In this module, you’ll gain foundational insight about anxiety and its impact on young clients. Learn practical methods to avoid getting trapped in the content of the disorder and understand how some of the things that therapists, parents, and teachers do can actually support the disorder. Additionally, you’ll discover a new, more effective approach for working with anxiety.

Key topics covered in this module include:

1. Understanding how a process-based approach to anxiety works
2. The patterns of worried families
3. Four critical concepts that make up the foundation of a skill-based approach

1. How to avoid mirroring and supporting the anxiety disorder
2. Case examples and demonstrations

1. Breaking the anxiety culture — escaping the high demands of school, home, social life
2. The importance of psychoeducation

1. Creating a new framework for families to separate from generational anxiety
2. Recognizing anxiety and interrupting common thought patterns

1. Help young clients connect their worries back to their past successes
2. Use role playing, experiential learning, and practice to deal with anxiety on a day-to-day basis
3. Create effective interventions and homework that will teach young clients to overcome worry

1. Setup successful rewards and consequence strategies
2. Implement Lynn’s favorite assignments for helping kids achieve success in the face of anxiety

In module four, you’ll get step-by-step plans to help children and adolescents thrive in school and beyond. You’ll also learn strategies for helping kids with somatic symptoms.

Key topics covered in this module include:

1. Effective behavioral plans and goals for classroom success
2. Case studies and common issues to anticipate within the school setting

1. Common somatic issues with anxious children (GI issues, insomnia, headaches)
2. New opportunities to help kids relax

OCD creates a skewed view of reality and can impact families for generations. This module demonstrates how to recognize OCD, the common pitfalls of treating OCD in kids, and active strategies to help families.

Key topics covered in this module include:

1. Myths and current research on OCD
2. The biggest mistakes therapists make with OCD
3. Diagnosis and misdiagnosis of OCD in young clients

1. Creating a family plan for dealing with OCD that reaches across generations
2. The benefit of direct language and psychoeducation for families

1. The Executive Overload Model
2. The importance of prioritizing interventions
3. What modifications are needed for clients with comorbidity or trauma history
4. How to leverage the Concept of Differentiation

Next, you’ll watch Lynn in action!