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Lower a Child’s Anxiety with These 8 Research Backed Tips

January 28, 2019 by Angela Pruess

Inside: Learn powerful researched-based everyday habits and strategies that will help to lower a child’s anxiety and stress.

 

As a child and family therapist, I hear the following statements often.

“My daughter seems to have separation anxiety still even though she’s 6 now, and won’t even let me leave the room in our own house unless she knows where I am at all times.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Childhood Mental Health Tagged With: childhood anxiety

10 Anxiety Symptoms in Children that Most Parents Miss

October 18, 2018 by Angela Pruess

“My kid might have anxiety???”

This is the response 90% of parents have when they find themselves sitting on the couch in my therapy office seeking to gain insight into their child’s confusing and challenging behaviors.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Childhood Mental Health Tagged With: anxiety disorder, anxiety symptoms in children, childhood anxiety, kids and worries

Want to Develop Resilience in Your Child? Don’t Let Fear Win

April 8, 2016 by Angela Pruess

Inside: Learn four sneaky ways fear will interfere with being the great parent you want to be and interfere’s with developing resilience in your child. 

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Some parents are not intimately acquainted with their biggest fear. I am not one of those people.

I can tell you exactly what my greatest fear is: I am terrified to look back at my life, only to realize that I had wasted moments, especially the glorious and miraculous my heart is going to explode moments I am so blessed to experience as a parent. Especially seeing as I almost didn’t get to experience them. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: childhood anxiety, develop resilience in a child, mindful parenting, parenting mindset

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Angela Pruess

I'm Angela, a licensed child therapist and mom of 3. I'm here to help you raise an emotionally healthy, resilient child who'll change the world through emotional intelligence, positive discipline, growth mindset, mindfulness, art/nature, childhood mental health and the therapeutic power of play. Let's help your child reach their full human potential.

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