Your Anxious Child

By Edward Plimpton

Self-Help Kids & Family

What's Your Anxious Child about?

This is a podcast for parents for who have an anxious child. Practical suggestions are given to help with a wide range of situations in which anxiety can interfere with a child's life

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Treating Childhood Anxiety ...

09.19.2023

Camilo Ortiz is an Associate Professor of Psychology and the director of clinical training at Long Island University-Post as well as maintaining a private practice. Dr Ortiz is developing a novel approach to treating childhood anxiety by providing children with ...

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09.19.2023 Treating Childhood Anxiety with Mega-Dose of Independence: Interview with Camilo Ortiz Camilo Ortiz is an Associate Professor of Psychology and the director of clinical training at Long Island University-Post as well as maintaining a private practice. Dr Ortiz is developing a novel approach to treating childhood anxiety by providing children with ...
09.12.2023 How Neuroscience is Rewriting the Story of Parenthood: Interview with Chelsea Conaboy Chelsea Conaboy is a journalist specializing in personal and public health. Her recent book, Mother Brain, is now available in paperback. Her book is a thoughtful and well researched discussion of the emerging neuroscience about the brain changes that occur ...
08.28.2023 Why do we like to watch scary movies? Interview with Mathias Clasen and Marc Malmdorf Andersen https://cc.au.dk/en/recreational-fear-lab The question of why we would be drawn to movies and other material such as haunted houses is what Mathias Clasen and Marc Andersen investigate at the Recreational Fear Lab at Aarhus University. The negative effects of children watching ...
07.17.2023 The role of Primitive Reflexes in anxiety and other mental health issues. Interview with Sonia Story We are born with a set of primitive reflexes that are necessary for our survival but over the course of the first year should be gradually inhibited or integrated with higher cortical functions over time. Unfortunately, for a variety of ...
07.17.2023 Needle Phobia with Jody Thomas, PhD Founder and Director of the Meg Foundation In this interview we talk about needle phobia and pediatric pain with Dr Jody Thomas who is the Founder and Director of the Meg Foundation. The Meg Foundation is one of the primary resources to help children deal with needle ...
06.09.2023 The Science of Attachment. Interview with Bethany Saltman author of strange situation, A Mother's Journey into the Science of Attachment Bethany Saltman has written a compelling book about the science of attachment. It is a memoir of her journey into the science of attachment, a summary of what is known about attachment and the process of how this important theory ...
05.09.2023 Perfectionism and Managing Your Social Power in Middle School. Interview with Bonnie Zucker, PsyD Dr Zucker is a licensed psychologist in Washington D.C. She has published several books on the treatment of anxiety disorders. In this interview , I talk with her about her two most recent books: A Perfectionist's Guide to Not Being ...
04.07.2023 Anxious Nation-an interview with film director Laura Morton Anxious Nation is a provocatively intelligent look into the global crisis of anxiety and mental health as it affects Americans, especially it crippling impact on children and adolescents. In this podcast I talk with Laura Morton about her new film ...
04.04.2023 OCD in Children: Interview with Natasha Daniels If you have a child with OCD, Natasha Daniels is a resource you want to know about. She has a variety of online course such as "How to Teach Your Kids to Crush OCD" and "Crushing OCD Classs for Kids ...
04.03.2023 Anxiety and the Middle School Child. Interview with Judith Warner Judith Warner is author of AND THEN THEY STOPPED TALKING TO ME: Making Sense of Middle School which is the topic of this podcast. It is a time period most of us remember all too well and a time when ...
03.14.2023 Reading-an necessary island of competence with Claire Rubman, PhD author of This May be Difficult to Read To talk about reading on a podcast concerning anxious children may seem a little far a field. However, reading is an essential skill in which if you struggle with it, school becomes a very stressful and anxiety provoking environment. Reading ...
