Dr Willetts is the author of Overcoming Your Child's Fears and Worries and Overcoming Your Child's Shyness and Social Anxiety, along with Cathy Creswell. Lucy is a clinical psychologist who has worked for the NHS in Reading since completing her clinical training 11 years ago. She currently spends part of her time in the Department of Paediatrics at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, working with children with physical health problems. The rest of her time is spent running the Anxiety Disorders Research Clinic at the University of Reading, which she set up in 2002. The joint NHS/University clinic offers assessment and treatment to children and adolescents with a range of anxiety problems. Lucy has recently completed a PhD investigating the role of family in the development of childhood anxiety.