by Kaleisha | Feb 15, 2024 | Helping Kids with Worry, Anxiety and Stress, News, Parents and Carers
As a psychologist working with children and young people, I meet *parents* (for brevity I’ll use ‘parents’ throughout this article, but I’m referring of course to all primary caregivers, biological parents or not) every week who are struggling with parenting related...
by Kaleisha | Feb 13, 2023 | Helping Kids Get Along With Others, Helping Kids with Frustration and Tricky Behaviour, Helping Kids with Worry, Anxiety and Stress, Parents and Carers
Many children with mental, emotional, or social health challenges are engaged in some kind of therapeutic program – this might be a course of one-to-one therapy, a group program, online learning programs, or even self-help books or workbooks. There are thousands of...
by Kaleisha | Jan 23, 2023 | Helping Kids with Worry, Anxiety and Stress, Parents and Carers
Children (like adults) often report thoughts and beliefs which they find distressing (for example: “I’m horrible”; “people think I’m boring”; picturing themselves doing badly on a test). There are different ways parents/caregivers might help their child cope with...
by Kaleisha | Nov 3, 2022 | Helping Kids with Worry, Anxiety and Stress, News, Parents and Carers
A psychologist named Peter Lewinsohn back in the 70’s wrote an article which suggested that (at least part) of the reason people feel depressed is because a) they don’t have as many potentially rewarding activities in their lives compared to others, and b) that they...
by Kaleisha | Mar 22, 2022 | Helping Kids with Worry, Anxiety and Stress, News, Parents and Carers
One of the most important ways therapists help children with anxiety symptoms is a technique called “exposure”. This article provides a brief introduction to exposure and how therapists might use it with kids who experience anxiety. Definitions Exposure is defined as...
