Why Are You So Sad?
A Child's Book About Parental Depression
ISBN: 978-1-55798-836-2
July 2002
32
pages
Ages 03 - 08
Size 8" x 10"
Item # 4418366
Overview
When a parent has depression, children often feel sad and confused themselves. This interactive book can help by:
- Explaining depression and its treatment in kid terms
- Reassuring children that their parents can get better
- Exploring the many feelings children usually have
- Helping children understand and express their feelings
- Providing practical tips for coping with a parent's depression
- Showing children how they can feel better too
Why Are You So Sad? contains a comprehensive and authoritative note to parents by therapists from the disciplines of clinical social work and clinical psychology.
Contributor bios
Beth Andrews, LCSW, is a therapist with an expertise in counseling parents with depression. She lives in Colorado.
Nicole Wong is a freelance illustrator living in Massachusetts.
Nicole Wong is a freelance illustrator living in Massachusetts.

