Anxiety Workbook

A brain-based guide to supporting anxious children with confidence and care

The From the Start Anxiety Workbook is a gentle, nervous-system-informed resource designed to help parents understand childhood anxiety and support their child without pressure or fear-based strategies.

This workbook explains how anxiety develops in the brain and body and why worry, avoidance, physical symptoms, and reassurance-seeking occur. It focuses on building safety first, supporting regulation, and helping children develop confidence through understanding and supported experiences.

Each section includes:
• Clear parent education about anxiety and the nervous system
• Child-friendly explanations to share together
• Practical worksheets that support awareness, coping, and bravery

This workbook does not aim to remove anxiety or push children through fear. Instead, it helps families respond with calm, predictability, and compassion, allowing confidence to grow naturally over time.

Suitable for parents and carers of children from early childhood through to adolescence, this workbook offers reassurance, clarity, and practical support for navigating anxiety, from the very start.