What you get

  • A deep dive into anxiety in the context of your child, so you know what to do for cognitive distortions and more

  • Clinically proven strategies for working with childhood fears

  • Knowledge to manage anxiety in common settings, including the role of therapy and medication

Course curriculum

Anxiety is one of the most common mental health challenges children face. Phobias, generalized anxiety, separation anxiety, panic, and obsessive compulsive disorder all impact children. As parents, there are many things you can do to support your anxious child, manage your own anxiety, and see better outcomes for your family.

Here, we review the latest clinical treatment research and introduce you to the strategies of exposure therapy, problem solving, worry reduction, cognitive behavioral techniques, and relaxation that have been shown to help kids get better. This is a “how to” course. Our videos and handouts tell you what to do for your anxious child to help them get better. Whether your child has an anxiety disorder or just worries every now and then, this course is for you. Want to help your child today? Take this course.

    1. Meet Dr. Anna

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Intro: How to help your child with anxiety

      FREE PREVIEW

    1. Identifying and normalize having emotions

    2. Worry has it's place

    3. Teaching your child about anxiety

    4. Reducing worry activity #1: read

    5. Reducing worry activity #2: put your worry in a balloon

    6. Reducing worry activity #3: worry board time

    7. Reducing worry activity #4 worry box

    8. Reducing worry activity #5 worry monster

    1. Relaxation activity #1 balloon breathing

    2. Relaxation activity #2 4-7-8 breathing

    3. Relaxation activity #3 visualizing a favorite place

    4. Relaxation activity #4 grounding yourself in the present

    5. Relaxation activity #5 exercise

    1. Cognitive distortions

    2. Common cognitive distortions handout

    3. Changing thought patterns

    4. Becoming a thought detective

    5. Positive self-talk

    1. Exposure therapy for common childhood fears

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. What to do when your child is fearful of dogs in childhood

    3. What to do when your child is fearful of dogs in childhood handout

    4. What to do when your child is fearful of loud noises

    5. What to do when your child is fearful of loud noises handout

    6. What to do when your child is fearful of the dark

    7. What to do when your child is fearful of the dark handout

    8. What to do when your child is scared of shots

    9. What to do when your child is scared of shots handout

    10. What to do when your child is scared to talk with new people

    11. What to do when your child is scared to talk with new people handout

    12. What to do when your child is starting a new school

    13. What to do when your child is starting a new school handout

    14. Exposure and reinforcement for healthy separation from parents

    15. Exposure and reinforcement for healthy separation from parents handout

    16. Picking out a therapist for exposure therapy

    17. Conclusion: Using exposure therapy with your child

    1. Helping your child with anxiety in common settings

    2. Helping your child cope with starting a new school

    3. Helping your child with attending social gatherings

    4. Helping your child with performing anxiety

    5. Helping your young child with separating anxiety

    6. Helping your child overcome anxiety around meeting new people

    7. Helping your child manage change

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