What Good Communication Actually Looks Like with Anxiety and OCD
AT Parenting Survival | Raising Kids with OCD & Anxiety
Natasha Daniels: Child Therapist, Child Anxiety and OCD Expert, Parenting Coach and Parent
4.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Good communication can feel like the missing piece when you’re raising a child with anxiety or OCD. You’re talking, explaining, reassuring, and trying to help, but somehow the conversations still feel stuck, tense, or like they’re going nowhere.
In this episode, I unpack what good communication actually looks like, and why it’s not about saying the perfect thing or fixing the problem in the moment.
We’ll talk about how communication builds trust, how to recognize what might be shutting it down, and why slowing down and focusing on connection can often move things forward more than pushing for change.
If you are a parent who feels like every conversation turns into a struggle, or your child shuts down, gets defensive, or won’t open up, this episode will help you rethink where to start and how to create the kind of communication that actually supports progress.
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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 really |
| 0:05.2 | change the way you support your child with anxiety or OCD. I am running a free video series called |
| 0:11.7 | survival tools for parents raising kids with anxiety and OCD, and it is packed with practical |
| 0:17.6 | strategies and insights. Honestly, I wish every single parent had because you're going to |
| 0:23.4 | learn how to get your child to open up and communicate more. Who doesn't need that? Create exposures |
| 0:28.8 | that they'll actually want to do or be willing to do. And most importantly, build a home environment |
| 0:35.4 | that supports long-term progress and not just crisis |
| 0:39.8 | management like so many of us are doing. This is the kind of information that's hard to find |
| 0:45.3 | unless you're deep in the trenches, and I want to make it as accessible as possible. |
| 0:51.0 | Register now for free at atparenting Survival Series.com. The series runs from |
| 0:58.5 | April 16th through April 24th. I'll see you over there. Welcome to the AT Parenting |
| 1:07.4 | Survival Podcast, where you get help and guidance through the chaos of parenting |
| 1:11.7 | a child with anxiety or OCD. This show is for educational purposes and is not intended to replace |
| 1:18.2 | the guidance of a qualified professional. Here's your host, child therapist, Natasha Daniels. |
| 1:24.7 | Well, hello there, and welcome to another episode of the AT Parenting Survival |
| 1:29.5 | Podcast. Today, I want to talk to you about the glue that literally holds everything that we |
| 1:37.3 | always talk about together. And that's good communication. And I always talk about the fundamental building blocks of helping |
| 1:47.7 | our kids with anxiety and OCD. And it starts with good communication and trust. Trust and |
| 1:54.3 | communication go hand in hand. And we're going to talk today about what good communication looks |
| 1:59.6 | like. Because what does that even mean? How do you start |
| 2:03.6 | building it? And I also am going to touch on how that feeds into trust, which is really pivotal |
| 2:09.8 | when we're trying to help our kids who are struggling with anxiety and OCD. But before I jump |
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