The 7 Biggest Mistakes Parents Make When Trying to Help OCD (and What to Do Instead)
AT Parenting Survival | Raising Kids with OCD & Anxiety
Natasha Daniels: Child Therapist, Child Anxiety and OCD Expert, Parenting Coach and Parent
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Are you trying everything to help your child’s OCD… yet nothing seems to stick?
You’re not alone—and it’s not because you’re doing anything wrong.
In this episode, I’m breaking down the 7 most common mistakes parents make when trying to help OCD, and more importantly, what to do instead. These mistakes are incredibly common, even among well-meaning therapists, and understanding them is the first step to real progress.
We’ll talk about:
- Why logic and reassurance often make OCD stronger
- How accommodations quietly feed OCD’s power
- Why ERP isn’t just “facing fears”
- And the role parents must play in their child’s OCD journey
If your child has OCD, this episode will help you stop spinning your wheels and start using tools that actually work.
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| 0:00.0 | Before we dive into today's episode, I want to make sure that you know about something that could really change the way you support your child with OCD or anxiety. |
| 0:09.7 | I am once again running my free video series called survival tools for parents who are raising kids with anxiety or OCD. |
| 0:16.8 | And it is packed with practical concrete strategies and insights that I wish every single parent had. |
| 0:25.6 | You'll learn how to get your child to open up and communicate more. |
| 0:29.0 | You'll learn how to create exposures that they'll actually want to do. |
| 0:32.8 | And most importantly, regardless of whether they are willing or able to work on their anxiety or OCD, |
| 0:37.7 | you will learn how to build a home environment that supports them long term, so they can have |
| 0:43.6 | some long term progress and not just crisis management. This is the kind of information that's |
| 0:49.7 | hard to find unless you're deep in the trenches. And I want to make it accessible as possible. |
| 0:55.6 | And that is why you can register for free at ATParenting SurvivalSeries.com. This is by far my most |
| 1:01.7 | popular series and people come back over and over. So please join us again if you've done it before. |
| 1:07.1 | The series runs November 6th through the 14th, and you can join at any time during that period |
| 1:12.2 | because they are on-demand videos, and then I do bonus live videos as well. |
| 1:17.4 | So join us at AT Parenting Survival Series.com. |
| 1:21.3 | All right, let's get into today's episode. |
| 1:27.1 | Welcome to the AT Parenting Survival Podcast, where you get help and guidance through the chaos of parenting a child with anxiety or OCD. |
| 1:36.1 | This show is for educational purposes and is not intended to replace the guidance of a qualified professional. |
| 1:42.6 | Here's your host, child therapist, Natasha Daniels. |
| 1:46.5 | Welcome to another episode of the AT Parenting Survival Podcast. |
| 1:50.6 | Today, I want to go over some of the really common mistakes that most of us will make, |
| 1:55.8 | at least some point in our journey, trying to help our kids, teens and young adults with |
| 2:00.5 | OCD. So we're going to talk about what, teens and young adults with OCD. |
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