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...
about 22 hours 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...
8 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...
15 days 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...
15 days ago • 1 min read
Helping our kids with anxiety and OCD can be counterintuitive; especially with OCD! Trusting your gut, or even an unskilled mental health professional, can sometimes make things worse. I learned that the hard way myself. After my kids had several bad therapists, I realized that my role was pivotal. Even now, with both kids seeing fantastic therapists, I am still the one dealing with their crises and immediate struggles 24/7. My guess is, so are you. That is why I don’t want you to miss the...
15 days ago • 1 min read
Whenever I do something new (like deciding to give away all my courses at 50% off this week 😳), I get emails with questions. Like, are you crazy?! No, but seriously perhaps you had questions too? I decided to make an email with answers to the most common questions I’m getting. If you still have questions after this just hit reply and I’ll be happy to answer them. 🤎 How long do we get access to the courses? You get ongoing access to the courses and can take them at your own time or even...
15 days ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader- As parents we have a front row seat to our child’s anxiety or OCD struggles. Their issues don’t stay neatly contained in a box. It explodes and impacts everyone around it. -We inadvertently grow it at times. -We coach (and sometimes beg) our kids to not listen to it. -We see it hiding in our child’s behaviors (even when they deny it). -We notice the impact it has on our other kids and on our adult relationships. We don’t get a choice whether these issues impact our child and our...
15 days ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader- Can you believe it takes an average of 14 to 17 years from the time OCD first appears for people to seek and receive appropriate OCD treatment? Yes, over a decade. And yet 50% of people with OCD report their symptoms started in childhood. Why should kids have to suffer for so long? But that doesn’t have to be your children’s fate. In fact, that’s the very issue that drives me to make sure parents have access to evidenced-based courses to help their child with OCD no matter what....
17 days ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader- Sometimes doing the right thing for your child’s OCD can feel completely wrong. When you start pulling back accommodations, your child may actually become more distressed, irritable, or angry. That can leave you wondering: Am I helping, or am I making this worse? In this week’s episode, I talk about why things can get harder when you stop participating in OCD, what that increased distress actually means, and how to support your child without accidentally getting pulled right back...
22 days ago • 1 min read