PSP 154: How to Tell if Your Child’s Anxiety or OCD Therapy is Working

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

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🗓️ 18 February 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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You make the appointments. You drive your child each week. You hand over your credit card. But how do you really know if your child’s therapy is working. What should you look for? What are some red flags? Therapy can be time consuming and expensive, so it is important you know you are on the right track sooner rather than later!In this AT Parenting Survival Podcast episode, I share my insight as both a mom and a therapist on what are the signs you are moving in the right direction and the red flags that might indicate you are going down the wrong path.***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? Get on the waitlist: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	Well, hello there, and welcome to another episode of the AT Parenting Survival
0:16.1	Podcast. Today I want to talk to you about how do you know if your child's
0:21.4	therapy for anxiety or OCD is effective.
0:25.0	How do you know things are working?
0:27.0	I see this question all the time in my private Facebook group,
0:31.0	and it's a really good question, because there aren't a lot of just
0:34.9	black and white indicators that will tell you this is this is the right thing
0:39.7	right if our children are given medicine or they're going to a medical doctor,
0:44.8	we know our kids are doing better with the treatment because they start to feel better
0:49.7	because they start to heal. But when we're talking about mental health, we're talking
0:55.4	about anxiety or OCD, it's not as clear-cut. And so I thought it would be a good
1:00.2	episode to just kind of dive into the really clear telltale signs that you are on the right
1:06.4	path and the clear red flags that you're not.
1:11.6	And sometimes it doesn't have to do with a therapist. Sometimes it has to do with
1:15.2	is this a good fit? Is this a good fit for your child? Sometimes it depends on is
1:20.8	your child ready for therapy.
1:23.0	So there's a lot of factors in there
1:25.3	besides is this a good therapist.
1:28.2	So I'm gonna get into them.
1:29.6	I have some main things I want you to look for and it will be different for everybody and
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