JBC Book and Author Event Featuring Dana Dorfman - When Worry Works

Join TBA and the Jewish Book Council for an enlightening virtual event tailored for parents of teens. Discover valuable insights from acclaimed author and clinical expert Dr. Dorfman as she shares practical strategies to navigate the challenges of adolescent mental health and parental anxiety. Register Today!

In “When Worry Works,” Dr. Dorfman delves into the heart of the nation’s adolescent mental health crisis, addressing the mounting pressures faced by today’s youth and the inadvertent role parental anxiety plays in exacerbating these challenges. Drawing from thirty years of clinical practice and her own experiences raising teenagers in New York City, she offers evidence-based parenting techniques and reflective exercises to empower parents to make informed, values-aligned decisions for their teens.

During this engaging event, you’ll learn how to:

• Recognize and manage your own parental anxiety
• Support your teen’s well-being without sacrificing their future success
• Apply practical strategies to navigate day-to-day parenting decisions with confidence

Whether you’re grappling with concerns about your teen’s academic performance, social pressures, or mental health, this event is your opportunity to gain invaluable insights.

Don’t miss out on this transformative opportunity to strengthen your relationship with your teen and cultivate a supportive environment for their growth and success. Reserve your spot today and embark on the journey to empowered parenting!

This event will take place via Zoom. Register Today!

About When Worry Works
When Wor­ry Works responds to one of the pri­ma­ry sources of the nation’s wors­en­ing ado­les­cent men­tal health cri­sis — achieve­ment pres­sure. Bur­dened by the mount­ing pres­sures on today’s youth, par­ents seek ways to strike the bal­ance between sup­port­ing their teens’ cur­rent well-being while also set­ting them up for future suc­cess. Eager to take action and to man­age their esca­lat­ing fears, par­ents inad­ver­tent­ly and unknow­ing­ly exac­er­bate the prob­lem by over­look­ing their own parental achieve­ment anxiety.

Based on thir­ty years of clin­i­cal prac­tice and her expe­ri­ences rais­ing her own teenagers in New York City, the work demon­strates that when par­ents become aware of their indi­vid­ual anx­i­eties and learn to effec­tive­ly man­age them, they are empow­ered to make val­ues aligned, rather than wor­ry-dri­ven par­ent­ing deci­sions. Dr. Dorf­man pro­vides prac­ti­cal evi­dence-based par­ent­ing strate­gies, exer­cis­es, and reflec­tive prompts to guide par­ents through a process to con­struc­tive­ly apply to their day-to-day par­ent­ing decisions.