This week’s question is, is it my anxiety or my child’s? That’s a great question. And I’m going to insert that meme here, where the kid says, why not both? The truth is it can be difficult to tease out where the anxiety started. Do we have an anxious parent? Do we have an anxious
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Hey everybody. This week’s question for the Child Anxiety FAQ is, “are there techniques for teaching emotional regulation to anxious children?” And of course there are techniques teaching emotional regulation for all kinds of kids, including anxious kids. It’s going to be a little bit different for anxious children, because we tend to focus on
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We take a look at gentle parenting, conscious parenting, respectful parenting, attachment parenting — whatever term you use — and consider how it impacts child anxiety and child anxiety treatment.
Are there any downsides to practicing gentle parenting with an anxious child? Read More »
I appreciate this question from a parent who’s been listening to the podcast and says she doesn’t mind being stuck in the Parenting PItfalls and wanted to know what I had to say about that. My answer might surprise you.
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The question, “What does successful child anxiety treatment look like?” is one that that I made up based on different versions I’ve heard from people who are coming to me to ask about my program or to ask why treatment they’ve sought before didn’t work. First I want to talk a bit about expectations because
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Tackling child anxiety has two tasks. The first is to confront the anxiety. The second is learning the cognitive behavioral tools to manage anxiety.
What do I need to teach my child about anxiety? Read More »
Think of learning to manage your child’s anxiety like learning to cook. We dive into that metaphor to explain just why it might be messier than you think and why that’s just fine.
How do I find time to work on my child’s anxiety? Read More »
Today we explore the difference between accommodations and support using the definition from the study cited below, which is “changes in parents’ behavior in attempts to prevent or reduce child distress.”
This week we discuss what mindfulness is, how it works, how it helps child anxiety, and how to do it.
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You know, when I started this podcast I figured I’d do it for one year — 52 episodes and that would be it. But this is Episode 54 so I’ve officially gone past my goal and the questions that are coming in are more complex. Like this one. And of course the actual question has
What can I do when I feel like I’ve failed my anxious child? Read More »
