This workbook is meant to help the many teens who struggle with anxiety or self-doubt about stretching to meet new challenges: a fear of reaching out to make new friends, of trying out for a sports team or the school play, of volunteering to make a presentation or answer questions in class. While avoiding situations that arouse acute discomfort may feel rewarding in the short term, sticking to the sidelines of life leads in the long run to disappointment and frustration.
Mary Karapetian Alvord, Ph.D., is a psychologist and Director of Alvord, Baker & Associates, LLC, located in Rockville and Silver Spring, Maryland. She specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders in children and adults, and ADHD and problems of emotional...
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