Help Your Preteen Understand, Manage, and Transform Their Anxious Feelings—One Step at a Time

Anxiety can show up in many ways for preteens—racing thoughts, stomach aches before school, or endless “what if” worries at bedtime.
It’s not always easy to know what’s behind those big feelings or how to help them calm their busy minds.

That’s where the Anxious Feelings Strategy Workbook comes in.

This guided workbook helps preteens make sense of their anxious thoughts and learn powerful, practical tools to manage them—with a mix of reflection, gentle strategies, and calming art experiences.

✨ Inside This Workbook:

Your child will learn to understand and work with their feelings instead of feeling controlled by them.
Each section builds confidence, self-awareness, and emotional regulation through clear, simple steps:

Part 1: Understanding Anxiety

Helps preteens recognize what anxiety is and how it shows up in their body—so they can name it and know it’s something they can handle.

Part 2: Identifying Anxious Thoughts

Encourages self-reflection with prompts that help kids explore what worries them and when those feelings tend to show up.

Part 3: Challenging Anxious Thoughts

Teaches kids how to question their anxious thoughts and reframe them into more balanced, realistic ones.
(Could it happen? Yes. Will it happen? Probably not.)

Part 4: Coping with Anxiety

Introduces practical calming tools like deep breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, and visualization—making mindfulness feel simple and approachable.

Part 5: Putting It All Together

A step-by-step action plan helps them know exactly what to do when anxious feelings rise—so they feel more in control and supported.

Part 6: Reflecting + Feeling Empowered

Encourages kids to notice their growth, reflect on what worked, and celebrate their progress toward feeling calmer and more confident.

🎨 Bonus Section: 4 Therapeutic Art Experiences

Designed by a Licensed Art Therapist, these creative experiences help preteens process emotions through art in calming, engaging ways:

💜 Creating Calm Colors – Explore how colors can calm the mind and body.
💛 Calm + Comfort Spaces – Draw or collage a place that feels safe and comforting.
🧡 Anxiety Monsters – Turn anxiety into art by creating and then reimagining it.
💜 Rainbow Breathing + Art Creating – Practice mindful breathing while drawing to reduce anxious energy.

Each experience includes reflection prompts to help your child notice shifts in their thoughts and emotions while creating.

💬 Why It Works

This workbook is more than just worksheets—it’s a gentle guide that blends emotional awareness, cognitive strategies, and expressive art so preteens can:
✔ Understand why they feel anxious
✔ Learn what to do in the moment
✔ Express their feelings in healthy, creative ways
✔ Build confidence and self-soothing skills that last

Perfect For:

• Preteens ages 8–13

• Parents who want to help their child build emotional tools at home

• Counselors, therapists, and educators supporting students with anxiety

• Anyone who believes feelings deserve space, understanding, and expression

💫 Give your child the tools to calm their mind, express their emotions, and feel empowered.

The Anxious Feelings Strategy Workbook makes managing anxiety approachable, creative, and even fun.