Perfectionism Robs Our Kids of This.

Perfectionism Robs Our Kids of This.

Perfectionism can take up our child’s most important commodity – time. When they pour all their energy into perfecting something, other areas of their life suffer. That means that friendships, family relationships, a balanced diet, a good night’s sleep and time to recharge, all get sidelined in the name of perfection.

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PSP 395: How to Improve Sibling Relationships Despite Anxiety & OCD With Dr. Corinna Tucker

PSP 395: How to Improve Sibling Relationships Despite Anxiety & OCD With Dr. Corinna Tucker

We all want our kids to have strong sibling relationships, but often anxiety and OCD can get in the way. Siblings might feel targeted by the child with anxiety or OCD. They might be on the receiving end of aggression or they might just feel sidelined by how much attention their sibling requires.

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PSP 394: Can You Find Happiness While Your Child is Struggling with Anxiety or OCD?

PSP 394: Can You Find Happiness While Your Child is Struggling with Anxiety or OCD?

Are you able to experience happiness while your child is struggling with anxiety or OCD? Do you feel guilty or tell yourself stories about your ability to be “happy” while your child is suffering?

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PSP 393: Helping Autistic Kids Who have OCD with Jan Stewart

PSP 393: Helping Autistic Kids Who have OCD with Jan Stewart

It can be hard enough to help a child with OCD, but what if they are autistic as well? It can be confusing to figure out where autistic traits end and OCD compulsions begin. It can also be a struggle to navigate two worlds that don’t always intersect.

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Does Your Anxiety or OCD Make Your Child Fear Everything Can Lead to Their Death?

Does Your Anxiety or OCD Make Your Child Fear Everything Can Lead to Their Death?

Anxiety and OCD love to worry our kids about things they cannot control, including the ultimate thing out of their control – death.

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PSP 392: What Stories are You Telling Yourself About Your Child’s Anxiety or OCD?

PSP 392: What Stories are You Telling Yourself About Your Child’s Anxiety or OCD?

We may not have full control over our child’s recovery around anxiety or OCD, but we can control how we show up to their struggles. This can be tricky when our mind is bogged down with what-if scenarios. 

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Does Your Child Need to Identify Their Core Fears to Conquer OCD?

Does Your Child Need to Identify Their Core Fears to Conquer OCD?

OCD can create many different themes and compulsions. It can feel like whac-a-mole, but often there are only one or two core fears that are fueling all of this chaos. When your child is able to identify their core fear they’re able to tackle the head of the beast and have more success long term.

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PSP 391: What to Do When Your Child Won’t Get Needed Mental Health Treatment with Alec Pollard

PSP 391: What to Do When Your Child Won’t Get Needed Mental Health Treatment with Alec Pollard

The number one struggle I hear from parents is, “My child won’t accept help for their anxiety or OCD.” What are we supposed to do when anxiety or OCD has hijacked the house and everyone who inhabits it?

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What’s Your Child’s Ground Zero for Their Contamination OCD?

What’s Your Child’s Ground Zero for Their Contamination OCD?

Contamination OCD is one of the most debilitating OCD themes because it can get out of control pretty quickly. When OCD tells you that you cannot touch something it starts an avalanche of rules and hypervigilance that can take over your life.

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PSP 390: Helping Kids Who Give Up Easily

PSP 390: Helping Kids Who Give Up Easily

Anxiety and OCD can take a TON of resilience. So when we have kids who generally give up easily, this can impact how they handle their mental health struggles.

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PSP 389: Reducing Isolation in Kids Who are Doing Homeschool or Online Schooling

PSP 389: Reducing Isolation in Kids Who are Doing Homeschool or Online Schooling

Many of our kids thrive in non-traditional learning environments. And some of our kids are not able to go to an in-person school due to the acuity of their anxiety or OCD. One of the cons of at-home learning is the isolation it can bring. Isolation can increase anxiety and OCD and make our kids feel disconnected. It is helpful to have a proactive plan on how to connect our kids with others so we reduce the impact of isolation.

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PSP 388: Helping Our College Kids with Anxiety or OCD

PSP 388: Helping Our College Kids with Anxiety or OCD

It is hard enough supporting our kids with anxiety or OCD, but what happens when they go away to college? We still need to support our kids, but our relationship and physical proximity has changed. 

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Does Your Child’s OCD Demand Everyone Accommodate it?

Does Your Child’s OCD Demand Everyone Accommodate it?

OCD doesn’t just boss your child around, it can boss their loved ones around as well. OCD demands that they do or avoid things to get brief relief. It can hook their family into those demands as well.

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PSP 387: How to Address Picking and Pulling Behaviors with Aneela Idnani 

PSP 387: How to Address Picking and Pulling Behaviors with Aneela Idnani 

It is not uncommon for kids with anxiety or OCD to also have issues with picking their skin or pulling their hair. These behaviors are classified as BFRBs, body-focused, repetitive behaviors.

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PSP 386: The Difference Between PDA Accommodations and OCD Accommodations

PSP 386: The Difference Between PDA Accommodations and OCD Accommodations

Often parents who are raising kids with both PDA and OCD get conflicting advice. This can push a parent who is already stressed, over the edge. 

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