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AT Parenting Survival | Raising Kids with OCD & Anxiety

Natasha Daniels: Child Therapist, Child Anxiety and Child OCD Expert

Natasha Daniels, Child OCD and Anxiety Therapist, shares practical advice for parents raising kids with OCD and anxiety. Raising a child or teen with OCD can feel overwhelming and isolating—but you don’t have to do it alone. In this podcast, Natasha shares practical, evidence-based strategies to support kids with obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety disorders.With over 20 years of clinical experience and first-hand knowledge as a parent herself to children with OCD and anxiety, Natasha offers

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31:13

PSP 386: The Difference Between PDA Accommodations...

AT Parenting Survival | Raising Kids with OCD & Anxiety ·

2024/10/01

Often parents who are raising kids with both PDA and OCD get conflicting advice. This can push a parent who is already stressed, over the edge.Are accommodations good or are they bad?One set of advice talks about leaning into accommodations, while the other set says accommodations are something to eventually stop. The reality is PDA accommodations and OCD accommodations aren’t the same.OCD accommodations are specifically talking about participating in a child’s OCD compulsions. Those are called

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59:49

PSP 385: Helping Kids with OCD with Stuart Ralph from...

AT Parenting Survival | Raising Kids with OCD & Anxiety ·

2024/09/24

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Stuart Ralph, from the podcast The OCD Stories to talk about his journey from OCD sufferer, OCD podcaster to therapist.We explore how treating kids and teens with OCD requires a different, more flexible approach. Stuart also offers some helpful tips on how to navigate the UK mental health system.Stuart Ralph’s practice, Integrative Centre for OCD offers therapy to kids, teens and young adults regardless of where in the world they are located. To learn more go

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40:34

PSP 384: Why Family Involvement is Key to OCD...

AT Parenting Survival | Raising Kids with OCD & Anxiety ·

2024/09/17

OCD doesn’t live in a bubble; it lives in our home. It lives in our families. It is not an isolated disorder. It involves the whole family system.That is why family involvement is key to a child’s OCD long term success. Often this is the missing component, even when a child is being treated for OCD.In this week’s AT Parenting Survival Podcast I explore how OCD involves the family and what parents can do to leverage their support.🌸 Want more in-depth support? Check out my online courses at

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39:53

PSP 383: The Power of Celebrating Small Wins with...

AT Parenting Survival | Raising Kids with OCD & Anxiety ·

2024/09/10

Anxiety and OCD can create hopelessness. It can feel like such an overwhelming task to overcome these struggles. Often we focus on the end goal.Get them to school. Get them to eat. Get them to be fully functioning.But there are a million smaller goals that get them to that bigger goal. It is easy to focus on the big picture instead of looking at the minute day-to-day goals. But it is in those small steps that progress is really made.In this week’s AT Parenting Survival Podcast I talk about how

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46:37

PSP 382: A Helpful Tool for OCD Reassurance Seeking

AT Parenting Survival | Raising Kids with OCD & Anxiety ·

2024/09/03

OCD doesn’t just involve our kids, it involves us. OCD reassurance seeking is a sneaky compulsion. It gets us to do OCD’s dirty work. We often don’t even know we are talking to OCD.It can feel bad to pull back our reassurance, even if we know it is OCD. It can also be tough on our kids. In this week’s AT Parenting Survival Podcast I talk about a tool I created to help kids reduce their OCD reassurance seeking.Youtube video for kids on how reassurance can be a compulsion:

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34:23

PSP 381: Letting Our Kids Fail So They Can Succeed

AT Parenting Survival | Raising Kids with OCD & Anxiety ·

2024/08/27

It can be so hard to see our kids tumble and fall. No one wants to see their kids fail. But we rob our kids the ability to learn when we protect them from failure.This can impact how we show up for their anxiety or OCD. It can impact how much freedom we give them. It can also decipher how much we micromanage what they eat, how much they sleep and how long they are on electronics.In this week’s AT Parenting Survival Podcast I explore the idea that we have to let our kids fail in order to succeed. We

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47:20

PSP 380: I Did Something Scary and You are About to...

