In this powerful book, clinical psychologist and anxiety expert Andrea Umbach presents a proven effective approach to help teens overcome fears and phobias using cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).
Andrea Umbach, PsyD, is passionate about helping individuals face and overcome their fears in order to allow for more functional and anxiety-free living. Umbach has trained under experts in the areas of anxiety, hoarding, and trichotillomania. She practices from a cognitive-behavioral approach focused on increasing flexibility in thinking and making adaptive behavior changes. Umbach enjoys working with kids, teens, and adults in both individual and group formats as well as providing trainings, presentations, and consultations.
"This book takes a clear, honest look at how your phobia is getting
in the way of how you want to live your life. It offers supportive,
sound advice on how to face your fears step-by-step, and gives
readers the tools they need to overcome fears and phobias."
--Jennifer Shannon, MFT, clinical director at the Santa Rosa Center
for Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, and author of The Shyness and
Social Anxiety Workbook for Teens
"Conquering Your Fears and Phobias for Teens is an engaging and
practical guide for teens to overcome their fears. It is packed
with clear, concise, and effective examples and exercises for
teens, which will teach them invaluable life skills, helping them
to think more flexibly, face their fears, and manage their anxiety
more effectively. And it even cleverly addresses teens' common
struggle with motivation and willingness. This reader-friendly
workbook is the perfect fear-busting companion for teens and their
parents and the therapists who wish to help them."
--Marla W. Deibler, PsyD, clinical psychologist, founder and
executive director of the Center for Emotional Health of Greater
Philadelphia, and a nationally recognized expert in anxiety,
obsessive compulsive, and related disorders, with appearances on
TheDr. Oz Show, A&E's Hoarders, CBS News, ABC News, and FOX
News
"Andrea Umbach has successfully crafted a guide to help teens
address their anxiety. Based on cognitive behavioral principles,
readers will undoubtedly benefit from the clearly described,
pragmatic, and well-supported strategies contained within. There is
no question that many young people will greatly benefit from
reading this engaging text."
--Eric A. Storch, PhD, professor and All Children's Hospital Guild
Endowed Chair at the University of South Florida
"Andrea Umbach's terrific book takes the research-proven strategies
of cognitive behavioral therapy and puts them at your fingertips.
Easy-to-use forms and worksheets walk the reader, step-by-step,
through the strategies for preparing and implementing an effective
antiphobia action plan. I recommend this book for any young person
with fears and phobias that get in the way of their life."
--Jonathan S. Abramowitz, PhD, clinical psychologist and president
of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and
author of Getting Over OCD
"Being afraid is part of the human condition, but when fear is
overwhelming, life can be miserable. All of us, teens and adults,
must learn to understand and manage our fears in order to lead
happy and productive lives. Conquer Your Fears and Phobias for
Teens is an essential guide to doing so. It provides a step-by-step
program for recognizing, understanding, and controlling fears of
all kinds. This long overdue book will provide much relief to teens
and family members living with intense fears."
--Randy O. Frost, PhD, author and coauthor of several books on
hoarding, including Buried in Treasures, Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding
and the Meaning of Things, The Oxford Handbook of Hoarding and
Acquiring, and more
"In Conquer Your Fears and Phobias for Teens, Andrea Umbach
provides teens like yourself with a step-by-step guide for
self-directed treatment for a wide range of anxiety-related
problems. She'll walk you through the essential components of CBT,
including exposure therapy, as well as thinking-related exercises
that have also been proven effective. You may find that if you
stick with the exercises in this book, you will reduce your anxiety
and improve your quality of life. Of course, if you need
professional help, you should absolutely get it. But even in that
case, Conquer Your Fears and Phobias for Teens can be a great
starting point and serve as a basis for your work with a
therapist."
--David F. Tolin, PhD, ABPP, director at the Anxiety Disorders
Center at the Institute of Living, adjunct associate professor of
psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, and author of Face Your
Fears "If you are a teenager wanting a straightforward way to
challenge your anxiety--this book is for you. If you want to
understand why your teen feels the way they feel--this book is for
you. If [you are a professional who] treats teens with anxiety and
want a guide to using cognitive behavioral therapy and exposure and
response prevention--this book is for you. Read it, do the
exercises, and watch your anxiety take a back seat in your
life."
--Patrick B. McGrath, PhD, clinical director at Alexian Brothers
Behavioral Health Hospital's Center for Anxiety and Obsessive
Compulsive Disorders "Anxiety is all-around no fun. But backing
away as comfort doesn't work much better. If you want help moving
forward [from anxiety], this is your go-to guide. You'll be
surprised at how quickly you can put fears and phobias in your
rearview mirror as you drive toward your next adventure."
--Reid Wilson, PhD, coauthor of Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents and
Playing with Anxiety
"Reading this book is like having your own therapist for fears and
phobias. It is crammed with information and lots of 'how-tos, ' and
manages to avoid the pitfalls of cookbook, manualized approaches.
Most readers with fears and phobias will want to read sections over
and over again, since there is too much information to absorb in
one reading. Parents and therapists should find it a useful
resource tool. This is a comprehensive, cutting-edge, third-wave,
cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) approach to [dealing with] fears
and phobias, written in a style that will appeal to teenagers (for
example, every quotation is from a contemporary character who
should be well known by the target audience). I wish I had a
resource like this when I was in my teens, struggling with my own
anxieties."
--Martin N. Seif, PhD, ABPP, clinical psychologist, founder of the
Anxiety Disorders Association of America, associate director of the
Anxiety and Phobia Treatment Center at White Plains Hospital,
faculty member at New York Presbyterian Hospital, and coauthor of
What Every Therapist Needs to Know About Anxiety Disorders
"The efficacy of Andrea Umbach's book comes in her ability to
relate to teens on their level. For each clinical topic, she offers
relatable examples in which teens will recognize themselves and
their peers, thus dodging the eye roll and earning her way into
their trust. From there, the exercises are easy, clear, and
effective! Teens with fear, help is here."
--Michelle Icard, author of Middle School Makeover
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