Podcast Episodes

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

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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PSP 385: Helping Kids with OCD with Stuart Ralph from OCD Stories

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Stuart Ralph, from the podcast The OCD Stories to talk about his journey from OCD sufferer, OCD podcaster to therapist.

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PSP 384: Why Family Involvement is Key to OCD Treatment in Kids

OCD doesn’t live in a bubble; it lives in our home. It lives in our families. It is not an isolated disorder. It involves the whole family system.

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PSP 383: The Power of Celebrating Small Wins with Anxiety or OCD

Anxiety and OCD can create hopelessness. It can feel like such an overwhelming task to overcome these struggles. Often we focus on the end goal.

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PSP 382: A Helpful Tool for OCD Reassurance Seeking

OCD doesn’t just involve our kids, it involves us. OCD reassurance seeking is a sneaky compulsion. It gets us to do OCD’s dirty work. We often don’t even know we are talking to OCD.

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PSP 381: Letting Our Kids Fail So They Can Succeed

It can be so hard to see our kids tumble and fall. No one wants to see their kids fail. But we rob our kids the ability to learn when we protect them from failure.

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PSP 380: I Did Something Scary and You are About to Read About It

Sometimes we have to do something really scary in order to be our true selves. I started working on a memoir about social anxiety about five years ago. I finally finished the memoir but then six days later my husband passed away.

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PSP 379: Are You Missing Some of Your Child’s Anxiety or OCD Struggles?

If we are openly discussing our child’s anxiety or OCD with them, we might assume that we aren’t missing anything. But it is important to note that just because we see the tip of the iceberg, doesn’t mean we see everything.

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PSP 378: Helping Kids with Anxiety and Panic Attacks

She was visibly shaking. Her hands were trembling and she was asking me to help. Her face was so pale that my own panic started to set in. This was the start of an anxiety attack.

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PSP 377: How ADHD Complicates Anxiety and OCD

Anxiety and OCD are hard enough to deal with, but when you sprinkle ADHD into the mix everything can be magnified. As parents raising kids with comorbid conditions, this adds another layer of struggle. You might find things that work for other kids with anxiety or OCD doesn’t work as easily for your child. It can require a different way to approach anxiety or OCD.

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PSP 376: How to Respond to Unhelpful Comments About Your Child’s Anxiety or OCD

It is already tough trying to help our kids with anxiety or OCD, but it is even harder stomaching unhelpful comments and advice.

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PSP 375: Can the Movie Inside Out 2 Help Your Child’s Anxiety (or Even OCD?)

It has been so nice to see all these films addressing our children’s mental health issues. The more these struggles can be normalized, the less stigma they’ll be for our kids!

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PSP 374: Loving the Child You Have vs The Child You Wanted

Raising a child with anxiety or OCD can bring with it so many struggles, including our own grief and overwhelm. It is easy, and tempting, to bury our own raw emotions around our child’s anxiety or OCD struggles. But honoring and processing our feelings is equally important.

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PSP 373: Should my Teen with OCD Watch Turtles All the Way Down?

John Green’s new movie Turtles All the Way Down goes a long way in helping the OCD community educate the world about OCD. But should your child or teen with OCD see the movie?

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

PSP 386: The Difference Between PDA Accommodations and OCD Accommodations

PSP 385: Helping Kids with OCD with Stuart Ralph from OCD Stories

PSP 384: Why Family Involvement is Key to OCD Treatment in Kids

PSP 383: The Power of Celebrating Small Wins with Anxiety or OCD

PSP 382: A Helpful Tool for OCD Reassurance Seeking

PSP 381: Letting Our Kids Fail So They Can Succeed

PSP 379: Are You Missing Some of Your Child’s Anxiety or OCD Struggles?

PSP 378: Helping Kids with Anxiety and Panic Attacks

PSP 377: How ADHD Complicates Anxiety and OCD

PSP 376: How to Respond to Unhelpful Comments About Your Child’s Anxiety or OCD

PSP 375: Can the Movie Inside Out 2 Help Your Child’s Anxiety (or Even OCD?)

PSP 374: Loving the Child You Have vs The Child You Wanted

PSP 373: Should my Teen with OCD Watch Turtles All the Way Down?

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