PSP 362: The Use of Storytelling in Anxiety and OCD
It can be hard to help kids navigate anxiety and OCD. Sometimes adding some creative ways to help validate, normalize and build skills to handle anxiety or OCD can be gold! One of my favorite ways to ...
16 Apr 202448min
PSP 361: A Parenting Journey Raising a Child with Emetophobia
Raising a child with Emetophobia, the fear of throw up, can be an isolating experience. It brings with it all sorts of fears. What if they can’t overcome their struggles? What if they can’t go to scho...
9 Apr 202455min
PSP 360: Managing Our Anxiety When Our Child is Panicking
Your child is paralyzed with fear. They are nauseous. They are faint. They are immobilized. It is hard to watch as a parent. For many of us it can trigger our own panicky response. When our kids are s...
2 Apr 202447min
PSP 359: Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Children | Dr. Tamar Black
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy has been a helpful therapy modality for many people with anxiety and OCD. Often parents wonder how this therapy can be adapted to help children.I invited Dr. Tamar Bl...
26 Mar 202442min
PSP 358: Psychologist Lori Long Talks About Life with Social Anxiety
One of the hardest parts about social anxiety is the feeling you are the only one with these struggles. It actually feeds into the disorder quite well. It is a story that many of us with social anxiet...
19 Mar 202457min
PSP 357: How to Boost Your Child’s Self-Esteem with Jesse LeBeau
Self-esteem and self-confidence can play a big role in our child’s journey with anxiety and OCD. When our anxious kids struggle they can feel overwhelmed with emotions of shame and isolation. They mig...
12 Mar 202457min
PSP 356: Are You a Punching Bag for Your Child’s Anxiety and OCD Overwhelm?
As parents we are often in the line of fire when it comes to our child’s overwhelm. When dealing with anxiety or OCD we can feel like we are our child’s punching bag. The truth is, physiologically our...
5 Mar 202435min
PSP 355: Handling Parenting Moments When You Lose it!
We all lose it at one time or another. Parents are human. You are human. We inevitably will lose our cool and say or do things that we regret. But those parenting moments hold untapped clues to what i...
27 Feb 202454min
