Robin Alter, PhD, CPsych, received her undergraduate degree from
Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY. She received her master's
and doctoral degrees from the University of Florida in Gainesville,
FL. She has been working in children's mental health in Toronto,
ON, Canada, since 1980. Alter has been employed by two of the
largest children's mental health centers in the Toronto area for
over thirty-four years-the Hincks Dellcrest Children's Centre and
Blue Hills Child and Family Centre. She also works with Anishnawbe
Health Toronto, providing fetal alcohol assessments for the people
of the First Nations community. She has taught psychology at York
University and maintains a private practice with Alter Stuckler and
Associates in Thornhill, Ontario. She is trustee with the
Psychology Foundation of Canada. Alter gives many public lectures
to parent groups, teachers, and principals, and has been on
numerous radio and television programs talking about children's
mental health issues. She is author of Anxiety and the Gift of
Imagination and is the anxiety expert for the ABC's of Mental
Health website.
Crystal H. Clarke, MSW, RSW, received her undergraduate social work
degree from Memorial University of
Newfoundland in Canada. In addition to her employment as a social
worker with child, youth, and family services in the city of St.
John's, NL, Candada, Clarke supported foster families across the
province from 2007 to 2009 through her involvement on the board of
the Foster Families Association of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Clarke received her master's degree in social work at the
University of Toronto, where she specialized in clinical practice
with children and families, as well as completed the collaborative
program in addiction studies. In 2009, Clarke became involved with
the Hincks Dellcrest Centre, one of the largest children's mental
health centers in Toronto, where she continues to be employed as a
child and family therapist. Additionally, Clarke maintains her own
private practice, Clarke Psychotherapy, in Toronto. Clarke was
appointed as an adjunct lecturer for the Factor Inwentash School of
Social Work at the University of Toronto in 2015. She is also
committed to continually expanding her own field of knowledge in
the area of
mental health through her studies at the Toronto Institute for
Contemporary Psychoanalysis, where she has completed the
psychoanalytic psychotherapy program, and is continuing to pursue
the four year post graduate training program in psychoanalysis.
"The Anxiety Workbook for Kids is very child-friendly and engaging.
It offers children and adolescents concrete and effective
strategies for calming their fears and taking control of their
lives. The workbook provides helpful techniques for children to
become the bosses of their imagination so it serves them well.
Children who use this workbook will undoubtedly master their
worries, feel more positive about themselves and their lives, and
interact more confidently with others. The Anxiety Workbook for
Kids is a must-have for any therapist or counselor working with
children, and for any family concerned about a child with
anxiety."
--Nadine J. Kaslow, PhD, ABPP, Emory University; 2014 president of
the American Psychological Association
"The Anxiety Workbook for Kids provides families with a wonderful
tool for helping the growing number of children experiencing
problems of anxiety: the child's own imagination. Robin Alter and
Crystal Clarke have created a much-needed resource that is not just
thoroughly engaging, but extremely beneficial."
--Stuart Shanker, distinguished research professor of philosophy
and psychology at York University
"With inventive illustrations and activities, Alter and Clarke
excel at explaining worry and cognitive-behavioral strategies to
young readers. Whether a child's worries are improbable or
impossible, readers will benefit from these practical tools which
engage the strength of imagination. A great resource for kids as
well as parents and teachers."
--Andrea Umbach, PsyD, clinical psychologist and author of Conquer
Your Fears and Phobias for Teens
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