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Managing Your Anxiety as a Parent and Wanting the Best for Your Child (While Managing Your Stress and Theirs)
You have a lot of needs to meet as a parent.
You want your child to be fed, but fed the best version of homemade, organic, local and nutritious meals - and oh yeah, you have your own food blog to document this and help other families.
You want your child to have self-esteem, and you want that self-esteem built at a prestigious private school, which doesn’t come cheap. But you have to give your child every opportunity that you can!
You want your child to have friends, but the right friends - friends who are also considering top colleges, or looking at the peace corps, and you want your kid to be influenced by these very driven peers.
You set your child up for as much success as you can…
So what to you do when they still have anxiety, and it feels like your fault?
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Understanding the Differences Between Provisionally and Fully Licensed Therapists at Compassionate Counseling St. Louis
Setting Boundaries that Help Anxious Kids Thrive: Advice for Child Therapists from Compassionate Counseling St. Louis
Setting Boundaries for Emotional Regulation and Stability with Samantha Ferrara, MSW, LCSW
Why Boundaries Matter for Anxious Kids: Advice from St. Louis Anxiety Therapist Kelsey Torgerson Dunn
Setting Boundaries for Anxious Kids in St. Louis with St. Louis Anxiety Therapist Molly Shaffer, MA, LPC
Helping Professionals Interview Series: Anxiety Disorders with Lauren Hendrix, PLPC
Setting and Holding Boundaries with Anxious Kids: Parent Coaching at Compassionate Counseling St. Louis
What to Expect from Child Counseling in St. Louis
The Three Step Approach for Better Anxiety and Anger Management
Temper tantrums, conduct disorder, school behaviors, over control, fighting with siblings - all of these anger management problems can actually be signs of anxiety.
Many parents are surprised to hear that their child with disruptive behaviors could have an anxiety disorder. Anxiety and anger operate on very similar physiological responses in the body, meaning that increased heart rate, breathing, and muscle tension can lead to an anxious reaction or an angry one. It’s very important for parents to ask themselves:
Is my child angry, or just anxious?
Test Anxiety in St. Louis with Karen Backes, MSW
There is help for anxious and high achieving students!
Helping Professionals Interview Series: Karissa Mueller, MA, LPC