(Image: Coping Kit by Karen Wolf) According to the CDC, 7.1% of children, age 3-17 years, (4.4 million children in the U.S.), have been diagnosed with anxiety. (https://www.cdc.gov/childrensmentalhealth/data.html). And unfortunately, those numbers are on the rise. All children experience fear as a normal part of childhood. But if your child’s worry or fear seem extreme, […]
Anxiety – A Gift From Our Ancestors
A few years ago a client presented concerns that his 8- year-old son, Brian (identifying information has been changed), began displaying signs of anxiety at bedtime. He would refuse to be left alone in his bedroom and struggled to fall and stay asleep, eventually struggling with tiredness throughout the school day. During the few hours […]