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Please join UCLA’s Friends of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hosptial Board of Advisors for an Open Mind program with Ashley Graber, LMFT and Maria Evans, LMFT, authors of RAISING CALM KIDS IN A WORLD OF WORRY, a must-have guide for helping your child conquer worry, fear, and overwhelm. Ben Schneider, MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA will join Ms. Graber and Ms. Evans in discussion. 
 
Today’s generation is an anxious one – kids are growing up surrounded by social media pressures, school shootings, cultural and political polarization, the 24-hour news cycle, and more. RAISING CALM KIDS IN A WORLD OF WORRY, the new book from Maria Shriver’s The Open Field imprint, is here to help. Written by nationally recognized parent coaches and psychotherapists, Ashley Graber, LMFT and Maria Evans, LMFT, this practical guidebook equips parents of children ages 6-12 with concrete tools to ease their kids’ anxieties.
 
In RAISING CALM KIDS IN A WORLD OF WORRY, Graber and Evans who have been featured in the Washington Post, National Georgraphic, ThriveGlobal, Goop, MindBodyGreen, BuzzFeed, and more, draw from their decades of experience as licensed psychotherapists and parent coaches. Accessible, applicable, and full of compassion, RAISING CALM KIDS IN A WORLD OF WORRY is an essential text – filled with strategies and real-life examples of parents helping their children overcome anxiety and find calm.
 
Bios:
Ashley Graber and Maria Evans are globally recognized parent coaches, child and family psychotherapists, and speakers based in Los Angeles, CA. Ashley and Maria empower parents to navigate the intricate journey of raising children, offering knowledge and a supportive network that spans across continents. The duo run ongoing parenting groups in which parents around the globe can discover a wealth of strategies and practical insights for better parenting, making these groups a nurturing space for honing parenting skills while embracing the diverse perspectives of fellow caretakers. In addition, Ashley and Maria have trained over 8,000 psychotherapists, psychologists, counselors, and parent coaches to support children with anxiety, as well as teach mindfulness tools for anxiety and work-life integration training for parents at corporate events around the world. They teach empirically-backed psychotherapeutic exercises and tools that are effective and easy to implement at home with children or in psychotherapy offices. The pair's teachings combine the wisdom of child and family psychology and their understanding of trauma, bridging Maria's background in researching the effects of the 9/11 attacks on young children at Columbia University, with Ashley's expertise in meditation and mindfulness to show the impact of anxiety on the family and help parents and children find calm in a world of worry.
 
Benjamin Schneider, MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry first joined the faculty in 2013.  He received his bachelor’s degree at Stanford University, his MD at Johns Hopkins University, and completed his psychiatry residency and child fellowship at UCLA in 2011 and 2013. During his time on the faculty, he has served as the Medical Director for the ABC Partial Hospital Program, the Medical Director of the Continuing Care Programs, Chief of Staff of the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, and Associate Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Schneider is the inaugural holder of the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital Board of Advisors/Friends of the Semel Institute Mark DeAntonio Term Chair in Psychiatry.