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The 3 Rs of Anxiety Management for Children
A skill set for families that have a solid understanding of what anxiety is and isn't
Dr. Steve O’Brien provides therapists an accessible skill set for clients’ anxiety management—perfect for children, teens, and their caretakers alike.
Top Challenges in Tailoring CBT for Kids—and How to Overcome Them!
Cognitive behavioral therapy is one of the most common and most effective types of psychotherapy—but it can still be tricky for younger clients. Seth Gillihan, PhD, talks you through how to adapt this popular modality for successful, kid-friendly sessions.
Ask a Therapist: My Child Gets Stuck in Unhelpful Thinking Patterns
Christina Furnival, MA, LPCC, and author of the Capable Kiddos series, provides a two-step plan for when kids and teens start having unhelpful thoughts about themselves.
Teaching Kids About Healthy Friendships and Boundaries
Free age-specific worksheets on healthy friendships and boundaries
Christina Furnival, MA, LPCC, and author of The Not-So-Friendly Friend, shares how to help kids handle tough issues with confidence, plus free worksheets and coloring sheets.
Using Drawing Interventions in Play Therapy
Free worksheet download to help you and young clients increase mindfulness
Tracy Turner-Bumberry, LPC, shares the benefits of art-based therapy interventions for young clients and drawing interventions you can download for FREE to use in your next session.
Help Parents Navigate Divorce with Kids
Interventions for anxious, depressed and oppositional children
Watch child-family psychologist, Dr. Steve O’Brien, provide you with a practical treatment approach for children struggling with anxiety, depression, and oppositional behavior secondary to divorced and blended family stressors.
The 3 R's of Anxiety Management for Children
Actionable skills and strategies to help students struggling with anxiety
Anxiety expert Dr. Steve O’Brien shares the 3 R’s of Anxiety Management, including a handful of actionable skills and strategies to help students struggling with anxiety and help create a learning-conducive environment for all your students.
Anxiety in Schools in a Post-Pandemic World
Strategies to effectively treat anxiety in a school setting
Anxiety especially is at an all-time high and appears to be affecting larger percentages of the population. Ashley Rose, LCSW, LSSW, shares classroom-based strategies to treat anxiety and help children heal in a post-pandemic world.
EMDR for Kids: How to Playfully Integrate Into Your Practice
Free EMDR worksheets for kids
When Christine Mark-Griffin, LCSW, began working with young kids, she quickly realized that traditional therapy was often not enough to fully unravel the trauma and pain these little ones were carrying, so she set out to create EMDR resources to help.
CBT Activities for Kids Overcoming Adverse Experiences
FREE CBT worksheets to empower kids into resilience and growth.
A great activity to use with kids and adolescents to help them develop their ability to be resilient and overcome adverse experiences is this FREE Cognitive Behavioral Triangle exercise.