by Kaleisha | Feb 15, 2024 | Helping Kids with Worry, Anxiety and Stress, Professional
Those of us who work in child and youth mental health 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 | Sep 7, 2023 | Helping Kids with Frustration and Tricky Behaviour, Professional
Depending on how it is defined and assessed, between 5% and 15% of children have significant difficulties with what might be called “challenging behaviours” – for example, those such as following instructions from adults, verbal or physical aggression, impulsivity,...
by Kaleisha | Jan 23, 2023 | Helping Kids with Worry, Anxiety and Stress, Professional
Children (like adults) often report thoughts, images and beliefs (internal experiences) which they find distressing (for example: “I’m horrible”; “people think I’m boring”; picturing themselves doing badly on a test). There are multiple strategies and approaches for...
by Kaleisha | Dec 14, 2022 | Helping Kids Get Along With Others, Helping Kids with Frustration and Tricky Behaviour, Helping Kids with Worry, Anxiety and Stress, Professional
Therapy homework (or home practice) has long been a part of mental health treatment for children and families. It has been understood a variety of ways but can be defined as ‘tasks assigned to clients to promote skill acquisition between treatment sessions’ (Dozois,...
by Kaleisha | Nov 3, 2022 | Helping Kids with Worry, Anxiety and Stress, Professional
What is Behavioural Activation? Behavioural activation (BA) is a psychological treatment (or treatment component) which aims to help people understand the positive impact of particular activities on their mood, and to increase the frequency with which they engage in...
by Kaleisha | May 31, 2022 | Helping Kids Get Along With Others, Helping Kids with Frustration and Tricky Behaviour, Helping Kids with Worry, Anxiety and Stress, Professional
One of the joys and privileges for mental health professionals working with children is meeting a new person/family for the first time and having them share their “story” with us. However, there are also significant challenges for us in this first meeting (or...
