Sophia has a BIG problem. She’s AFRAID of water. What’s even worse is she’s a SWAN. Everyone knows all swans love water. Her good friend Ollie Owl has an idea. Sophia can overcome her fear of water by setting a goal. Taking several small steps toward that goal will help her achieve it. Wanting to play in the lake with her friends and swim like the other swans, Sophia agrees. As the steps become more difficult, Sophia has to gather more and more courage to accomplish each one. Can Sophia achieve each step and overcome her fear of water even though sometimes her heart pounds and her legs get wobbly? Through storytelling, Dr. Madeleine Vieira’s I’M AFRAID Anxiety Disorder Series teaches children to manage their anxiety symptoms. This book focuses on a Specific Phobia and includes an About Anxiety page along with a Coping Strategies page and a Stepladder page. Parents and mental health professionals will appreciate this series aimed at relieving children’s anxiety symptoms.

Dr. Madeleine Vieira is a registered Clinical Child Psychologist with a special interest in childhood anxiety disorders and infant mental health offering Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Behavioural Play Therapy, Play and Creative Arts Therapy, and Diagnostic Assessments to children. She is passionate about alleviating symptoms of children suffering from anxiety.