02.28.2023 David Carbonell, PhD author of The Worry Trick, Panic Attack Workbook David Carbonell, PhD is a clinical psychologist who has specialized in the treatment of anxiety disorder since 1985. He is the author of several books on anxiety: Panic Attacks Workbook, The Worry Trick, Fear of Flying Workbook, Outsmarting Your Anxious ...
02.19.2023 Hoarding in Children with Randy Frost, PhD and Eric Storch Randy Frost is a emeritus professor of psychology at Smith College. He is the co-author of Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding the Meaning of Things. He is widely considered to the world's expert on the topic of hoarding and has published over ...
02.07.2023 Overcoming Parental Anxiety with Debra Kissen, PhD Dr Kissen is a clinical psychologist who is the CEO of Light On Anxiety CBT Treatment Center. I talked with her about her recent book on using cognitive behavior therapy to help with parental anxiety.
01.30.2023 Social Anxiety-Interview with Ellen Hendriksen, PhD In this interview, I talked with Ellen Hendriksen, PhD about social phobia and her book How To Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety She is clinical psychologist who works at the Center for Anxiety and ...
12.06.2022 Anxiety and Depression in teens Interview with Michael Thompkins, PhD Michael A. Tompkins, PhD has just published the anxiety & depression workbook for teens: simple cbt skills to help you deal with anxiety, worry, and sadness with New Harbinger Publications. He a cofounder of the San Francisco Bay Area Center ...
12.03.2022 Overcoming Suicidal Thoughts For Teens Interview with Jeremy W Pettit, PhD and Ryan M. Hill, PhD Jeremy W. Pettit, PhD and Ryan M. Hill, PhD, experts on suicidal ideation and suicide in teens talk about their new book overcoming suicidal thoughts for teens: cbt activities to reduce pain, increase hope, build meaningful connections I apologize for ...
12.03.2022 Interview with Ed Tronick, PhD What Infants Can Teach Us About Reslience Ed Tronick, PhD is one of the leading authorities on infant development. His collaboration with the famous pediatrician, Berry Brazelton, MD was instrumental in the development of Brazelton Neonatal Assessment Scale. His Still Face Experiment with mothers and infant monumental ...
10.25.2022 Body Dysmorphic Disorder. Robyyn L. Stern, LCSW. Expert Interview #45 Robyn L. Stern, LCSW, is a licensed social and therapist in New York where she specializes in Body Dysmorphic Disorder, OCD and BFRBs. This is a condition someone becomes preoccupied with perceived defects in their appearance which are not apparent ...
10.16.2022 44. Climate Anxiety with Heather White author of One Green Thing: Discover your Hidden Power to Help Save the Planet Heather White is the author of One Green Thing: Discover Your Hidden Power to Help Save the Planet. She is the founder of OneGreenThing.org and has two decades of experience in environmental advocacy including serving as a presidential campaign staffer ...
09.27.2022 43: How to Tell Stories to Children-Expert Interview with Silke Rose West Silke Rose West and Joseph Sarosy have written a wonderful book How to Tell Stories to Children. Anxious children can greatly benefit from stories that parents tell them and this book tells you how to get started. As they explain ...
09.16.2022 42- Interview with Jon Hershfield, MFT on Intrusive Thoughts in Teens Jon Hershfield, MFT is the Director of The Center for OCD and Anxiety at Sheppard Pratt in Baltimore Maryland. He is the author of several books on OCD and is prominent figure in the world of OCD treatment. In this ...
09.13.2022 41. Perfectionism in Childhood and Adolescence-Interview with Gordon Flett and Danielle Molnar Perfectionism in children and adolescence is a growing problem with serious implications. Drs Molnar and Flett are leading investigators on perfectionism and children. In this interview they provide an overview of perfectionism, discuss an intriguing study they did on the ...
09.08.2022 #40 Interview with Stephanie Meyers, MS, RDN End the Mealtime Meltdown I interviewed Stephanie Meyers, MS, RDN about her recent book End the Mealtime Meltdown: Using Table Talk Method to Free Your Family from Daily Struggles over Food and Picky Eating newharbingerpublications. She is a registered dietitian nutritionist and founder of ...
