PSP 417: The Power of Pause: Teaching Kids to Delay OCD Responses (and Why It Works)
AT Parenting Survival Podcast: Parenting | Child Anxiety | Child OCD | Kids & Family
Natasha Daniels: Child Therapist, Child Anxiety and OCD Expert, Parenting Coach and Parent
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
OCD thrives on urgency. The faster your child reacts to an intrusive thought, the more powerful OCD becomes. But what if your child learned to pause—even for a few seconds—before doing an OCD compulsion?
In this episode, I’ll walk you through how to introduce the concept of “delay” as a gentle, approachable first step in helping your child take back control. You’ll learn how to teach it, what to expect, and why it works.
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| 0:00.0 | Before we dive into today's episode, I want to make sure you know about something that could |
| 0:05.0 | really change the way you support your child with anxiety or OCD. I'm running a free video |
| 0:11.7 | series called survival tools for parents raising kids with anxiety or OCD. And it's packed |
| 0:18.2 | with the practical strategies and insight. I really wish every parent had. I'll teach you |
| 0:24.8 | how to get your child to open up and communicate more, how to create exposures that are in small |
| 0:30.4 | steps that they'll actually be willing and wanting to do, and most importantly, how to build a home |
| 0:36.2 | environment that supports long-term progress, |
| 0:38.9 | not just crisis management. |
| 0:41.3 | This is the kind of information that's hard to find unless you're deep in the trenches, |
| 0:45.9 | and I want to make it as accessible as possible for you. |
| 0:49.8 | You can register now for free at at Parenting Survival Series.com. |
| 0:55.6 | All right, let's get into today's episode. |
| 1:01.8 | Welcome to the AT Parenting Survival Podcast, where you get help and guidance through the chaos of parenting a child with anxiety or OCD. |
| 1:10.9 | This show is for educational purposes and is not intended to replace the guidance of a qualified |
| 1:16.1 | professional. |
| 1:17.4 | Here's your host, child therapist, Natasha Daniels. |
| 1:21.1 | Well, hello there, and welcome to another episode of the AT Parenting Survival Podcast for |
| 1:26.9 | anxiety and OCD. I've added that little bit |
| 1:29.3 | lately to the podcast so people know I'm about to talk about anxiety and OCD. That's all I ever talk |
| 1:34.1 | about. And today I want to give you a really simple but powerful way to start helping our kids make |
| 1:41.0 | progress with OCD. And it is really one of those basic skills that we often |
| 1:46.8 | skip or don't recognize that that is an effective approach to helping our kids crush OCD. |
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