One of our favorite interventions to teach parents, and kids and teens, was created by me and is called The Three Step Approach. You can read tons more about it here, and in my book, When Anxiety Makes You Angry. But today, we’re doing a video walk through!

We believe that all children deserve mental health care with professionals that support and accept them for who they are.

Learn more about “The Connection between LGBTQ Identities and Anxiety” with Cody Lee Pey, Clinical Intern at The Center for Mindfulness & CBT and MSW Candidate

Learn more about anxiety counseling in St. Louis with art therapist Erin Kirkpatrick.

Learn more about Molly Shaffer, our trauma therapist.

Learn more about Susie’s approach to counseling kids, teens, and college students struggling with anxiety here in St. Louis!

Sometimes parents need more than self care and getting support with “developing strategies and skills to cope” is super helpful!

Parenthood is, no doubt, one of life’s most intense bags of extreme emotional highs and lows…What we may not anticipate, however, is the difficulty of handling our own emotions during our child’s most difficult moments.

How can you prepare for school this year?

It’s hard to plan for anything these days and you might notice feelings of anxiety or overwhelm more often than you have before. With school back in session, your kids are likely feeling this too. School looks very different from years past, so the typical anxieties you might be used to managing have likely changed as well.

Give yourself time to adjust.

We all get used to certain routines and schedules and for a lot of families, going back to school in the fall is a part of a schedule that everyone is familiar with. This year though, you might be adjusting to virtual learning, shorter class days or weeks, smaller class sizes, etc., and those changes can bring a lot of anxiety.

When your child is angry, anxious, or easily overwhelmed, you do your best to support your child - and it’s important to get the support you need too!

Today, as part of our Helping Professionals Interview Series, we are excited to share our interview with Stacy McCann, MSW, LCSW. Stacy guides parents to better understand how their own unique histories effect their parenting and how to use that knowledge to strengthen their relationships with their kids.