08.26.2022 #39: Angela Mansolillo MA, CCC-SLP, BSC-s "When a fear of choking reflects a problem in the oral mechanics of eating" Angela Mansolillo is a speech-language pathologist and Board Certified Specialist in Swallowing and Swallowing Diorders who works at Cooley Dickenson Hosptial, Northampton MA. She is a clinical supervisor and adjunct faculty member at Elms College Department of Communication Sciences and ...
07.28.2022 Expert Interview #38 David A Clark on helping teens deal with anxious thoughts David A Clark, PhD is a clinical psychologist and emeritus professor at the University of New Brunswick. He is a leading authority on the nature of intrusive thoughts, cognitive behavior therapy and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. He is the author of numerous ...
07.14.2022 Expert Interview #37 Dawn Huebner on Emetophobia and Health Anxiety Dawn Huebner, PhD is a clinical psychologist and parent coach specializing in childhood anxiety. Today we are talking about two of her more recent books for school age children Facing Mighty Fears About Throwing Up and Facing Mighty Fears About ...
07.11.2022 Expert Interview #36 Generation Sleepless: Why Tween and Teens Aren't Sleeping Enough and How We Can Help Them by Heather Turgeon, MFT and Julie Wright, MFT Heather Turgeon, MFT and Julie Wright, MFT have written their third book together Generation Sleepless: Why Tween and Teens Aren't Sleeping Enough and How We Can Help Them which is the topic of this interview. As they point out in ...
06.10.2022 Expert Interview #35 The Resilience Workbook for Kids by Caren Baruch-Feldman, PhD and Rebecca Comizio, MA, MEd The topic of today's podcast is fostering resilience in children. Caren Baruch-Feldman, PhD and Rebecca Comizio, MA, MEd have just published a very timely book The Resilience Workbook for Kids: 32 Skills to Build "I CAN DO IT Muscles" Caren ...
05.27.2022 Expert Interview #34: Mona Delahooke, PhD Brain-Body Parenting Mona Delahooke, PhD is a clinical psychologist with a specialization in infant mental health. She is the author of Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Rasing Joyful, Reslient Kids and Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion ...
05.20.2022 Expert interview #33 Alan Sroufe Attachment and Anxiety Dr Alan Sroufe has been described as "attachment chief spokesman in the United States" He conducted a longitual/prospective study of 170 people from birth to middle age looking at the type of attachment they had in infancy and what happened ...
04.10.2022 Expert Interview #32 Ben Sedley OCD, ACT and Teens Ben Sedley, PhD is a clinical psychologist in Wellington New Zealand and author of two books for teens Stuff that Sucks: a teen's guide to accepting what you can't change and committing to what you can and with Lisa Coyne, ...
03.26.2022 Expert Interview #32 Alan Goldberg, EdD Sport Performance https://www.competitivedge.com/dr-alan-goldberg/ Dr Alan Goldberg is a sports performance coach and internationally recognized expert in peak sports performance. He is talking with us today about the how the principles used to enhance the performance of atheletes can be used in everyday ...
03.22.2022 Expert Interview #31- Kelsey Torgerson Dunn, LCSW author of When Anxiety Makes You Angry Kelsey Torgerson Dunn, LSCW has just published when anxiety makes you angry in which she describes how angry outbursts in teens can sometimes be an expression of anxiety. Her book describes how to recognize when anxiety may underlie explosive episodes ...
02.25.2022 Expert Interview #30: Jennifer Jo Brout, PhD Misophonia Dr Jennifer Jo Brout is the Director of the International Misophonia Research Network. She is the author of several scientific publications as well as a book for parents Regulate Reason Reassure: A Parent's Guide to Understanding and Managing Misophonia She ...
01.17.2022 Expert Interview #29 Cammie McCovern author of Hard Landings: Looking into the Future for a Child with Autism Cammie McGovern is the author of three novels for adults and two for young adults. Say What You Will is her YA book that includes a character struggling with OCD. Her book Hard Landings explores the territory for children with ...
12.18.2021 Expert Interview #28 Children and Hoarding: Randy Frost, PhD and Eric Storch, PhD In this interview, I talk with two experts on the topic of hoarding. Randy Frost, PhD published the first scientific study of hoarding in 1993 and book Compulsive Hoarding and The Meaning of Things with Gail Steketee was a popular ...
