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 […]
Taking the teacher self-care challenge
Practicing Self-Care While Caring For Students Whew! Teaching is hard work! And the work begins weeks before that infamous first day of school. As a former educator, memories of prepping for my own 32 “First Days of School” remain clearly etched in my mind. Hmmm…let’s see. By now, I am sure you have visited Teacher Stores, Target Dollar Bins […]
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 […]