Books by Lucy Willetts
A book for children, friends, family and professionals about anxiety, how it presents, and what helps.
A self-help guide for parents supporting children with fears and worries.
New book - September 2026
Mastering Life with ADHD
A self-help guide for teenagers diagnosed with ADHD.
A book for parents about strategies they can use with their anxious child to help them overcome their anxiety.
A book for parents about strategies they can use with their shy or socially anxious child to help them overcome their anxiety.
Books by other authors
An age-appropriate self-help guide for young people experiencing low mood and depression.
A CBT workbook for children and young people aged 9 to 14.
A CBT guide for parents supporting a teenager with low mood.
A compassion-focused workbook to help tailor parenting to every unique child.
An adolescent’s account of living with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
An accessible book to help children understand and manage OCD.
Programmes
The Overcoming Programme is a guided self-help CBT programme for parents of anxious children, developed by Lucy Willetts and Cathy Creswell. It involves 8 sessions for parents, 4 face-to-face and 4 that can be delivered by telephone.
Radio
A Woman’s Hour programme about shy and socially anxious children.
A Woman’s Hour programme about children who are unhappy or anxious at school.
