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Rewire Your Anxious Brain

Using CBT, Neuroscience and Mindfulness to Help You End Anxiety, Panic and Worry

By Debra Kissen, Ashley D. Kendall, Michelle Lozano, and Micah Ioffe

Available on Amazon

It's time to retrain your brain! In this go-to guide, four anxiety experts offer tangible tips and tools you can use every day to rewire your anxious brain; manage fears, stress, and worry; and get back to living your life.

What makes this book especially valuable is the format: the reader is prompted and encouraged to bring powerful tools on board through specific exercises, many of which take only a few minutes.

Specific tools empower the reader to:

Understand and befriend the experience of anxiety
Become a "positive coach" for oneself
Practice mindfulness and meditation
Build resilience
Learn to "dial down" intense emotions
Overcome procrastination
Enhance one's ability to focus and to move towards fulfilling goals
Overcome social anxiety

Book Reviews

" There are many books about teen anxiety, but this guide is approachable, informative, and empowering. The authors take on the role of coaches, and the book is designed as a “mind gym,” with 10 chapters filled with exercises for rewiring the brain to move past anxiety and emotional pain, end self-recrimination, defeat procrastination, and be more present, confident, and resilient. The authors clearly know their audience. There is an effective mix of neuroscience, relatable examples of teens responding to emotional discomfort, and an array of tools, including online worksheets. Although some readers may show resistance to doing the actual work offered in this book, the strategies, offered by seasoned professionals, suggest new perspectives on anxiety not only for teens but for stressed parents who might pick it up. "

- The strategies, offered by seasoned professionals, suggest new perspectives on anxiety not only for teens but for stressed parents who might pick it up.- SLJ

"Writing in a voice that speaks to teens, New Harbinger is releasing Rewire Your Anxious Brain for Teens by Debra Kissen, Ashley D. Kendall, Michelle Lozano, and Micah Ioffe, April 2020. These four anxiety specialists give teens essential skills using Cognitive Behavior Therapy, mindfulness, and neuroscience. This guide maps out meditative exercises to help teens manage their anxiety. Teen readers will find tactics for handling anxiety-provoking situations and exercises to help train the brain to operate more effectively."

- Readers will Find Tactics for Handling Anxiety Provoking Situations & Exercises to Help Train Brain to Operate More Effectively

"This workbook for teens suffering from anxiety offers lessons, examples, and exercises. The exercises are straightforward, though some require determination to implement, as when readers are asked to conjure physical symptoms intentionally. Readers will learn how symptoms of anxiety stem from useful bodily responses gone awry as well as many useful thoughts and actions to interrupt their anxiety. Practical, challenging, informative—positively worthwhile. "

- Practical, Challenging, Informative—Positively Worthwhile – Kirkus Reviews

"There are many good informational sources to help teens decrease stress, worries, and anxiety. This one stands apart in its creation of ten simple and specific ways you can retrain your brain, much as you might use specific exercises to retrain your abdominal muscles. If you’re looking for a guide which offers Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) exercises to coach you to a path of less anxiety, here it is!"

- David Carbonell, PhD, author of Panic Attacks Workbook, The Worry Trick, Fear of Flying Workbook, and Outsmart Your Anxious Brain.

"Rewire Your Anxious Brain for Teens is a refreshing approach to helping young people understand anxiety and how to master it. The book is full of practical see-for-yourself exercises with easy-to-understand explanations of how these new skills literally impact the brain. I learned a lot that I wish I had known when I was a teenager."

- Jon Hershfield, author of When a Family Member Has OCD and Overcoming Harm OCD

"Based on their combined 100+ years of working with anxious teens, these authors have put together an amazing book that not only explains the anxious brain in language a teen can understand, but also provides exercises and strategies that give teens the resources they need to change their brains in order to have needed control over their anxiety. With clear examples and explanations, the book pulls readers in, preparing them to engage in the process of taking charge of their lives. This book is a dream come true for anxious teens and the therapists who help them. It will change millions of lives."

- Catherine M. Pittman, Ph.D., HSPP — author of Rewire Your Anxious Brain

"For teens experiencing the challenge of anxiety, this book is a treasure-trove of valuable tools, presented in an effective and easy-to-understand style. What makes this book especially valuable for teens is the format: the reader is prompted and encouraged to bring powerful tools on board through specific exercises, many of which take only a few minutes. "

- Neal Sideman, self-help advocate, internationally-known coach and teacher for people recovering from anxiety disorder, member of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) and co-chair of the ADAA Public Education Committee

"Rewire Your Anxious Brain for Teens is an excellent choice for teens who want to conquer anxiety. Packed with useful tools and practical suggestions, the authors bring together the best of CBT, neuroscience and mindfulness in a clearly written, comprehensive workbook. Read this book, practice the strategies within, and you will rewire your brain!"

- Kevin L. Gyoerkoe, PsyD, director of The Anxiety and OCD Treatment Center in Charlotte, NC and author of 10 Simple Solutions to Worry

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"Finally - a user-friendly, step-by-step workbook on how to overcome panic disorder for teens and their families. The authors provide readers with everything they need to take control of their lives with this straightforward, comprehensive, and personal guide."

-Bradley C. Riemann, PhD, clinical director of CBT services at Rogers Memorial Hospital

Testimonials

"Thank you Dr. Kissen for your simple yet effective applicable advice! I have found over time that these really do work! And I now share them with my friends and family."

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"Thank you so much for everything you are doing with my daughter. It has helped her so much. I honestly can’t imagine what she would have been liked during this pandemic if she hadn’t been going to therapy with you."

- Ashley’s Client

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"Thank you for your comforting words. I truly don't know what we would do without you and Shira. You have literally saved our lives. Please remember that you are both angels that perform miracles on people in need every single day. Thank you!"

- Cordelia and Shira’s Client

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