11.05.2021 Expert Interview #27 Eli R. Lebowitz, PhD and the SPACE program for anxious children Dr. Eli Lebowitz has developed a parent based program, SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Children's Emotions). This innovative program helps anxious children by working exclusively through the parent. It has been proven as effective as individual CBT for children. For ...
09.21.2021 Expert Interview #26 Kelly Mahler, OTD, OTR/L Interoception and Anxiety Interoception is one the hidden senses that provides us with information about how are body is doing. In this interview Kelly Mahler will explain how Interoception is critical to understanding you anxious child, how it the basis for mindfulness and ...
05.02.2021 Expert Interview #25: Ruth Goldfinger Golomb, LCPC "Helping Your Child with Sensory Regulation" Sometimes phobias and other forms of anxiety can be the result of your child's sensory system overresponding or underresponding to sensory input. In this interview, Ruth Goldfinger Golomb, LCPC describes the way in which problems with sensory regulation can be ...
06.26.2019 Expert Interview #24 Sharon Saline, PsyD ADHD and Anxiety Dr Sharon Saline is an expert on ADHD in children and adolescents. Her recent book What Your ADHD Child Wishes you Knew: Working Together to Empower Kids For Success in School and Life is based on her interviews of children ...
06.04.2019 Expert Interview 23: Joan Lovett, MD Children, Trauma and EMDR Joan Lovett, MD has recently retired from active practice but graciously agreed to do this interview. She is a behavioral pediatrician who has written two books on using EMDR with children: Small Wonders: Healing Childhood Trauma with EMDR and Trauma-Attachment ...
06.04.2019 Expert Interview #22: Tom Bunn Becoming Panic Free Tom Bunn is a return guest to this podcast where in an early episode he talked about the fear of flying based on his earlier book SOAR: The Breakthrough Treatment for Fearing of Flying. He recently published Panic Free: The ...
10.01.2018 Expert Interview #21: Amanda Stern author of Little Panic: Dispatches From An Anxious Life Amanda Stern recently published her memoir Little Panic: Dispatches From An Anxious Life, a compelling story of growing up as an anxious child. She is also the author of The Long Haul and eleven books for children written under the ...
06.22.2018 Expert Interview #20 Candy Smith: Somatic Experiencing and the Anxious Child Somatic Experiencing Therapy is a type of therapy developed by Peter Levine to deal with trauma, but which is extremely relevant helping all sorts of anxiety conditions in children. When children become anxious they often "shut down" or "freeze up" ...
06.08.2018 Expert Interview: Ruth Goldfinger Golomb Sensory Dysregulation and Anxiety In this interview we explore how some avoidant behavior may be a function of sensory dysregulation rather than what we typically think of an anxiety. Ruth Goldfinger Golomb and Suzanne Mouton-Odum have written Psychological Interventions for Children with Sensory Dysregulation ...
03.20.2018 Expert Interview #18 Carolyn Broudy, MD Parental Anxiety with an infant Carolyn Broudy, MD is a psychiatrist who specializes in expecting parents and families with children 0-5. She is the director of The Family Connections Center in Northampton, MA (www.thefamilyconnectionscenter.com). In this interview she discusses the anxiety that natural comes with ...
02.04.2018 Expert Interview #17 Claudia M. Gold, MD. Understanding the anxious preschool child The topic of anxiety in the preschool child is continued with an interview with Dr. Claudia Gold. She is a pediatrician and a writer and currently specializes in early childhood mental health. She is the author of The Silenced Child: ...
01.08.2018 Expert Interview # 16: Elizabeth Haske Elizabeth Haske is a teacher and parent living in Sophia, Bulgaria who has just written a book for anxious children When Worry Takes Hold. In this interview we talk about her new book which highlights the importance of mindfulness and ...
01.07.2018 Expert Interview #15 Beth Maloney discussing PANDAS/PANS Beth Maloney is the author of Saving Sammy: Curing the Boy Who Caught OCD and Childhood Interrupted: The Complete Guide to PANDAS and PANS. She has written two very important and helpful books describing and explaining how a strep infection ...

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