AT Parenting Survival | Raising Kids with OCD & Anxiety ·

2024/08/20

Sometimes we have to do something really scary in order to be our true selves. I started working on a memoir about social anxiety about five years ago. I finally finished the memoir but then six days later my husband passed away.The memoir collected dust as I tried to piece myself and my family back together. A year and a half after he passed, I revisited the project. I wrote an epilogue detailing my grief journey and how it got even more complicated by my fear of being alone.In this week’s AT

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51:38

PSP 379: Are you Missing Some of Your Child’s Anxiety...

AT Parenting Survival | Raising Kids with OCD & Anxiety ·

2024/08/13

If we are openly discussing our child’s anxiety or OCD with them, we might assume that we aren’t missing anything. But it is important to note that just because we see the tip of the iceberg, doesn’t mean we see everything.I am constantly missing, and then discovering, yet another thing that is actually my child’s anxiety or OCD in disguise.In this week’s AT Parenting Survival Podcast, I explore why kids will continue to hide anxiety and OCD struggles and some concrete tips on how to address this.🛟

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56:21

PSP 378: Helping Kids with Anxiety and Panic Attacks

AT Parenting Survival | Raising Kids with OCD & Anxiety ·

2024/08/06

She was visibly shaking. Her hands were trembling and she was asking me to help. Her face was so pale that my own panic started to set in.This was the start of an anxiety attack.Anxiety and panic attacks can overwhelm both the person having them and the person trying to support them.In this week’s AT Parenting Survival Podcast I’ll explore how anxiety and panic attacks grow and what we can do to support our kids who have them.🛟 Let us support you, as you support your child or teen. Join the AT

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PSP 377: How ADHD Complicates Anxiety and OCD

AT Parenting Survival | Raising Kids with OCD & Anxiety ·

2024/07/30

Anxiety and OCD are hard enough to deal with, but when you sprinkle ADHD into the mix everything can be magnified. As parents raising kids with comorbid conditions, this adds another layer of struggle. You might find things that work for other kids with anxiety or OCD doesn’t work as easily for your child. It can require a different way to approach anxiety or OCD.In this week’s AT Parenting Survival Podcast I explore five areas where ADHD complicates anxiety and OCD progress. I’ll break down ways

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37:47

PSP 376: How to Respond to Unhelpful Comments About...

AT Parenting Survival | Raising Kids with OCD & Anxiety ·

2024/07/23

It is already tough trying to help our kids with anxiety or OCD, but it is even harder stomaching unhelpful comments and advice.Sometimes people are trying to be helpful and don’t mean to be upsetting. Some people are uneducated. And some people are judgemental and critical.Some people deserve education. Some people deserve boundaries. And some people should just be ignored.In this week’s AT Parenting Survival Podcast I explore the different reasons why people give us unhelpful comments and advice

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31:37

PSP 375: Can the Movie Inside Out 2 Help Your Child’s...

AT Parenting Survival | Raising Kids with OCD & Anxiety ·

2024/07/16

It has been so nice to see all these films addressing our children’s mental health issues. The more these struggles can be normalized, the less stigma they’ll be for our kids!A couple of week’s ago I discussed whether you should show your child with OCD the film Turtles All the Way Down. If you missed that one, you can check it out here. In this week’s AT Parenting Survival Podcast I explore how parents can use the movie Inside Out 2 to discuss and motivate their kids to work on anxiety and even

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38:56

PSP 374: Loving the Child You Have vs The Child You...

AT Parenting Survival | Raising Kids with OCD & Anxiety ·

2024/07/09

Raising a child with anxiety or OCD can bring with it so many struggles, including our own grief and overwhelm. It is easy, and tempting, to bury our own raw emotions around our child’s anxiety or OCD struggles. But honoring and processing our feelings is equally important.In this week’s AT Parenting Survival Podcast I have an honest conversation about the thoughts many of us struggle with but hate to admit. I talk about having compassion for your own journey while developing insight into what lens

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41:59

PSP 373: Should my Teen with OCD Watch Turtles All...

