Tips for parents for helping your anxious teen

Tips for parents for helping your anxious teen

Always offer them understanding, love, empathy support. Gently challenge them if they express negative beliefs about themselves or are too harsh.Encourage them to accept themselves as they are (eg;  ‘being anxious doesn’t mean you are bad’). One of the parents often...
Managing anxiety tip sheet ; teenagers

Managing anxiety tip sheet ; teenagers

1. Accept your feelings Feelings are an innate signalling system – necessary for survival. According to Neuropsychologist Jaak Panksepp, ‘We have feelings because they tell us what supports our survival and what detracts from our survival.’ So there are no good or bad...

Free Webinar – The Anxious Teenager

You are invited to a Zoom webinar: Topic: The Anxious Teenager…. When: May 29, 2019 7:00 PM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney  (AEST) What is anxietyWhy teenagers are more prone to anxietyHow to recognize the signs of anxietyParents: How to talk about...

What is Anxiety?

Anxiety is an emotion. Emotions exist to guide us about how to react to different situations. The purpose of anxiety is to warn us to get ready for some future threat. The threat might be known or unknown, which is why you can feel anxious even though there is nothing...
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