Bridget Flynn Walker, PhD, is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. Walker received her PhD from the California School of Professional Psychology in 1991. In addition to fellowships at UCLA, Norwalk Hospital (Norwalk, CT) and Kaiser Permanente, Walker completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship with Jeffrey Martin, PhD-an anxiety disorder specialist and professor at UCSF Medical School. For the past fifteen years, Walker's private practice has exclusively focused on assessing and treating children, adolescents, and adults with anxiety disorders and on training other mental health professionals to do the same using cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Walker's consultation and teaching services are requested by mental health professionals throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, and she is frequently asked to educate and guide school professionals in San Francisco and Marin Counties. Walker works closely with a team of pediatricians at Golden Gate Pediatrics, and regularly consults with leaders of the San Francisco Psychotherapy Research Group.
"This book is a terrific resource for parents of anxious kids!
Parents want to know what to do and what not to do to help their
child with anxiety. Walker explains how trying to comfort your
child can actually be feeding their anxiety. She offers up clear
and powerful tools that parents can use with their child that will
help them now and for the rest of their lives.
--Jennifer Shannon, LMFT, author of The Anxiety Survival
Guide for Teens
"With warmth and wisdom, this valuable book provides hope and
empowerment to parents. Bridget Flynn Walker provides a clear and
easily readable understanding of what makes anxiety worse, and
scientifically-proven strategies for managing anxiety. Most
importantly, she provides a practical road map that parents can
follow to help their children become braver and more confident in
tackling their fears."
--Aureen Pinto Wagner, PhD, director of The Anxiety Wellness
Center in Cary, NC, and author of Worried No More
"This book is a much-needed resource for parents of kids with
anxiety. It outlines essential psychoeducation about anxiety, and
how to tackle its treatment. This book can help empower parents
towards addressing their kid's anxiety and give them the essential
tools needed to be successful."
--Natalie Todd, PsyD, clinical psychologist at the
University of California, San Francisco, working with teens and
young adults
"Bridget Flynn Walker's book tackles a complex and vexing problem
for so many families, providing simple and easy-to-learn methods
that will ease your child's anxiety and boost confidence.
Anxiety Relief for Kids is a go-to resource for parents or
anyone else trying to help a child with excessive anxiety. I
recommend it highly."
--Eli Merritt, MD, founder of Merritt Mental Health
"Bridget Flynn Walker has written a timely book. In our busy
pediatric practice, we are seeing an increased number of children
with anxiety these days. For parents and professionals alike, she
clearly defines the different 'faces' of anxiety, and strategies
that can be used to help our children and patients overcome
them."
--Mary D. Piel, MD, pediatrician at Golden Gate Pediatrics
in San Francisco, CA
"Just what the doctor ordered! A clear, concise, and practical
guide to help parents help their children master their anxieties. I
am confronted with patients and their parents every day who are
searching for guidance in managing their children's omnipresent
worries. The cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) strategies outlined
are easy to understand and straightforward to implement. This book
provides a real-life tool kit that will help families and their
physicians ease the fears that children often have."
--Laurel J. Schultz, MD, MPH, community pediatrician at
Golden Gate Pediatrics, and volunteer associate clinical faculty at
the University of California, San Francisco
"Bridget Flynn Walker's book, Anxiety Relief for Kids,
provides an invaluable resource for parents and mental health
professionals to help children manage and overcome anxiety. The
book's approach is clear, concise, and informative. This
step-by-step guide--full of evidence-based strategies to implement
with children--uses easy-to-understand language, and offers vivid
examples and helpful worksheets which make the book simple and
effective to use."
--Anya Ho, PhD, clinical psychologist at the San Francisco
Group for Evidence-Based Psychotherapy
"This little gem of a book offers useful information for parents
who are first learning about anxiety in their children. The book is
highly approachable, and synthesizes much of the currently
available information on child anxiety and evidence-based treatment
strategies. Parents will particularly appreciate the friendly and
unassuming language, and the real-life examples that bring many
familiar dilemmas to life. The section on how not to 'feed your
child's anxiety' will be especially useful for parents wondering
how to help their child feel less anxious without contributing to
the kind of unhelpful avoidance that maintains the problem. Bridget
Flynn Walker has a clear voice and a knack for explaining ideas so
that they just make sense."
--Eli R. Lebowitz, PhD, associate director of the Anxiety
and Mood Disorders Program, and assistant professor at the Yale
Child Study Center
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