SPACE

To Help Anxious Children, Look to Evolution

By Emily Berner, MFT|2023-07-02T00:12:41-07:00July 2nd, 2023|From OCD to Anxiety, Kid Korner, Mood Matters, Partner Perspectives|

Did you know that anxiety disorders and OCD work differently in children than in adults? This may seem intuitively obvious but is not reflected in most treatments for child anxiety and OCD. Current treatment protocols conceptualize anxiety disorders and OCD as the result of an overactive threat detection system. This understanding falls short when we […]

A Different Kind of Parent Group: Getting SPACE, Together

We all had our fair share of struggle this past year-plus. But it’s hard to argue that parents of young children had it particularly rough. Workloads doubled, tripled, or quadrupled overnight for parents who suddenly found themselves not “just” parenting and working their regular jobs, but now also acting as stand-in teachers and childcare providers. […]