Improving Our Child’s Life with OCD


How do we help our children with OCD have a better quality of life? Our child’s OCD is more than just Exposure Response Prevention (ERP) therapy. It is more than just their intrusive thoughts and their compulsions.

How do we help them with self-esteem? The feeling of guilt and shame? The struggles of navigating school and family relationships?

In this week’s episode of the AT Parenting Survival Podcast, I invited Dr. Abramowitz to share his insights on how we can help our kids live a fulfilling life, despite OCD.

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Survival Tools for Parents Raising Kids with Anxiety or OCD

Are you struggling to know how to help your child or teen with anxiety or OCD? This free on-demand video series will help you:

  • Identify exactly where you need to focus to see results
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  • Give you a roadmap of how to create a therapeutic home environment for anxiety or OCD

Finding my way through my children’s serious mental health struggles

Jan Stewart had big dreams for her family—but after her two children were born, she found herself navigating a drastically different path. Her son, David, and daughter, Ainsley, began experiencing perplexing symptoms and were eventually diagnosed with multiple complex mental health and neurodevelopmental disorders, including OCD. On the Get to know OCD podcast, Jan opened up about how they navigated these challenges, and what she hopes every parent facing similar struggles can take away from her story.


If you or your child needs help, NOCD Therapists are specialty-trained in ERP therapy, the most effective treatment for OCD, and accept more than 60 insurance plans to help individuals and families regain their lives. Book a free call to learn more.


Take care,
Natasha

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Hi! I'm Natasha Daniels

I’m a therapist who offers online support to parents raising kids with anxiety and/or OCD. Check out my podcast, Youtube, Courses & Membership. Sign up for my newsletter:

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