PSP 378: Helping Kids with Anxiety and Panic Attacks
She was visibly shaking. Her hands were trembling and she was asking me to help. Her face was so pale that my own panic started to set in. This was the start of an anxiety attack.Anxiety and panic att...
6 Aug 202456min
PSP 377: How ADHD Complicates Anxiety and OCD
Anxiety and OCD are hard enough to deal with, but when you sprinkle ADHD into the mix everything can be magnified. As parents raising kids with comorbid conditions, this adds another layer of struggle...
30 Jul 20241h 3min
PSP 376: How to Respond to Unhelpful Comments About Your Child’s Anxiety or OCD
It is already tough trying to help our kids with anxiety or OCD, but it is even harder stomaching unhelpful comments and advice.Sometimes people are trying to be helpful and don’t mean to be upsetting...
23 Jul 202437min
PSP 375: Can the Movie Inside Out 2 Help Your Child’s Anxiety (or Even OCD?)
It has been so nice to see all these films addressing our children’s mental health issues. The more these struggles can be normalized, the less stigma they’ll be for our kids!A couple of week’s ago I ...
16 Jul 202431min
PSP 374: Loving the Child You Have vs The Child You Wanted
Raising a child with anxiety or OCD can bring with it so many struggles, including our own grief and overwhelm. It is easy, and tempting, to bury our own raw emotions around our child’s anxiety or OCD...
9 Jul 202438min
PSP 373: Should my Teen with OCD Watch Turtles All the Way Down?
John Green’s new movie Turtles All the Way Down goes a long way in helping the OCD community educate the world about OCD. But should your child or teen with OCD see the movie?Well, I have mixed though...
2 Jul 202441min
PSP 372: When Kids Reject the OCD Diagnosis
It can take so much energy to find a qualified OCD specialist to finally assess and diagnose your child with OCD. But what are you to do when your child rejects the OCD diagnosis? In this week’s AT Pa...
25 Jun 202448min
PSP 371: Boosting Self-Esteem During Anxiety and OCD Struggles
Anxiety and OCD can rob our kids of so many things, including their self-esteem and self-worth. It is easy for them to feel hard on themselves when their anxiety or OCD is knocking them down. Often ki...
18 Jun 202439min
