I am a Child Therapist and
child anxiety expert.
I am a Child Therapist and
child anxiety expert.
If however, your child becomes more upset (crying, clinging, having trouble sleeping, or sleeping independently) when you try to discuss or work on the fear, or the fear and avoidance seems to be intensifying or even spreading to other situations, then this may be more than a phase and you and / or your child may benefit from professional consultation with
a child anxiety expert.
Not exact matches
Since
children challenge parents at every stage, coming at parenting with an open mind rather than a set of rules we either learned from our parents or the latest parenting «
expert» might alleviate some of the
anxiety parents have.
Although there is disagreement among
experts about the specifics of separation
anxiety in
children, they all agree that it is very real.
The therapists at Concentric are
experts in relationship problems, couples and marriage,
child, adolescent and family issues, addictions and compulsive behaviors, substance abuse, life transitions and stress management, depression,
anxiety, bipolar, varying degrees of trauma and unresolved family - of - origin issues.
After all, nothing motivates one to become an
expert on separation
anxiety in
children quite as quickly as the tiny tear - filled eyes of a
child pleading for you not to go and needing desperately to know that you'll always come back.
This type of
anxiety «usually occurs when a
child feels unsafe in some way,» says Maggie Stevens, a parenting
expert and author of «The Parent Fix.»
Some
experts suggest that, particularly young
children exhibit more
anxiety and stress when they have permissive parents who give little guidance or set few limits.
Based on 20 + years of experience treating SM using Social Communication
Anxiety Treatment ® (S - CAT ®), the evidence - based treatment approach created by world - renowned Selective Mutism
expert, Dr. Elisa Shipon - Blum, we will help your
child build the social communication skills necessary for school, the real...
Nationally recognized as an
expert in the diagnosis and treatment of
anxiety disorders in
children, teens, and adults, she has conducted extensive research into
anxiety and is widely published.
The founder, Dr. Steven Kurtz, is an internationally recognized
expert in
child psychology with specializations in a number of areas, including but not limited to ADHD, oppositional and defiant behavior,
anxiety, and educational challenges.
Teach your
child simple practices of meditation and mindfulness: You in no way have to be a meditation
expert in order to teach your
child to simply breathe and focus on his / her breath for five minutes a day — just that alone will have great benefits on decreasing stress and
anxiety levels and help your
child learn a sense of self - control and self - regulation, all important factors for increasing optimism!
Leading
experts describe effective strategies for addressing a wide variety of clinical concerns, including behavioral difficulties,
anxiety, parent —
child relationship issues, trauma, and autism.
«The
experts testifying on behalf of each of the parties noted, on the other hand, that the new wife had never harmed the
children, and that the young man's weight loss stemmed either from a severe case of parental alienation (in the view of one
expert), or from «
anxiety related issues» (in the view of the other).»
In this forum, our postdoctoral fellows, clinical staff and affiliates share their
expert knowledge on a variety of topics relevant to families today — from
child development, to innovative treatments for depression and
anxiety, to best parenting practices, to the latest research on what works in couples therapy — just to name a few.
Consequently,
experts have issued calls for a move toward a more precise study of the parenting —
child anxiety linkage (McLeod et al., 2007; Wood, McLeod, Sigman, Hwang, & Chu, 2003).