PSP 057: The Impact of Technology on Kids with Anxiety and OCD: Interview with Dr. Adam Pletter
Kids with anxiety and OCD often have an intimate connection with technology. It is where they go to distract themselves from their scary thoughts. It is where their obsessive nature takes over. It is ...
6 Maalis 201854min
PSP 056 : Did You Know Strep Can Cause OCD Symptoms? Learn About PANDAS/PANS in My Interview with Beth Maloney
Most of us know that Strep can attack our joints. Most of us know that Strep can attack our heart. But did you know that Strep can attack our brain? It hides behind OCD symptoms. It hides behind child...
27 Helmi 201858min
PSP 054: Exposure and Response Prevention Ideas for Parents Helping Children with OCD
So maybe you’ve heard about Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), but the ideas of how to do exposures are just not flowing? Developing exposures require a deep understanding of your child’s core fe...
13 Helmi 201843min
PSP 055: What Helped My OCD: A 12-Year-Old Talks About Her Experience
Having OCD is hard enough, but being a kid or teenager with OCD is even harder. Many children with OCD think they are the only ones suffering with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. They don’t realize tha...
12 Helmi 201839min
PSP 053: ERP for OCD & Anxiety: What it is and Why it is So Effective
When children are afraid or obsessed with a horrible thought you might think that the best way to help them is to teach them to get their mind “off of it.” Not only is this not effective, it can actua...
6 Helmi 201848min
PSP 52: Tackling Doubt: Child Anxiety and OCD’s Lethal Weapon
If you are dealing with Child anxiety or OCD there is one lethal weapon you are up against….doubt. Almost everything related to anxiety and OCD comes down to doubt and uncertainty. When you conquer do...
30 Tammi 201830min
PSP 51: Learning How to Find the Core Fear Behind Your Child’s Anxiety or OCD
Your child is refusing to go to school, but you don’t know why. Your child is up all night in a perpetual state of panic, but nothing seems to calm them down. Your child is tapping things and turning ...
23 Tammi 201832min
PSP 050: Explaining OCD to People Who Don’t Get it: Helping Siblings, Family & Friends Understand OCD
Do you know what is almost worse than having a child with OCD? Seeing your child be surrounded by people who just don’t get OCD. Siblings who tease their brother or sister for their “strange” behavior...
16 Tammi 201829min
