PSP 418: A Game Changer for Parents Raising Kids with Anxiety or OCD

PSP 418: A Game Changer for Parents Raising Kids with Anxiety or OCD

Raising a child with anxiety or OCD can feel incredibly isolating. Parents often find themselves without the support, education, or guidance they desperately need. In this episode, I’m diving into the three key areas where parents struggle most—and how my AT Parenting Community is designed to fill those gaps.

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Why Your Child’s OCD Gets Worse When They Try to “Figure It Out”

Why Your Child’s OCD Gets Worse When They Try to “Figure It Out”

If your child is stuck thinking, “I just need to figure this out, and then I’ll feel better,”—this video is for them. OCD loves to trap our kids with OCD in endless mental loops, convincing them that clarity or certainty is just one more thought away.

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PSP 412: Improving Our Child’s Life with OCD with Dr. Jonathan Abramowitz

PSP 412: Improving Our Child’s Life with OCD with Dr. Jonathan Abramowitz

How do we help our children with OCD have a better quality of life? Our child’s OCD is more than just Exposure Response Prevention (ERP) therapy. It is more than just their intrusive thoughts and their compulsions.

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OCD and the Fear You or Others May Turn into Something Else?!

OCD and the Fear You or Others May Turn into Something Else?!

OCD can cause all sorts of confusing intrusive thoughts. A common one is the OCD intrusive thought that you or someone around you may turn into something else. OCD loves doubt and this type of doubt can feel overwhelming.

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PSP 293: Common Missed Compulsions: Spitting, Confessing & More

PSP 293: Common Missed Compulsions: Spitting, Confessing & More

Compulsions are often missed by parents and therapists not trained to treat OCD. Sometimes our kids will be doing something right in front of us and we’ll miss it. It is easy to do when OCD has a million different disguises. In this week’s AT Parenting Survival Podcast I explore some commonly missed compulsions and what to do when you accurately spot a new weed growing.

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Does Your Child Worry Accepting OCD Thoughts Means They Agree with Them?

Does Your Child Worry Accepting OCD Thoughts Means They Agree with Them?

As therapists, we teach people with OCD to accept their intrusive thoughts without doing compulsions. We might even suggest that they sarcastically agree with their OCD thoughts so they don’t fall into the trap of arguing with OCD. But what if OCD uses those skills against them? What if OCD tells them that because they are able to accept or even sarcastically agree with their intrusive thoughts that somehow they are true?  In this week’s Youtube video I talk to kids and teens about how OCD can try to outsmart them and how they can stand their ground.

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