Parenting Support
children are our barometer
Anxiety has the power to paralyze children, preventing them from exploring and growing into independent teens and young adults. What well-intentioned parents (and other adults) often intuitively do to help anxious children can actually serve to strengthen these patterns (Text source: Lynn Lyons, LCSW).
I am trained in SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions), a parent-based treatment developed by Dr. Eli Lebowitz, Yale Child Study Center, for children and adolescents with anxiety, OCD and related problems. Space treatment has been tested and found to be efficacious in randomized controlled clinical trials. It is an evidence-based method for treating childhood anxiety without needing to include the child. Anxiety is alleviated by changing the ways parents respond to their child’s symptoms in a supportive manner that reduces parental accommodations. This treatment is planful, targeted, and will include regular homework for at home practice.
ISSUES I CAN HELP WITH:
Physical complaints (regular tummy aches and headaches)
School avoidance
Temperamental differences between parent and child
Anxiety
Fears and phobias
Panic disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
“Our children’s challenging behaviors signal the presence of unmet needs. The need to belong, to feel protected, to feel loved, and to feel safe.”