What Do I Say When My Child Asks When Coronavirus Will Go Away?
If you haven’t gotten this question yet as a parent, I’d bet it’s coming. Parents are more anxious, and so are kids. Remember that you can’t control your own anxious
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Certainty is a Feeling, Not a Fact
“Certainty is a feeling, not a fact” is a well-known phrase among OCD and anxiety therapists, but it bears spending some time unpacking. Anyone who reads my stuff regularly knows
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5 Steps to Respond to Your Child’s Worries
How to best respond to our children’s worries and anxiety is one of the questions I’m asked most often. In this month’s Northeast Ohio Parent’s article, I dive into the
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Tips to Talk to Your Kids about Therapy
Even though their mom was a therapist, my kids complained when they were little about seeing one. Looking back, I completely own that I probably didn’t present the whole thing
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5 Lessons from the College Admissions Scandal
As I read about the college admission scandal, I find myself filled with equal parts of anger and sadness. So much so that I felt compelled to write this. I’m
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5 Ways to Show Up
My son is learning to drive. Talk about anxiety! His is one of those situations where I really have to be aware of my verbal and nonverbal communication. If I’m
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When Being Right Isn’t Right
I don’t know about you, but my kids never miss an opportunity to tell me what I’ve done wrong. They remind me that I “didn’t like their haircut enough 11
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How Do We Know If We’re Listening to Our kids? Really Listening?
One of the greatest — and hardest — parenting skills we can learn is to REALLY listen to our children. When I discuss the how’s of listening, or validation, most
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When Halloween Actually Scares Kids
I recently wrote an article for Northeast Ohio Parent outlining 7 tips for when Kids are legitimately scared of Halloween. I’d like to expand upon that here, because a question
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The ABCs of OCD
On Monday, we discussed the basics of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in children. I thought it might be helpful to also share this quick, ten-second breakdown. The O is for Obsessive.
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Ask Joanna: OCD in Children
Fall has arrived! For those of us in Northeast Ohio, we look forward to the cooler temps, apple picking and pumpkin carving! We also look forward to the nationally recognized
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5 Tips for a Successful School Drop-Off
It’s that time of year again! Kids are back in school. Whether you’re dropping your child off for the first time or the seventh, the back-to-school anxiety can be overwhelming.
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