How Parents Can Cope While Raising a Child With Anxiety or OCD with Janine Halloran
When you’re raising a child with anxiety or OCD, so much of your energy can go toward helping them cope that it’s easy to forget that you need coping skills too.In this episode, I’m joined by Janine H...
15 Sep 51min
The Three Skills I Wish Everyone With OCD Knew
If I could sit down with every person who has OCD and teach them just three skills, these are the ones I would choose.In this episode, I’m sharing the three skills I come back to again and again when ...
8 Sep 44min
How Much Should Parents Be Involved in OCD Treatment?
When your child has OCD, treatment doesn’t happen in a vacuum. OCD comes home with them. It impacts routines, relationships, school, behavior, and often the way the entire family functions.So why are ...
1 Sep 43min
When Your Child Won’t Tell You What Their OCD Is About
One of the hardest parts of parenting a child with OCD is not knowing what’s actually going on. Your child insists they’re “fine,” avoids your questions, or simply can’t explain what they’re experienc...
24 Aug 46min
When OCD Makes Your Child’s Thoughts Feel Contaminated
Most people think contamination OCD is about germs, chemicals, or bodily fluids. But what happens when your child feels like a thought, memory, word, person, or experience has become contaminated?In t...
17 Aug 37min
How Chronic Illness Impacts a Child’s Mental Health with Chyllia Dixon
In this episode, I talk with Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Chyllia Dixon about the emotional impact of growing up with a chronic illness and the unique mental health challenges children...
11 Aug 44min
What Parents Get Wrong When Deciding Whether OCD Treatment Is Working
It can be hard to tell whether OCD treatment is helping, especially when compulsions haven’t noticeably decreased, distress seems higher, or new themes suddenly appear.But progress is not always measu...
4 Aug 41min
What Parents Get Wrong About OCD Intrusive Thoughts
If your child has OCD, you’ve probably spent countless hours trying to make their intrusive thoughts go away. It’s an understandable instinct, but it’s also one of the biggest misconceptions about OCD...
28 Jul 47min
