The Worry Monster: Calming Anxiety with Mindfulness - Catherine Cook-Cottone, Lena Podesta

Give kids tools to calm their inner worry monster with this interactive, vibrantly illustrated book! Tried-and-true methods from a child pscyhologist will have little ones mindfully breathing, practicing gratitude, and gracefully surfing their worry waves.“We all have a worry monster, but Dr. Catherine Cook-Cottone teaches us how we can tame it with a bunch of strategies in her adorable The Worry Monster.”—Christopher Willard, PsyD, Harvard Medical School, and author of AlphabreathsEveryone worries sometimes! But when your worries are giant, overwhelming, and constant--you've turned into a worry monster.Fortunately, the Worry Monster is here to help. He's going on a field trip tomorrow that he's very anxious about. Is there something that makes you very anxious, too?You're in luck! Worry Monster knows six Mindful Monster Moves that will help him--and you--stop the worry spiral. Will you join the Worry Monster and practice these skills so that you can both feel calmer?In this therapeutic story from Dr. Catherine Cook-Cottone, kids are able to see themselves in the Worry Monster and learn step-by-step practices for self-soothing and reducing their own anxiety.