Kate Collins-Donnelly has worked as a therapist, psychologist, criminologist and anger management consultant based in the UK for many years. She runs a successful independent consultancy practice which provides cognitive behavioural therapy, counselling, coaching and training, and is head of the Psychological and Criminological Research Division. She is the author of several books for children and young people published by JKP, including Banish Your Body Image Thief, Banish Your Self-Esteem Thief and the Starving the Gremlin series.

This is a recommended read for any young person who has difficulty coping with stress. It is a practical guide that is easily to follow, and innovative. Young people who 'work' through this book will gain insights as well as coping strategies about the day-to-day challenges of stress.

• About the Author. Acknowledgements. Information for Parents and Practitioners. Introduction. 1. What is Stress? 2. You're Not on Your Own: Stress in Other Young People. 3. My Stress. 4. The Stress Gremlin: How Stress Occurs. 5. Effects of Stress. 6. Starving the Stress Gremlin: An Introduction to Stress Management. 7. Starving the Stress Gremlin: Managing Your Thoughts. 8. Starving the Stress Gremlin: Managing Your Behaviours. 9. Stress Do's and Don'ts. 10. Summing Up! Appendices.

Kate Collins-Donnelly has worked as a therapist, psychologist, criminologist and anger management consultant based in the UK for many years. She runs a successful independent consultancy practice which provides cognitive behavioural therapy, counselling, coaching and training, and is head of the Psychological and Criminological Research Division. She is the author of several books for children and young people published by JKP, including Banish Your Body Image Thief, Banish Your Self-Esteem Thief and the Starving the Gremlin series.

This is a recommended read for any young person who has difficulty coping with stress. It is a practical guide that is easily to follow, and innovative. Young people who 'work' through this book will gain insights as well as coping strategies about the day-to-day challenges of stress.

• About the Author. Acknowledgements. Information for Parents and Practitioners. Introduction. 1. What is Stress? 2. You're Not on Your Own: Stress in Other Young People. 3. My Stress. 4. The Stress Gremlin: How Stress Occurs. 5. Effects of Stress. 6. Starving the Stress Gremlin: An Introduction to Stress Management. 7. Starving the Stress Gremlin: Managing Your Thoughts. 8. Starving the Stress Gremlin: Managing Your Behaviours. 9. Stress Do's and Don'ts. 10. Summing Up! Appendices.