Your Anxious Child

Dr Alan Sroufe has been described as "attachment chief spokesman in the United States"  He conducted a longitual/prospective study of 170 people from birth to middle age looking at the type of attachment they had in infancy and what happened to them in subsequent years. He found certain types of experiences in infancy increased the chances that one might develop an anxiety disorder in adolescents. He is the author of three books: The Development of the Person: The Minnesota Study of Risk and Adaptation From Birth to Adulthood, Emotional Development: The Organization of Emotional Life in the Early Years, and A Compelling Idea: How We Become the Persons We Are and 150 scientific papers.

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Ben Sedley, PhD is a clinical psychologist in Wellington New Zealand and author of two books for teens Stuff that Sucks: a teen's guide to accepting what you can't change and committing to what you can and with Lisa Coyne, PhD Stuff's That's Loud: a teen's guide to unspiraling when OCD gets noisy He is talking with us today about the treatment of OCD and how ACT (Acceptance and Committment Therapy) is an important tool in helping teens with OCD.

 

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Dr Alan Goldberg is a sports performance coach and internationally recognized expert in peak sports performance. He is talking with us today about the how the principles used to enhance the performance of atheletes can be used in everyday performance situations with children.

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Kelsey Torgerson Dunn, LSCW has just published when anxiety makes you angry in which she describes how angry outbursts in teens can sometimes be an expression of anxiety. Her book describes how to recognize when anxiety may underlie explosive episodes and what the teen, parent and therapist can do to help. As she points out, the fight part of the fight-flight-freeze response to danger is often overlooked and this book helps correct that 
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Dr Jennifer Jo Brout is the Director of the International Misophonia Research Network. She is the author of several scientific publications as well as a book for parents Regulate Reason Reassure: A Parent's Guide to Understanding and Managing Misophonia

She has online classes for parents, adults and clinicians at misophoniaeducation.com

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Cammie McGovern is the author of three novels for adults and two for young adults. Say What You Will is her YA book that includes a character struggling with OCD. Her book Hard Landings explores the territory for children with autism once they age out of disability services at 21. Every parent with an anxious child struggles with how much to push their child and how to find the right balance between protecting and preparing their child for adulthood. Knowing the environment you are "pushing your child into" is helpful in conveying the confidence to your child that they can master the next step. Hard Landings is a discussion of the wider context in which young adults with autism may live and it speaks to the importance of a fit between the child and their environment. 

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In this interview, I talk with two experts on the topic of hoarding. Randy Frost, PhD published the first scientific study of hoarding in 1993 and book Compulsive Hoarding and The Meaning of Things with Gail Steketee was a popular best seller. Eric Storch has published extensively on the topic of OCD and related disorders in children. He is a Professor in the Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston Texas. 

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Dr. Eli Lebowitz has developed a parent based program, SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Children's Emotions). This innovative program helps anxious children by working exclusively through the parent. It has been proven as effective as individual CBT for children. For more information and a list of SPACE providers go to www.spacetreatment.net

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Interoception is one the hidden senses that provides us with information about how are body is doing. In this interview Kelly Mahler will explain how Interoception is critical to understanding you anxious child, how it the basis for mindfulness and much more. Kelly Mahler has written several books on Interoception such as The Interoception Curriculum  and My Interoception Workbook:A Guide for Adolescents, Teens and Adults with Chloe Rothschild and Jarvis  Alma. She has a web site with many useful resources on the topic of Interoception https://www.kelly-mahler.com

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Sometimes phobias and other forms of anxiety can be the result of your child's sensory system overresponding or underresponding to sensory input. In this interview, Ruth Goldfinger Golomb, LCPC describes the way in which problems with sensory regulation can be reflected in emotions and behavior. Helping Your Child with Sensory Regulation: Skills to Manage Emotional and Behavioral Components of Your Child's Sensory Processing Challenges by Suzanne Mouton-Odum, PhD and Ruth Goldfinger Golomb, LCPC. This book compliments their earlier book Psychological Interventions for Children with Sensory Dysregulation by Ruth Goldfinger Golomb and Suzanne Mouton-Odum. Suzanne Mouton-Odum, Ph.D in Houston Texas at Psychology Houston, PC, The Center for Cognitive Behavioral Treatment. Ruth G. Golomb, LCPC is at the Behavior Therapy Center of Greater Washington. 

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