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This unique book presents a research-based approach to understanding the challenges of separation anxiety and helping children, adolescents, and their parents build the skills they need to overcome it. The authors provide step-by-step guidelines for implementing the entire process of therapy--from intake and assessment through coping skills training, cognitive-behavioral interventions, and relapse prevention. Featuring in-depth case examples, the book is written for maximum accessibility for all clinicians, including those with limited cognitive-behavioral therapy experience, who treat separation anxiety and other childhood anxiety disorders. Useful reproducibles include the Separation Anxiety Assessment Scales, which facilitate individualized case formulation and treatment planning.

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• Foreword
• Part I Introduction
• The Nature of Separation Anxiety
• Development of Separation Anxiety
• Part II A Prescriptive Approach to Assessment and Treatment
• Assessing Separation Anxiety
• Part III Teaching Child Coping Skills
• Child Coping Skills I It's Time to Relax
• Child Coping Skills II You Are What You Think
• Part IV Teaching Parent Coping Skills
• Parent Coping Skills I Understanding My Child's Separation Anxiety
• Parent Coping Skills II Managing My Child's Separation Anxiety
• Part V Confronting Separation Anxiety
• Structuring the Treatment Sessions: Skills Building, Hierarchy Development, and Treatment Planning
• Negotiating Fear of Being Alone: Being Alone and Sleeping Alone
• Negotiating Fear of Being Abandoned: School, Camp, and Other Settings
• Part VI Navigating the Obstacle Course
• Staying in Control: Managing Pitfalls and Relapse
• Appendix A Assessment Instruments
• Appendix B Handouts

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Separation anxiety disorder (SAD) is characterized by an unrealistic and excessive anxiety brought about by separation or anticipation of separation from a major attachment figure. The comorbidity of SAD with other anxiety disorders often complicates diagnosis and treatment. Eisen and Schaefer (both Fairleigh Dickinson Univ.) present a comprehensive model for managing the treatment of SAD, beginning with intake and assessment plans and extending to relapse prevention and booster sessions. A prescriptive approach describes how practitioners can use assessments of case factors to match client-specific characteristics with compatible and effective interventions. The authors also offer methods of teaching various coping skills to children and parents, including prescriptions of how to select exercises based on the nature of the child's anxiety, comorbid conditions, and developmental level. They make no claim that these skills can "cure" SAD; instead, they emphasize managing anxiety that is likely to reappear in some form in the future. Case examples highlight the nuances of applying this model with children and adolescents and of dealing with various comorbidity issues and diverse parenting styles. A comprehensive summary of assessment and cognitive-behavioral therapy, this volume will be useful to a wide audience. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. R. B. Stewart Jr. Oakland University

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Andrew R. Eisen, PhD, is Associate Professor in the School of Psychology and Director of the Child Anxiety Disorders Clinic at Fairleigh Dickinson University. His research and clinical interests include childhood anxiety and related problems, learning disorders, and sensory integration issues, with an emphasis on developing individualized treatments for these populations. Dr. Eisen has published numerous articles and chapters, and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology . He has coauthored or coedited seven books, including Helping Your Child Overcome Separation Anxiety or School Refusal: A Step-By-Step Guide for Parents . Dr. Eisen maintains a private practice with children and their families at the Center for Neurofeedback and Integrative Health in Bergen County, New Jersey.

Charles E. Schaefer, PhD, is Professor of Clinical Psychology at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He is also Director Emeritus of the International Association of Play Therapy and has coauthored or coedited more than 50 books on child therapy, play therapy, and effective parenting, including Short-Term Play Therapy for Children . In addition, Dr. Schaefer maintains a private practice in child psychology in Hackensack, New Jersey.