One of the basic tenets of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is the notion that what we do affects how we feel, and vice versa: how we feel affects what we do. Of course, CBT is also very concerned with thoughts, which also affect how we feel...
So: So: you’ve got a child who worries a lot. You’re doing your best to support them, to help them let go of the troubling thoughts that intrude and command their attention. You try and respond to their need for near-constant reassurance that everything is...
Whether you’re just experiencing significant anxiety for the first time now since COVID-19 came along or you’ve lived with anxiety for a long time, you may have wondered (perhaps even felt anxious about…) if it’s inevitable that you’ll pass your relationship with anxiety on to...
If you’re feeling on edge and easily triggered, you’re not alone. And it’s really no wonder. We’ve been living in a high-alert situation for more than four months. The pandemic has brought with it an ever-present thrum of anxiety that has slowly but surely been...
This letter from a child is an amalgam of the stories I’ve been hearing from parents and kids about the toll life during COVID has taken on children, particularly later elementary and middle school kids. My hope in writing this is to give voice to...
It can be frustrating for parents of children who worry a lot, who struggle with anxiety . As I’ve written elsewhere , our go-to reassurances as parents often don’t work at quieting a child’s anxious mind. In fact, it can sometimes make a child’s worrying...