Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Anxious Children: A Manual for Treating Childhood Anxiety

I am part of a research team at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital conducting studies on Drs. Semple and Lee’s protocol, and we can definitely support the previous research that MBCT-C is helpful for kids with anxiety and other problems. Amazingly, we have already seen significant brain changes in how kids relate to their emotions using fMRI brain scans before and after the 12-week protocol. The book provides clear instructions for how to conduct each session, along with a CD of electronic files to print all the client handouts. While the authors mention some Buddhist concepts to illustrate points for the therapists reading the book (and I for one am a big fan of Alan Watts), the sessions themselves are conducted as purely clinical / psychoeducational. This is a groundbreaking book, and I highly recommend it! -Richard Sears, PsyD, ABPP, author of Mindfulness in Clinical Practice, Building Competence in MBCT, and Mindfulness: Living through Challenges and Enriching your Life in this Moment.

Drs. Semple and Lee have written an excellent guide and manual for teaching mindfulness skills to anxious children. Their adaptation of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for use with kids is both technically compelling and wise. Along with Susan Kaiser Greenland, Semple and Lee are pioneers in this area, and this book shows it.

This book is incredibly helpful, thoughtful, and most of all clear with regards to a program for teaching kinds mindfulness. As a therapist I love that there are both group and individual adaptations of the lessons.

The book is GREAT. For the kindle version, if you goto the new harbinger.com website and search for this book and click on accessories, you will find the handouts. I have used these materials in both group settings and with individuals. Worth every penny!

Cheaper than a therapist - easy to read cover to cover - filled with "how to" sessions that therapists or parents can use for anxious children.

All was fine, book arrived when expected. Thank you!

I bought the kindle edition, please, check out Appendix C, some images look very blurry :(

Great book and arrived in perfect condition!

The book in very detailed, however I found that as a practitioner it is somewhat difficult to actually implement into practice. It almost appears a little too theoretical at first. I am still giving it a chance and have yet to look at the cd rom with the worksheets on it. Maybe that will make it more functional?

I bought a kindle edition of MBCT-C, and I just rate the 3 stars,because some the images in Appendix C look very blurry! But the content of the rest of the book is fine, it has helped me :)