PSP 386: The Difference Between PDA Accommodations and OCD Accommodations
Often parents who are raising kids with both PDA and OCD get conflicting advice. This can push a parent who is already stressed, over the edge. Are accommodations good or are they bad? One set of advi...
1 Okt 202431min
PSP 385: Helping Kids with OCD with Stuart Ralph from OCD Stories
I had the pleasure of sitting down with Stuart Ralph, from the podcast The OCD Stories to talk about his journey from OCD sufferer, OCD podcaster to therapist.We explore how treating kids and teens wi...
24 Sep 202459min
PSP 384: Why Family Involvement is Key to OCD Treatment in Kids
OCD doesn’t live in a bubble; it lives in our home. It lives in our families. It is not an isolated disorder. It involves the whole family system.That is why family involvement is key to a child’s OCD...
17 Sep 202440min
PSP 383: The Power of Celebrating Small Wins with Anxiety or OCD
Anxiety and OCD can create hopelessness. It can feel like such an overwhelming task to overcome these struggles. Often we focus on the end goal.Get them to school. Get them to eat. Get them to be full...
10 Sep 202439min
PSP 382: A Helpful Tool for OCD Reassurance Seeking
OCD doesn’t just involve our kids, it involves us. OCD reassurance seeking is a sneaky compulsion. It gets us to do OCD’s dirty work. We often don’t even know we are talking to OCD.It can feel bad to ...
3 Sep 202446min
PSP 381: Letting Our Kids Fail So They Can Succeed
It can be so hard to see our kids tumble and fall. No one wants to see their kids fail. But we rob our kids the ability to learn when we protect them from failure.This can impact how we show up for th...
27 Aug 202434min
PSP 380: I Did Something Scary and You are About to Read About It
Sometimes we have to do something really scary in order to be our true selves. I started working on a memoir about social anxiety about five years ago. I finally finished the memoir but then six days ...
20 Aug 202447min
PSP 379: Are you Missing Some of Your Child’s Anxiety or OCD Struggles?
If we are openly discussing our child’s anxiety or OCD with them, we might assume that we aren’t missing anything. But it is important to note that just because we see the tip of the iceberg, doesn’t ...
13 Aug 202451min
