Taming the worry dragon program

With this approach, most children readily become curious and excited about exploring how their worry dragons are getting in the way and how they can use their imaginative talents to develop skills and tools to manage their anxiety.

The Taming Worry Dragons approach incorporates core CBT components starting with psycho-education about how anxiety develops through the interplay of thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. Children learn about unhelpful thinking patterns, the power of thoughts in guiding our feelings, the ways our bodies respond to anxiety and fear as well as how avoidance gives more power to the worry dragons and prevents one from doing things.

Using a play-based and creative approach for older children and teens , the children take the lead in exploring their own story of how the worry dragons affect them, when they show up, and exploring and expressing their feelings and thoughts about worries and fears in creative and imaginative ways.

Parents in particular, are encouraged to see the creative and imaginative side of their child as a means to develop life-long anxiety management strategies.

The Taming Worry Dragons manual was first published in and is now in its 4 th edition. I have a great sense of pride and satisfaction in seeing how effective this imaginative, metaphorical, and creative approach to anxiety treatment has been and continues to be.

Many different approaches have come and gone; seeing the continued effectiveness of this approach after so many years is a testament to the power of imagination for helping anxious children, teens, and parents.

The Taming Worry Dragons approach has evolved into a program that includes a manual for teens who also enjoy creating and imagining their own quest in mastery over anxiety in a format and language of imagination that fits with their developmental level. The main Taming Worry Dragons manual is also read and used by many parents who have commented that they wished they had something like this when they were younger! She also has a private practice in Vancouver.

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Taming Worry Dragons. This program is not designed for children with a diagnosis. Who is it for? Families with children who are looking for coping tools relating to anxiety.

Program Cost. For more information please contact:. Donna donnamf at fsca. STEP 1 Registration. Step 2: Questionnaire. A number of manuals have been developed since this time, and have expanded to include manuals for teens, school professionals, and health professionals.

The Kelty Centre is excited to make the work of Dr. Sandra Clark and the late Dr. Jane Garland available for purchase for BC families. For non-urgent support options, explore our Ask Kelty Mental Health tool. Taming Worry Dragons. In the meantime, Taming Worry Dragons materials are still available for borrowing or purchasing in the following ways: 1. Worry taming for teens Taming worry dragons: Therapy group for anxious children - Children's workbook, 3rd ed.

Taming worry dragons: Therapy group for anxious children - Facilitator's manual, 3rd ed.