Summer Activities that Promote Good Mental Health in Kids

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• Help for Kids Afraid of Throwing Up or Getting Sick: Part 4 Treatment – Hierarchy
  In the first three posts in this series, I provided an explanation of the fear called emetophobia and described the two elements of treatment: exposure and response prevention. We have finally completely the emetophobia supplement and the step-by-step process and hierarchy are part of that program. We have 5 steps for emetophobia help and each step […]
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• Help for Kids Afraid of Throwing Up or Getting Sick: Part 2 Treatment – Exposure
  The effective way to help kids afraid of throwing up is two-fold. First, face the fear. That part of the treatment is called exposure. (Just so you know, contact with actual vomit or the act of vomiting is not a necessary part of exposure.) Second, don’t play it safe. That is called response prevention (preventing the […]
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• Help Your Anxious Child Get Through the Start of School
  For lots of reasons, school is a very common trigger for anxiety, especially when it starts or after a break. Getting an anxious child back in school can be rough. The type of anxiety that can be triggered by school can vary. It might be separation anxiety, fear of getting sick, perfectionism, social phobias or […]
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• Separation Anxiety in Children vs Teenagers
  Most parents recognize separation anxiety in their young children. When a little child is clinging to a parent or crying when a parent has to leave, everyone easily recognizes the problem. Yet many are not aware that teenagers and older children can also suffer from separation anxiety, though it manifests in a different way. As […]
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