6 tips for parenting an anxious child
Everyone experiences anxiety, worries, and fears to some degree. It’s part of life and helps keep us safe. Healthy worrying helps alert us to things that could be dangerous and can guide good decision making. Some children, though, experience heightened anxiety that causes them to have intense and frequent worries about more things. Their worry […]
What Is Separation anxiety in children
“Separation Anxiety” typically refers to young children becoming upset when they are separated from their caregivers. A young child who clings to mom’s leg when they are dropped off at daycare, or screaming when they are left with grandparents for an afternoon. It is heart-wrenching to see your child crying when you are trying […]
Helping children win over worry and alleviate their anxiety
By Sherry Allen, MA, LPC Intern Helping Your Child Experience and React to Worry and Anxiety in Healthy and Beneficial Ways is Absolutely Possible… Each day in my office, I see adults, adolescents, and children face their personal experiences with worry (primarily a brain process) and anxiety (primarily a brain and body process). The discomfort […]
Children and anxiety: when to worry about their worry
By Sherry Allen, MA, LPC Intern Children worry. Feeling anxious is a natural reaction to stressful situations. Yet, that feeling can become a disorder when it interferes with a child’s ability to function and navigate through daily experiences. What Worry Level is Healthy?Crisis is unavoidable. During a crisis, a certain level of anxiety is a […]
How can I get my teen to talk to me?
Today more than ever we have to be savvy and intentional when trying to connect with our teens. The competition for their attention is overcrowded with screens, videos, social media, and tons of other superficial connections. Which gives us an opportunity to meet them where they are and cultivate real, meaningful connections. This can’t be […]