by Kirrilie | Oct 9, 2017 | Helping Kids with Worry, Anxiety and Stress, Professional
One of the most interesting aspects of working as a child, versus an adult, psychologist is the fact that children don’t normally decide to come to therapy. And furthermore, they often don’t want to talk about the topics that parents or others think they...
by Kirrilie | Oct 9, 2017 | Helping Kids with Worry, Anxiety and Stress, Professional
Some kids and teens get upset a lot – more than the average child/teen. They get REALLY mad when things are unfair, outraged when their plans are thwarted, really stressed when they have small responsibilities, anxious about how other people think about them and...
by Kirrilie | Oct 9, 2017 | Helping Kids with Worry, Anxiety and Stress, Professional
Professionals working in classrooms have a huge range of tasks they are juggling every day – from meeting curriculum goals, managing behaviour, dealing with parental expectations, negotiating special learning needs to lesson planning – and hundreds more....
by Kirrilie | Oct 6, 2017 | Helping Kids with Worry, Anxiety and Stress, Professional
In our clinics, the most COMMON area of challenge for the children /teens we see is managing anxiety. This is a reflection of a wider trend – anxiety is the most common psychological symptom experienced by kids and teens in Australia. Often in my writing, I...