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by Sissy Goff Lpc-Mhsp (Author)
As a parent, you can use certain strategies to help your teenage daughter when she struggles with worry and anxiety. But it is also important that she learns how to work through her emotions on her own, especially as she approaches adulthood.
This guide--created for girls ages 13 to 18--will help your daughter understand anxiety's roots and why her brain is often working against her when she starts to worry. With teen-friendly information, stories, and self-discovery exercises, including journaling and drawing prompts, she will learn practical ways to fight back when worries come up. She will find more of her voice and her confidence. In essence, she will find more of herself and the brave, strong, deeply loved girl God made her to be.
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This book will be something I forever hold close to my heart.--Hallie
Would you consider yourself a worrier? Do you ever get something you're worried about stuck in your head and you can't seem to get it out? Have you noticed that you get anxious around certain people or in certain situations? If the answer is yes to any of those questions, you're not alone. In fact, 1 in 3 girls your age struggles with worry. They just often don't say it out loud or even act like it. Maybe like you, they try to ignore it, hoping it will go away.
Here's the thing. Your mom or dad or someone else who loves you has an idea that you struggle with worry. It's why they bought you this book. They believe in you--how brave you really are--and believe this book is just what you need in your fight with worry. Filled with questions to get you thinking and spots for you to journal or draw, Brave is your very own place to
- understand your emotions better
- learn ways to fight worry and anxiety that really make a difference
- discover the strength and courage God has placed inside of you
You've got more resourcefulness, more grit, and more brave inside of you than you think, and this book will help you find it.
Also available from Sissy Goff! Raising Worry-Free Girls, a companion book that provides more in-depth information and strategies for parents and educators
Author Biography
Sissy Goff, MEd, LPC-MHSP, is the director of child and adolescent counseling at Daystar Counseling Ministries in Nashville, Tennessee. Since 1993, she has been helping girls and their parents find confidence in who they are and hope in who God is making them to be, both as individuals and as families. Sissy is the author of several books and a sought-after speaker for parenting events.
