Helping Children with Fear: A Guidebook

Helping Children with Fear: A Guidebook is a practical resource for teachers, parents, and mental health professionals supporting children aged four to twelve who experience persistent anxiety, phobias, nightmares, or feelings of vulnerability. Margot Sunderland provides structured exercises and ideas to help children express, process, and resolve intense fears. The guide addresses children who feel unable to speak about being frightened, experience the world as unsafe, or respond to powerlessness through withdrawal or difficult behaviour. It gives adults language and activities for recognising unresolved emotions and helping children develop a stronger sense of security.