Description
Foreword, David H. Barlow I. Introduction 1. The Nature of Separation Anxiety 2. Development of Separation Anxiety II. A Prescriptive Approach to Assessment and Treatment 3. Assessing Separation Anxiety III. Teaching Child Coping Skills 4. Child Coping Skills I: It's Time to Relax 5. Child Coping Skills II. You Are What You Think IV. Teaching Parent Coping Skills 6. Parent Coping Skills I: Understanding My Child's Separation Anxiety 7. Parent Coping Skills II: Managing My Child's Separation Anxiety V. Confronting Separation Anxiety 8. Structuring the Treatment Sessions: Skills Building, Hierarchy Development, and Treatment Planning 9. Negotiating Fear of Being Alone: Being Alone and Sleeping Alone 10. Negotiating Fear of Being Abandoned: School, Camp, and Other Settings VI. Navigating the Obstacle Course 11. Staying in Control: Managing Pitfalls and Relapse Appendix A. Assessment Instruments Appendix B. Handouts