Carina’s talk on anxiety is a huge hit
Due to the high demand of Carina McEvoy’s latest books, Byrne’s Bookshop in Gorey invited the author to give a talk on children’s anxiety.
Because the books have been selling so well in county Wexford, Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People Jim Daly, who has read the books and is very impressed by them, will launch both books in Dublin on Tuesday, November 20, in Chapters, Parnell Street.
The success follows on from the launch at Gorey Library in September of her works ‘Sometimes I Worry... How About You?’ and ‘Sometimes my Child Worries...What Do I Do?’, which are aimed at parents, and children, to better understand and manage kids anxiety.
‘Damien Byrne of Byrne’s Bookshop thought the talk was fantastic and has asked me to bring the talk to his Enniscorthy and Wexford shops also,’ said Carina. ‘We will be organising that in the coming weeks so keep an eye out.’
Carina spoke for about an hour to a large crowd in Byrne’s Bookshop Gorey on how to understand and manage children’s anxiety. Afterwards, parents were then given the opportunity to ask Carina questions.
A former secondary school teacher of geography and business, Carina draws from her own experiences of dealing with severe depression and anxiety for the books. She said she has always had an interest in adolescent mental health.
Carina has just finished tutoring a group of parents in the Gorey Adult Education Centre. The course is called ‘An Introduction to Understanding Child Development and Children’s Anxiety’. She hopes to run this course again soon.
Both the courses and the books contain innovative and pro-active material based around cognitive behavioural therapy, neuro linguistic programming, mindfulness, mantra use and diaphragmatic breathing. She said it is her vision that these aides and resources can be used by the parent and guardian in the home as pre-emptive way to dealing with children’s anxiety before it reaches a level where professional psychological help is needed. Carina thanked the people of Gorey town for their support, family and friends.