A CBT kit that helps parents and children cope with anxiety at home

The kit, called "No Longer Afraid of Fears", was developed in a parent–child version after a professional edition for therapists, counselors, and educators was distributed over the past year, and was integrated, according to her, in clinics and schools across the country.

According to Omrad Zorea, a psychologist, organizational consultant, and founder of Well Thinking, inquiries from the field led to the development of the home kit. "I started receiving many requests from parents who wanted to purchase the professional kit for their home," she says. "I realized that parents are not just looking for ways to calm the child, but for the ability to create a common language with the child that gives them confidence and practical coping tools."

The kit is based on the principles of CBT, a therapeutic approach aimed at helping identify thought and behavior patterns and create more effective ways of coping with fears and anxieties. This time, the process was adapted for the joint work of parents and children inside the home, in a gradual and structured manner.

The kit includes a joint workbook for the parent and child, based on a structured process according to the principles of the cognitive behavioral method, alongside a detailed guide for parents designed to help them manage the emotional discourse in a calm and strengthening way.

Among the tools offered by the kit is a process of "dismantling the monster", in which the child learns to identify the fear, give it a name and a shape, and turn it into something tangible that can be talked about and dealt with.

In addition, the kit also focuses on the role of the parent as an "emotional coach", and provides parents with practical tools for dealing with situations of emotional overload, alongside guidance on how to legitimize the emotion without amplifying it or being drawn into it.

Another part of the process deals with breaking the cycle of avoidance, through small and gradual tasks that allow the child to accumulate small successes in facing the fear and strengthen their sense of personal capability.

According to Omrad Zorea, although the need for such tools has become particularly sharp in the current period, these are tools that are also relevant to daily routine and the various developmental stages of children, ranging from familiar developmental fears to the challenges of adolescence.

"Parents are the most significant adults in a child's life," she concludes. "The kit was born to equip parents with professional tools inside the home, so that fear turns from an obstacle into an opportunity for growth, closeness, and building confidence."