Hi! I'm Natasha Daniels

Special 72-Hour Window to Join Our OCD Parent Community

Hi Reader- There is nothing worse than seeing your child suffer with anxiety or OCD while you struggle with how to help them. Luckily, that is all about to change. The AT Parenting Community addresses all your struggles 🟤 Get clinical guidance from an anxiety and OCD child therapist with two decades of experience when you are feeling overwhelmed. 🟤 Soak up skills through weekly live classes and get free access to over $700 worth of courses so you can be skilled to coach your child and spot a...

about 12 hours ago • 1 min read

Things Parents Often Miss in Kids with Contamination OCD

Hey Reader- Contamination OCD is often much more complex than many parents realize. It is not always about germs, handwashing, or obvious fears of illness. For many kids, contamination OCD can center around chemicals, certain people, objects, or even an intense feeling of disgust rather than fear. In my latest podcast episode, I breaks down the subtle ways contamination OCD can be missed, misunderstood, or accidentally reinforced. Parents often focus on visible avoidance without recognizing...

6 days ago • 2 min read

Are you becoming the "OCD Police"? (Do this instead)

Hey Reader- Watching your child struggle with OCD is exhausting — and once you start recognizing compulsions, it's easy to swing too far in the other direction. That's what I call becoming the "OCD police." In this podcast episode, I explore how parents can unintentionally shift from helping to over-monitoring, constantly pointing out compulsions, questioning behaviors, and trying to control OCD at every turn. It comes from love, but hypervigilance can damage trust, increase shame, and cause...

12 days ago • 2 min read

Are you missing this OCD theme?

“Just right” OCD can be one of the most confusing forms of OCD for parents, because it doesn’t look like fear. In this week's podcast episode, we’re unpacking what it means when OCD is driven by a feeling instead of a specific fear. That internal sense that something is off, incomplete, or not quite right can keep kids stuck in loops that are hard to explain and even harder to stop. You’ll learn how “just right” OCD can show up across daily life, from words and writing to clothes, shoes,...

20 days ago • 2 min read

Why Trying to “Reason” With Your Child’s OCD Backfires

It feels so natural to explain, reassure, and try to calm your child down when OCD is loud. After all, that’s how we solve problems in real life. But OCD doesn’t play by those rules. When we try to reason with OCD, we often get pulled deeper into its loop, answering more questions, giving more explanations, and still watching our child struggle. In this episode, I talk about why reasoning and reassurance can quietly fuel OCD, what’s actually happening in your child’s brain in those moments,...

27 days ago • 2 min read

Last reminder doors are closing tonight

Hi Reader- There is nothing more powerful than having all the knowledge to spot a good anxiety or OCD therapist a mile away, because you are that skilled. Get empowered to help your child or teen directly There is nothing more empowering than having a group of hundreds of parents give you advice when you have a meeting with the school, therapist or doctor. There is nothing more rewarding than finding out exactly where to start and how to respond to your child’s anxiety or OCD struggles. Want...