12 Things You Can Do to Help Someone with Anxiety: Anxious Children Part 4/4

Therapy in a Nutshell

Therapy in a Nutshell -Emma McAdam

Mental Health, Education, Health & Fitness:mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 658 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Download the free handout with the summary of how to help a child with anxiety here: click here No one is born knowing what to do with their emotions. But it’s a skill that can be learned. In this video you’ll learn a bunch of tools that can help your anxious kid in a really practical way. If you were to ask “But what do I do?” Here are some things you can do. And again, if you haven’t seen part 1, 2 and 3, go check those out too. Looking for affordable online counseling? My sponsor, BetterHelp, connects you to a licensed professional from the comfort of your own home. Try it now for 10% off your first month: https://betterhelp.com/therapyinanutshell Learn more in one of my in-depth mental health courses: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com Support my mission on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/therapyinanutshell Sign up for my newsletter: https://www.therapyinanutshell.com Check out my favorite self-help books: https://kit.co/TherapyinaNutshell/best-self-help-books Therapy in a Nutshell and the information provided by Emma McAdam are solely intended for informational and entertainment purposes and are not a substitute for advice, diagnosis, or treatment regarding medical or mental health conditions. Although Emma McAdam is a licensed marriage and family therapist, the views expressed on this site or any related content should not be taken for medical or psychiatric advice. Always consult your physician before making any decisions related to your physical or mental health. In therapy I use a combination of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Systems Theory, positive psychology, and a bio-psycho-social approach to treating mental illness and other challenges we all face in life. The ideas from my videos are frequently adapted from multiple sources. Many of them come from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, especially the work of Steven Hayes, Jason Luoma, and Russ Harris. The sections on stress and the mind-body connection derive from the work of Stephen Porges (the Polyvagal theory), Peter Levine (Somatic Experiencing) Francine Shapiro (EMDR), and Bessel Van Der Kolk. I also rely heavily on the work of the Arbinger Institute for my overall understanding of our ability to choose our life's direction. And deeper than all of that, the Gospel of Jesus Christ orients my personal worldview and sense of security, peace, hope, and love https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/comeuntochrist/believe If you are in crisis, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org or 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or your local emergency services. Copyright Therapy in a Nutshell, LLC

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to the Therapy in a Nutshell podcast. I'm Emma McAdam, a licensed marriage and family therapist,
0:06.2	and I believe therapeutic education can change lives and should be easily accessible to all.
0:12.2	These podcast episodes are filled with a research-backed therapeutic education that you can start applying to your life today.
0:18.9	If you like these episodes and you want to go
0:20.9	into more depth on specific topics like how to process tough emotions, how to change your brain
0:27.6	and build better relationships, or how to help support someone you know with a mental illness,
0:32.8	then check out my classes at TherapyInanutshell.com. Each podcast episode here comes from a corresponding
0:40.2	video you can find on the Therapy in a Nutshell YouTube channel. Also, these podcasts are
0:45.1	educational and don't replace the advice or direction. You may be receiving from a therapist
0:50.5	or other health professionals. Okay, let's jump into this week's skill.
0:55.6	No one is born knowing what to do with their emotions,
0:58.6	but it is a skill that can be learned.
1:00.7	In the last three videos, we learned that the most effective way
1:03.3	to help kids with anxiety is to teach parents
1:05.8	how to think about anxiety differently,
1:08.3	and to stop shaming their kids about it or protecting their kids
1:12.2	from it. Instead, parents show their kids that anxiety is okay to feel and then coach their
1:17.8	kids on how to break down scary tasks into achievable skills. In this video, you'll learn
1:22.9	a bunch of tools that can help your anxious kids in a really practical way. So if you were to ask, but what do I do? Here are some things you can do. And again, if you haven't seen part one, two, and three, go check those out as well. First thing you can do is to help your child predict and rehearse how they'll respond to a stressor. So recently, I went on a cruise with my sensitive, kind anxious, eight-year-old. And one windy, cool morning, we were going snorkeling. Right before we were getting ready to get in, I had this flash of a memory. My first time snorkeling, I was about her age, and I had stuck my face in the water, and I got cold, and I got water in my snorkel and I coughed and I choked
2:01.5	and I immediately gave up. But later as an adult, I found that snorkeling is one of my most
2:07.3	favorite activities in the world. And today it was cold and windy. I thought my daughter might
2:11.4	be scared. She was really nervous and I've seen her flip out and give up before. So I took a
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Therapy in a Nutshell -Emma McAdam, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Therapy in a Nutshell -Emma McAdam and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.