Anxiety, Worry, OCD & Panic Attacks - The Definitive Recovery Approach The Complete Guide for Your Family

by Callaghan, Lauren; Shaw, Adam

• ISBN13: 9781911246053
• ISBN10: 1911246054
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2017-01-02
• Publisher: Trigger Publishing

Summary

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From the heart and soul of lifelong mental health sufferer, Adam Shaw, and the expert mind of the renowned psychologist, Lauren Callaghan, this book for young people suffering from anxiety and OCD (ages 6yrs to 17yrs) and their parents and caregivers, is divided into two helpful parts.
 

Part I explores how Adam struggled with OCD, anxiety, and panic attacks as a child, and explains what needed to be done to ensure his path to recovery and beyond. Part II is the treatment and recovery approach for children and young people.
 

Adam’s first-hand experience and Lauren’s compassionate approach make this a genuinely family-friendly guide. It is an innovative, user-friendly, self-help approach which supports and guides children and teenagers who suffer from anxiety and OCD to recovery and beyond. It also includes practical advice and guidance for parents and caregivers.
 

This complete guide gives you and your family a user-friendly blueprint for mental health support and recovery.

Author Biography

Adam Shawis a world wide mental health advocate, philanthropist, author, owner of a large mental health publishing company and co-founder of the successful global charity, The Shaw Mind Foundation. Adam lives in the UK and is married with 5 children. Now in recovery from mental health issues himself, he is committed to helping others suffering from debilitating mental health issues through the global charity he co-founded, The Shaw Mind Foundation. www.shawmindfoundation.org

Lauren Callaghan(CPsychol, PGDipClinPsych, PgCert, MA (hons), LLB (hons), BA), born and educated in New Zealand, is an innovative industry leading psychologist based in London. Lauren was a psychologist at the specialist national treatment centres for severe obsessional problems in the UK and is renowned as an expert in the field of mental health, recognised for diagnosing and successfully treating OCD and anxiety related illnesses in particular. In addition to appearing as a treating clinician in the critically acclaimed and BAFTA award winning documentary Bedlam, Lauren is a frequent guest speaker on mental health conditions in the media and at academic conferences. Lauren also acts as a guest lecturer and honorary researcher at the Institute of Psychiatry Kings College, UCL.