PSP 179: Understanding Magical Thinking in OCD

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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🗓️ 10 August 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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OCD symptoms and behaviors can look vastly different in each person. You might have a child who has compulsions centered around contamination while another person might have a child with compulsions around magical thinking. You might have a child with both!I always tell parents that you want to be well versed in all the many ways OCD can pop up. OCD is whack-a-mole and it often changes themes and compulsions over time. The best proactive action you can take to help your child with OCD is knowledge.In this week’s AT Parenting Survival Podcast I explain what OCD magical thinking is, how it shows up and how to help a child who is dealing with it.***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.comSign 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://www.ATparentingSurvivalSchool.comClasses include:How to Crush Social Anxietyhttp://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/crush-social-anxietyParenting Kids with OCD http://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/child-ocdCrush Moral OCD in Kidshttp://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/moral-ocdTeaching Kids to Crush Anxietyhttp://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/crush-anxietyHelping Kids with Anxiety or OCD Through Difficult Behaviorshttp://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/difficult-behaviorsHelping Kids Who are Scared to Sleephttp://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/scared-to-sleepHandling Sensory-Based Anxietyhttp://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/sensory-anxietyLibrary of Live Anxiety and OCD Classes (20 hours of class replays)http://www.ATparentingSurvivalschool.com/p/libraryUltimate list of helpful anxiety products:https://www.ATparentingsurvival.com/reduce-child-anxiety/ To join my private Facebook group visit:https://www.facebook.com/groups/ATparentinganxiouskids/Interested in my AT Parenting Community Membership? Get on the waitlist:http://www.atparentingcommunity.comFor 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/anxioustoddlers78Other social places I hang out:http://www.facebook.com/ATparentingsurvivalhttp://www.pinterest.com/ATparentingsurvivalhttp://www.twitter.com/atsurvivalhttp://www.instagram/ATparentingsurvival

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0:00.0	Welcome to the AT Parenting Survival Podcast, where you get help and guidance through the
0:08.2	Chaos of Parenting a Child with Anxiety or OCD.
0:12.1	This show is for educational purposes and is not
0:14.8	intended to replace the guidance of a qualified professional. Here's your
0:18.9	host Child Therapist Natasha Daniels.
0:22.0	Well hello there and therapist Natasha Daniels.
0:30.0	Well, hello there and welcome to another episode of the AT parenting survival podcast. I hope you guys are doing well. We are hanging in there at the Daniels House. Today was the first day of
0:34.8	school, virtual school, so it's been kind of a long rough day just getting all
0:40.8	the wrinkles out of what that's going to look like.
0:44.0	And I hope you guys are doing okay with that, preparing or already starting as well.
0:50.0	So we're going to be talking today about magical thinking.
0:53.8	Part of my goal in doing all of these online resources
0:58.4	is to provide parents with a ridiculous amount of knowledge on anxiety and OCD.
1:04.6	And so I really try to cover every possible topic
1:08.2	I could possibly think of
1:10.5	that you might need a little bit more in-depth knowledge about.
1:13.0	That's kind of been my goal.
1:15.0	So I have not covered magical thinking related to OCD.
1:19.0	And it's something that we can talk about,
1:21.0	it's something to explore so that you can understand it a little
1:23.4	bit further. So I'm going to get into that so that you just know everything. That's
1:28.1	my goal and don't stay in your
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