Simple, convenient, and effective
Created by Dr. Philip Kendall and Dr. Muniya Khanna, Child Anxiety Tales is built on decades of research on child anxiety and provides parent education on how they can help their child. It teaches cognitive-behavioral principles and gives step-by-step guides on what parents can do at home.
The Child Anxiety Tales program has been evaluated in a research trial and found to be effective in helping parents feel informed and empowered to support their children.
10 interactive training modules
The program is fun and easy to use. It includes 10, 35-minute web-based, fully animated modules that teach parents the background and principles of cognitive-behavioral treatment, relaxation techniques, and step-by-step guidelines on helping children and adolescents understand how to manage anxiety. The educational content is fully driven by principles that have research evidence to support them.
- Symptoms of Anxiety
- CBT for Anxiety
- Myth Busters
- Relaxation Training
- The FEAR Plan
- Challenging Anxious Thoughts
- Problem-Solving
- Rewards and Consequences
- Encouraging Approach
- Putting It All Together
Plus…
Personalized feedback on your child’s symptom status and recommendations for next steps. Track your child’s progress by following the results over time.
Videos, excerpts, and audio from other parents who have helped their children with anxiety.
Handouts, printable materials, sample exposure and relaxation videos, downloadable audio, and a list of web-based resources and research reports.
To get started
Register and complete your purchase, and you will receive a unique user ID and password with full access to the program: the 10 modules, the symptom checker, helpful book and resource links, and tips from parents and experts on child and adolescent anxiety.
“The program was so helpful. I feel so much more confident in knowing what I’m supposed to do, and I can see changes in my son already.”
Parent, Child Anxiety Tales
Child Anxiety Tales
Online parent training you can complete at your own pace, from the privacy and convenience of your own computer.
For institutional purchase orders: email muniya@muniyakhannaphd.com to request purchase using a purchase order (PO).
For parents, from the experts
The psychologists behind Child Anxiety Tales
Child Anxiety Tales brings the parent side of Coping Cat into your home. It was created by Dr. Philip C. Kendall and Dr. Muniya Khanna and evaluated in a research trial of web-based parent training.
- Author of The Coping Cat
- Translated into dozens of languages
Author of The Coping Cat, the most studied and proven psychotherapeutic treatment for child anxiety.
Meet Dr. Kendall ›
- Co-author of The Resilience Recipe
- ABCT Fellow
Developed the first evidence-based e-learning programs for childhood anxiety, including Child Anxiety Tales and Camp Cope-A-Lot, and co-developed CATS for schools.
Meet Dr. Khanna ›
Their book for parents on raising confident, resilient kids, with the same skills taught in Child Anxiety Tales.
See the book ›
What Child Anxiety Tales is not
Child Anxiety Tales does not replace professional psychological, medical, or mental health services or treatment.
The program does not take the place of treatment and is not sufficient for the treatment of an anxiety disorder on its own. Child Anxiety Tales and CopingCatParents.com are for educational purposes. We recommend that parents seek psychological, medical, or mental health services for their children whenever a mental health or psychiatric disorder is questioned or suspected.
Scope
A number of conditions fall outside the scope of the Coping Cat Parents website and the Child Anxiety Tales program, including, among others:
- Depression, suicidality, and bipolar disorder
- Substance-related disorders
- Eating disorders
- Schizophrenia and psychotic disorders
- Developmental disorders
- Intellectual disability
- Personality disorders
- Learning, motor skills, and communication disorders
Have more questions? See our frequently asked questions.