CBT in St. Louis for Kids, and Parent Coaching With Anxiety Experts
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But here's the good news: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers skills to help navigate these difficult waters and connect with your child.
At Compassionate Counseling St. Louis, we specialize in CBT-informed anxiety therapy for kids in St. Louis, and we're here to guide you towards the skills and knowledge to connect with your child and parent the way you want to parent.
CBT offers parents a blueprint for connection
CBT empowers St. Louis parents by providing practical strategies and skills to help your child manage their big emotions. CBT looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviors are connected.
The parent coaching experts at Compassionate Counseling St. Louis will help you build the knowledge and tools to navigate the relationship between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
By understanding how these three things influence one another, you can better understand your child's struggles and learn effective ways to support and connect with them.
Let's dive into three key CBT strategies tailored specifically for parents:
1. Compassionate Reframing of Thoughts
When your child is struggling and their behaviors become challenging, it's easy to jump to conclusions about why your child is acting with anger and frustration. CBT helps build the skills to pause and reframe your perspective with compassion.
Rather than assuming the worst, CBT helps you remember that your child's emotions may be overwhelming them. When you take a more empathetic approach, you are giving yourself and your child the space for effective communication, genuine connection and support.
2. Empowering Emotional Awareness
As parents, we can't control every aspect of our children's lives, but we can control how we respond to their emotions and behaviors.
We are in charge of our own behaviors, and modeling this can help show your child how to be in charge of their behaviors. By staying grounded and in control of your reactions, you can change the pattern of big emotions taking over and create a safe space for your child to express themselves.
Parent Coaching in St. Louis
When you have a child who is struggling with big emotions, you can often feel at a loss. Our expert parent coaches are here to help you identify your goals as a parent and build the skills to connect with and support your child.
3. Building a Relaxation Toolkit
When you are supporting a child struggling with big emotions, finding moments of calm can feel really hard. This is why building relaxation skills is an important skillset for parents.
Our parent coaching experts are able to help you build your own toolbox of coping strategies, such as deep breathing or progressive muscle relaxation, to help you manage your emotions and support your child learning to manage their emotions. Because when you model for your children, you're not just managing your own stress – you're teaching them life skills too.
Start building your parenting skills with Compassionate Counseling St. Louis
At Compassionate Counseling St. Louis, we understand the unique journey of parenting a child with anxiety or anger issues. That's why we're here to offer compassionate support and evidence-based strategies to help you and your child thrive. Together, we can weather the storm and emerge stronger on the other side.
Ready to get started building your skills to better support your child? Schedule a free 15 minute consultation call with us today!
Curious to hear more, or are you a little reluctant about counseling? Compassionate Counseling St. Louis provides specialized anger management and anxiety therapy in St. Louis for kids, teens, and college students. We work in Clayton, MO and serve kids, teens, and college students throughout St. Louis City, St. Louis County, Ladue, University City, Town and Country, Webster Groves, Creve Coeur, Kirkwood, Richmond Heights, and Brentwood. You can set up your free phone screening to see if we’re a good fit for your needs right on our website
