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I spent the majority of my career specializing in anxiety. Anxiety counselling for children and teenagers can help them develop coping strategies, emotional regulation techniques and cognitive-behavioural tools to reduce symptoms of anxiety. However, I believe that what the parent does and how they react to that anxiety makes the biggest difference. For this reason, I also recommend that parents who have a child with anxiety try counselling for parenting support before putting their child in counselling.

 

In a session focused on your child's anxiety, you will learn best practices to support your child including strategies that help and strategies you may want to avoid. I have training in specific areas of anxiety, such as:

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• social anxiety

• phobias

• separation anxiety 

• obsessive-compulsive disorder and tics 

• sleep anxiety and nightmares 

• generalized anxiety 

• panic disorder 

• selective mutism 

• trichotillomania