Under: Ask the Child Therapist, OCD/By: Natasha Daniels

How to Help Kids with OCD Stop Obsessive Thoughts

Your child is consumed with upsetting thoughts. You have tried to ensure them they are okay. You’ve tried to distract them. But no matter how hard you try, you are not able to help your child. Night after night, day after day they are asking you for reassurance. Asking you to tell them they are okay. Unfortunately stopping obsessive thoughts can be counterintuitive. In this latest episode of Ask the Child Therapist I talk to kids about how to stop obsessive thoughts and finally get some relief.