Articles & Guides
Practical, therapist-written articles to help you understand anxiety, support your child, and navigate the challenges of parenting, school, and growing up.
Parenting
Navigating Family Gatherings with Anxiety and ADHD
Why holiday gatherings feel so draining with anxiety or ADHD, how to help kids and teens prepare, and simple ways to make the day manageable.
Read More → ParentingFall Routines and Your Family's Mental Health
Why the end of daylight saving time hits families hard, what the fall slump looks like at every age, and simple routines that help.
Read More → ParentingThe First Week Is Over. Now Comes the Hard Part.
School refusal, bullying, finding your place, and body image as the new year settles in, plus a simple tool for anxious thoughts.
Read More → ParentingHow Accommodation Fuels Your Child's Anxiety
Learn how well-meaning parental responses can reinforce anxiety, and discover the SPACE framework for gradually reducing accommodation.
Read More → ParentingWhen Defiance Is Actually Anxiety
Understand how anxiety disguises itself as oppositional behavior, and what parents can do differently when the real issue is fear.
Read More → ParentingWhy Teens Lie, and How to Respond
Explore why lying is developmentally normal for teens, and learn how to respond in ways that keep communication open.
Read More → ParentingBuilding Life Skills by Age
Age-appropriate milestones and strategies for helping your child develop independence, social skills, and emotional resilience.
Read More → ParentingHelping Children Cope With Loss and Grief
How children experience grief at different ages, signs they may be struggling, and how to support them through loss.
Read More → Parenting WorksheetReward Chart
A sticker-based behavior chart for children with a full parent guide for setting up small and big rewards.
View Worksheet →Childhood Anxiety
8 Ways Anxiety Shows Up in Children
Anxiety in kids doesn't always look like worry. Learn to recognize the surprising signs parents often miss.
Read More → Childhood AnxietyCalming Your Anxious Child in the Moment
What to say, what not to say, and practical grounding techniques for helping your child through an anxious moment.
Read More → Childhood AnxietyUnderstanding Panic Attacks in Children
What panic attacks look like in children, how they differ from tantrums, and how to help your child through one.
Read More → Childhood AnxietyNormative vs. Problematic Anxiety
How to tell the difference between normal developmental fears and anxiety that needs professional attention.
Read More → Childhood AnxietyRecommended Books for Childhood Anxiety
A curated reading list for parents, young children, older kids, and teens dealing with anxiety.
Read More → Childhood Anxiety WorksheetThe Brain DJ: Anxiety Worksheet
A kid-friendly activity where children identify their "worry song" and choose a new mental track to switch to.
View Worksheet → Childhood Anxiety Worksheet1-2-3 Panic
Learn to Recognize, Normalize, and Reassure yourself through panic symptoms like racing heart, dizziness, and chest tightness.
View Worksheet → Childhood Anxiety WorksheetReframing Cognitive Distortions
A 3-step guided worksheet to identify, challenge, and reframe distorted thought patterns like catastrophizing or mind-reading.
View Worksheet →OCD
Hair Pulling and Skin Picking: Understanding BFRBs
What body-focused repetitive behaviors are, how they differ from OCD, the most common types, and how the ComB model organizes treatment.
Read More → OCDUnderstanding OCD Assessments
What to expect during an OCD assessment, how tools like the Y-BOCS work, and how assessment guides treatment.
Read More →Teen Mental Health
The Teen Mental Health Crisis
Rising rates of anxiety and depression among teens, contributing factors, warning signs, and how to seek help.
Read More → Teen Mental Health5 Things Parents Should Know About Teens and Dating
Healthy relationships, social media's role, setting boundaries, and keeping communication open with your teen.
Read More →Screen Time
Managing Family Screen Time
Practical strategies for setting screen time boundaries, creating a family media plan, and handling pushback.
Read More → Screen TimeUnderstanding Screen Addiction in Children and Teens
Signs of problematic screen use, how screens affect developing brains, and when to seek professional help.
Read More →Sleep & School
Better Sleep for Kids and Teens
How much sleep your child needs, bedtime routine strategies, dealing with bedtime anxiety, and when to seek help.
Read More → Sleep & SchoolHomework Without the Battle
Why homework battles happen, the emotions behind resistance, and strategies for calmer, more productive evenings.
Read More → Sleep & SchoolStarting the School Year Strong
Reducing back-to-school anxiety with preparation strategies, morning routines, and first-week tips.
Read More → Sleep & School WorksheetCoping Tools for Racing Thoughts at Night
Ten strategies for nighttime anxiety including deep breathing, journaling, visualization, and affirmations.
View Worksheet →Body Image
Preventing Eating Disorders During the College Transition
Why college is a high-risk time, warning signs to watch for, and how to maintain connection with your teen.
Read More → Body ImageSupporting a Child With an Eating Disorder
Understanding common types, warning signs by age, family-based treatment, and practical guidance for parents.
Read More →Mindfulness & Calm
Mindful Breathing
A visual guide to breathing in positive feelings like calm and kindness, and breathing out stress, anger, and worry.
View Worksheet → Mindfulness & Calm WorksheetMountain Breathing
A simple visual breathing technique to help calm big emotions like stress or anger.
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