Hey Reader- You have to throw out regular parenting books if you want to help your child with anxiety or OCD. OCD and anxiety involve the whole family, so it is crucial to set up a home environment that is therapeutic in order to give your child the best long-term outcome. OCD and anxiety involve the whole family When you are raising a child with anxiety or OCD you have to be on the offensive, not the defensive. It requires you to shift your parenting style and incorporate therapeutic...
2 days ago • 2 min read
Are you waiting to work on your child’s anxiety or OCD until you get a therapist? Or is your child in therapy and you are anxiously waiting to see results? Anxiety and OCD won’t wait until… You get off that waitlist. It won’t wait until your child starts using the skills they learn in therapy. It continues to grow and spread its roots into a home’s foundation, threatening to crack stability. Here’s the truth: Anxiety and OCD involve the family, so it takes the family to make a dent. That’s...
4 days ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader-Are you wondering WHY your child with anxiety or OCD isn’t making progress? It can be super frustrating when you feel like you are doing all you can and yet they continue to get worse. There is a reason for this. Often parents are throwing skills and resources at their kids without a plan. Some parents have missed some foundational steps and are diving into the deep end when their child isn’t ready. Could that be you? In the first video of my 3 part video series we’ll figure that...
9 days ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader- Tomorrow marks the start of Survival Tools for Parents Raising Kids with Anxiety or OCD—and I hope you’ll be joining me! This free series is designed to provide powerful strategies and support for parents like you. If you’re feeling alone, overwhelmed, or uncertain about how to help your child, you’re in the right place. Over the next week, I’ll walk you through practical, proven tools to create a home environment that truly supports your child’s mental health. Busy? Don’t Worry!...
10 days ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader- If you’re raising a child with anxiety or OCD, you know there’s a problem—but finding a real solution can feel like an endless search. You may have tried everything, only to find that the issues keep coming back. How can you fix your child’s anxiety or OCD? You need effective tools, not temporary fixes. You don’t have time to waste. You need to know exactly how to address this issue with skills and approaches that will be effective. Don’t waste time. Get tools that work. As a...
17 days ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader- Are you struggling to find a child therapist who specializes in OCD? Or have you found someone who says they treat OCD, but clearly doesn’t have the expertise or knowledge to treat your child 😩. 💣 Here is a truth bomb… Believe it or not, most therapists are NOT given the specialized training to treat OCD. That’s a scary fact! And without that training, they can do more harm than good. Just ask parents who went to the wrong therapist. You shouldn’t have to sit around watching your...
18 days ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader- Parenting kids with OCD can be tough. Especially since much of how to navigate OCD is counterintuitive. After over two decades supporting parents raising kids, teens and young adults with OCD, I have consistently seen a pattern in what parents get wrong about OCD. In this episode, I break down the six most common things parents get wrong, that delay long-term progress and keep families stuck. Click here to listen to the episode Getting a child with OCD to open up can feel...
24 days ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader- Without fail I always get emails from parents that ask me to extend my deadlines when they miss my emails or life gets busy. I don’t want that to happen to you, as we won’t be able to extend our deadline on this generous offer. That is why I am popping into your email one last time (in case you’ve missed all my emails this week) and letting you know that the offer to get 50% off all my classes in honor of OCD Awareness Week is ending tonight, Oct 17th at 11:59pm PDT. 🤎 You can...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Nothing warms my heart more than messages about how my courses have impacted families' lives. Like this one that was left on my course, How to Teach Kids to Crush OCD: Parents also found my Crushing OCD course for kids and teens helpful! You can watch this video below and hear what they thought: Today is the last day to get 50% off my online courses in honor of OCD Awareness Week. This offer expires at 11:59p PDT today, October 17th (with no exceptions so we can be fair to all parents). So be...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read