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Coping With Your Child’s Anxiety, 12 Things You Need for Restoring Peace of Mind
If you have an anxious child, you know that at times your family gets hijacked. Plans and expectations get thrown out the window. Your dreams of a happy family are dashed by sudden outbursts, frozen resistance and unexplainable fear. Consider … Continue reading
Negative thoughts: Part 2
Thinking that someone is judging you in a way that causes anxiety. This is sometimes called negative mind-reading. For example, you might imagine that other children will think your child is messed up if they are anxious. You might think … Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Child, Children, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), Panic, Phobia, Social Anxiety, Worry
Tagged Anxiety, blame, fear, mind reading, worry
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Activity and Anxiety
Kids with the combination of ADHD and anxiety experienced significantly less anxiety when they participated in 3 or more sports per year than kids who did 2 or less sports per year. Staying active helped them focus less on their … Continue reading
Anxiety Study Shows Promising Results
A new study shows that promsing results for child separation anxiety using Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Parents and children participated in a 12-week program where they were taught the theory and techniques of CBT. 76% of the children reported a significant … Continue reading
Childhood Grief
Losing a loved one or pet can be especially painful for children. How do children grieve? Is it different than the process of grief for adults? How can a parent help their grieving child? These are a few of the … Continue reading
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Anxiety & Natural Disasters
As I write, Japan is in the midst of dealing with several major disasters, from an earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown. Australia and the US have experienced major flooding. There’s war in the middle-east and Africa. How do these event … Continue reading
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Anxiety and Expectations
It is hard to be patient with anxiety. It is difficult to put up with its discomfort. When someone with anxiety tries something that might help they are easily discouraged if there are not rapid results. If you are a … Continue reading
More Ways to Approach Exposure: Using Your 5 Senses
Exposure is often necessary to overcome anxiety. Sometimes it is very clear how to go about this but often it is not, especially if you want to gradually do this. To be creative you need a framework to help develop … Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Child, Children, Disorders, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic, Phobia, Social Anxiety, Uncategorized, Worry
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Thinking Positive Thoughts About Your Anxious Child: Avoiding Four Common Negative Beliefs.
Parenting an anxious child can be mentally taxing and it’s easy to become a sour grapefruit in their presence. Family members can develop a bitter mood as the child whines and complains. Anxious complaints can restrict a parent’s movement, demand … Continue reading
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Four Questions for Parents of Anxious Children: Answer Them to Determine if Your Child Needs Help!
As a clinical therapist and a specialist in child anxiety, I’m often asked by parents how they can best determine if their child needs additional help in dealing with his or her fears, worries, and anxieties. What criteria can a … Continue reading
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