PSP 020: Parenting Children with OCD | Doing the Opposite of What Feels Right

AT Parenting Survival | Raising Kids with OCD & Anxiety

Natasha Daniels: Child Therapist, Child Anxiety and OCD Expert, Parenting Coach and Parent

Anxiety, Ocd Therapy, Child Anxiety, Child Ocd, Kids & Family, Ocd, Health & Fitness, Ocd In Children, Parenting, Mental Health

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2017

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary of Podcast: Parenting children with OCD is not easy. What are you supposed to do when your child is constantly confessing behaviors to you? Should you ignore it when they do their compulsions or help them complete it? In this episode I talk about the most helpful ways to respond. In this episode you will learn: How kids with OCD often involve their parents in their compulsive behavior. How to partner with your child and not your Child's OCD. The best ways to respond when your child is doing a compulsion. ***This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be used to replace the guidance of a qualified professional.Visit my website at www.ATparentingSurvival.comInterested in my AT Parenting Community Membership? Click below to join us!http://www.atparentingcommunity.com Sign up for my weekly email newsletter:https://pages.convertkit.com/740ba8cd83/92109b7172Take one of my online classes:To view the entire online school library, go to:http://anxioustoddlers.teachable.comClasses include:How to Crush Social Anxietyhttp://anxioustoddlers.teachable.com/p/crush-social-anxietyParenting Kids with OCD http://anxioustoddlers.teachable.com/p/child-ocdCrush Moral OCD in Kidshttp://anxioustoddlers.teachable.com/p/moral-ocdTeaching Kids to Crush Anxietyhttp://anxioustoddlers.teachable.com/p/crush-anxiety Helping Kids with Anxiety or OCD Through Difficult Behaviorshttp://anxioustoddlers.teachable.com/p/difficult-behaviorsHelping Kids Who are Scared to Sleephttp://anxioustoddlers.teachable.com/p/scared-to-sleepHandling Sensory-Based Anxietyhttp://anxioustoddlers.teachable.com/p/sensory-anxietyLibrary of Live Anxiety and OCD Classes (20 hours of class replays)http://anxioustoddlers.teachable.com/p/libraryUltimate list of helpful anxiety products:https://www.anxioustoddlers.com/reduce-child-anxiety/ To join my private Facebook group visit:https://www.facebook.com/groups/ATparentinganxiouskids/For a list of my books visit:https://www.amazon.com/Natasha-Daniels/e/B011K5IIWAJoin the fun on my YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/anxioustoddlers78 Other social places I hang out:http://www.facebook.com/anxioustoddlershttp://www.pinterest.com/anxioustoddlershttp://www.twitter.com/anxioustoddlershttp://www.instagram.com/anxioustoddlers***

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0:00.0	Welcome to AT Parenting Survival Podcast, where you get supporting guidance through the chaos of parenting.
0:07.0	Here's your host, Child Therapist Natasha Daniels.
0:11.0	Welcome to another episode of the AT Parenting Survival Podcast.
0:15.0	I'm Natasha Daniels and today we're going to be talking about how to parent children with OCD.
0:21.0	This episode is sponsored by No O. C. D.
0:25.0	Which is an app that will track exposure exercises and your child's compulsions and
0:30.8	obsessions. It's an amazing app and it is free and you can find it in the
0:36.4	Apple store and it's something that I use in my practice to supplement therapy and
0:41.9	it's something that parents can use at home
0:44.0	whether their child's in therapy or not. So definitely go check that out.
0:48.6	So today's topic came up because somebody in my private Facebook group was talking about how to parent their child with OCD.
0:56.0	And it's a common question that I get a lot because how to handle ritualistic behavior is counterintuitive.
1:06.0	And so a lot of times what parents think is being a good parent
1:10.4	is actually harming their child's progress with OCD.
1:15.8	And so I want to get into that today
1:17.8	because I feel like that's a common struggle
1:20.0	I see in my practice as well.
1:22.4	As far as, you know, what do you do when your child is
1:24.8	having all these compulsions are you supposed to give in are you supposed to not
1:28.7	give him and unfortunately most of the time, kids with OCD
1:33.2	will involve their parents on some level
1:36.2	with their compulsions.
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