AT Parenting Survival | Raising Kids with OCD & Anxiety ·

2024/07/02

John Green’s new movie Turtles All the Way Down goes a long way in helping the OCD community educate the world about OCD. But should your child or teen with OCD see the movie?Well, I have mixed thoughts on that.In this week’s AT Parenting Survival Podcast I dive into the pros and cons of the movie Turtles All the Way Down and which kids would benefit from watching it.🌸 Sign up for my FREE series, Self-Care for Parents Raising Kids with Anxiety or OCD.***This podcast episode is sponsored by NOCD

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48:01

PSP 372: When Kids Reject the OCD Diagnosis

AT Parenting Survival | Raising Kids with OCD & Anxiety ·

2024/06/25

It can take so much energy to find a qualified OCD specialist to finally assess and diagnose your child with OCD. But what are you to do when your child rejects the OCD diagnosis?In this week’s AT Parenting Survival Podcast I talk about some common reasons why a child might reject an OCD diagnosis and where to go from there.🌸 Get in-depth support to help your child with OCD in my online courses at AT Parenting Survival School.***This podcast episode is sponsored by NOCD. NOCD provides online OCD

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39:43

PSP 371: Boosting Self-Esteem During Anxiety and OCD...

AT Parenting Survival | Raising Kids with OCD & Anxiety ·

2024/06/18

Anxiety and OCD can rob our kids of so many things, including their self-esteem and self-worth. It is easy for them to feel hard on themselves when their anxiety or OCD is knocking them down. Often kids are extra hard on themselves during these times.As parents we are intensely focused on helping our kids navigate anxiety or OCD, but there are some things we can do to boost their self-esteem as well.In this week’s AT Parenting Survival Podcast I’ll explore some simple ways you can help your child’s

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52:06

PSP 370: We are Your Anxious Kids All Grown Up |...

AT Parenting Survival | Raising Kids with OCD & Anxiety ·

2024/06/11

What will your anxious kids look like when all grown up? Amanda Stern and I are two possibilities. Amanda Stern is the author of the beautiful and raw memoir, Little Panic, a story about growing up with an undiagnosed panic disorder.I invited Amanda back onto the AT Parenting Survival Podcast to discuss what it was like growing up with anxiety. We discuss what we wish our parents did differently and how parents today can help their anxious kids.Check out Amanda’s fantastic newsletter and Little

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37:30

PSP 369: Incorrect Assumptions About ERP and OCD...

AT Parenting Survival | Raising Kids with OCD & Anxiety ·

2024/06/04

There are many assumptions about ERP, Exposure Response Prevention, the go-to approach to treat OCD in kids. Some parents (and therapists) don’t understand how ERP is supposed to work, how it is done and what one should expect.In this week’s AT Parenting Survival Podcast I explore the most common assumptions about ERP that are incorrect.🌸 Get in-depth support to help your child with OCD in my online courses at AT Parenting Survival School.***This podcast episode is sponsored by NOCD. NOCD provides

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55:03

PSP 368: Why OCD Can Get Worse with the Wrong Therapist

AT Parenting Survival | Raising Kids with OCD & Anxiety ·

2024/05/28

When you bring your child to a cardiologist, you expect they know all the evidence based treatment interventions to help your child. When you bring them to an endocrinologist you assume they are an expert in all things endocrinology.But sadly you cannot assume the same when seeing a mental health therapist. The truth is not all therapists are properly trained and informed on how to assess, diagnose and treat OCD.That means we, as parents, have to have enough knowledge to spot a helpful versus a

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38:07

PSP 367: If Your Child’s Anxiety or OCD Returns are...

AT Parenting Survival | Raising Kids with OCD & Anxiety ·

2024/05/21

There is nothing worse than seeing the first signs of anxiety or OCD return. It is a stomach dropping kind of feeling. It can bring all those old emotions flooding to the surface.But the good news is the return of anxiety or OCD doesn’t mean your child is starting from scratch.All those past skills are still there under the surface.In this week’s AT Parenting Survival Podcast I explore what happens when our child’s anxiety or OCD returns and how to navigate it.🌸 Help your child build their skills

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