativity, anger, sleep problems, and nail biting, This book incorporates cognitivebehavioral strategies to help kids say NO to OCD, Throughout the book there are prompts for kids to draw or write out ways that they experience OCD to help make the strategies personally relevant and practical, In the end, kids are equipped with the tools to stave off these unwanted thoughts and experience freedom, A Gold NAPPA National Parenting Publications Awards winner

Moonbeam Children's Book Award for Activity Books Silver Did you know that people have brain sorters that keep their brains from getting cluttered with unnecessary thoughts Sometimes these brain sorters get mixed up, though, and brains get clogged with thoughts that really bother kids.


If that has happened to you, if it's hard for you to feel safe or sure of yourself because certain thoughts have gotten stuck, this book is for you.


What To Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck guides children and their parents through the cognitivebehavioral techniques used to treat obsessive compulsive disorder, This interactive selfhelp book turns kids into supersleuths who can recognize and more appropriately respond to OCD's tricks,

With engaging examples, activities, and stepbystep instructions, it helps children master the skills needed to break free from OCD's sticky thoughts and urges, and live happier lives, This WhattoDo Guide is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering children to work toward change,

This book is part of the Magination Press WhattoDo Guides for KidsR series and includes an "Introduction to Parents and Caregivers, " WhattoGuides for KidsR are interactive selfhelp books designed to guideyear olds and their parents through the cognitivebehavioral techniques most often used in the treatment of various psychological concerns, Engaging, encouraging, and easy to follow, these books educate, motivate, and empower children to work towards change, This is such a helpful guide for navigating OCD in an easy and accessible way, Its meant for children, but I found it really helpful concerning my own OCDs, OCD sucks and it can make you feel super stressed and anxious and depressed, At least thats how I feel often! But using these tools can literally slowly erode your OCDs power, Im going to be using these tools to try and fight my current OCDs! I have no idea if this book would be helpful for kids or not, but it was incredibly wonderful for me as an adult.
The metaphors and tools are ones that I anticipate using frequently going forward, Highly recommended for anyone with OCD, Dawn Huebner, PhD, is a Clinical Psychologist specializing in the treatment of anxious children and their parents, She is the author ofbooks, including the bestselling What to Do When You Worry Too Much and recent, Outsmarting Worry, Dr. Huebner recognized the need for lively, easy to read take home materials to help children practice the strategies they were learning in her office, She created a format effective foryear olds the What to Do Guides for Kids teaching complex psychological concepts using metaphors, language, and humor easily understood by children, Her newest book maintains her distinctive voice while adding a layer of detail and sophistication appreciated by older children and teens, All of Dr. Huebners books Dawn Huebner, PhD, is a Clinical Psychologist specializing in the treatment of anxious children and their parents, She is the author ofbooks, including the bestselling What to Do When You Worry Too Much and recent, Outsmarting Worry, Dr. Huebner recognized the need for lively, easy to read take home materials to help children practice the strategies they were learning in her office, She created a format effective foryear olds the What to Do Guides for Kids teaching complex psychological concepts using metaphors, language, and humor easily understood by children, Her newest book maintains her distinctive voice while adding a layer of detail and sophistication appreciated by older children and teens, All of Dr. Huebners books echo her philosophy that children can and should be taught to help themselves, and that they are capable of overcoming even stuck seeming challenges, Dr. Huebners books sell briskly around the world, and have been translated intolanguages, She has been featured on the TODAY Show, CNN, com, WebMD and many other news and information outlets, and is frequently interviewed by popular parenting magazines, Dr. Huebners TEDx talk on Rethinking Anxiety has been viewed over,times, Dr. Huebner enjoys hearing from readers, She is always at work on her next book sitelink,