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Fresh Take: Dr. Dana Dorfman on When Worry Works


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How do we know when our anxiety as parents is warranted and when we're catastrophizing? Dr. Dana Dorfman, author of the new book When Worry Works: How to Harness Your Parenting Stress and Guide Your Teen to Success.  gives us a framework for channeling our anxiety into something productive rather than something that hampers us.

Dr. Dana Dorfman is a New York City-based psychotherapist with 30 years' experience treating adolescents and parents in her private practice, schools, and agency settings. In this interview she explains

  • Why anxiety is actually advantageous
  • How to contain our teen's anxiety without absorbing it
  • Cognitive distortions

  • Knowing your values is key to managing anxiety - what are the three or four core principles that guide everything you do? In a non-anxious moment, reflect on those values, and then use them as your guiding star for parenting decisions - rather than fears you may have about your children's future or current wellbeing.

    Here's where you can find Dr. Dorfman:

    • https://drdanadorfman.com/
    • @drdanadorfman on IG
    • Dr. Dana Dorfman on FB
    • Dana Dorfman, PhD on LinkedIn
    • Buy Dr. Dorfman's book: https://bookshop.org/a/12099/9781538164532
    • Take Dana's anxiety type reaction quiz!

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