Driving fears and avoidance in teens may reflect normal development or possibly an emerging anxiety disorder.Reader Question: My daughter just turned 15, and no matter what I say, I can't seem to convince her to practice her driving. It's strange, because in the past,...
Postpartum OCD is a form of acute-onset OCD that develops after the arrival of a new baby. Parents with postpartum OCD often experience unwanted aggressive or sexual thoughts about their infant.Parents brace themselves for many changes when a new baby comes home. As...
Mental health requires that you work on meeting your own personal needs, in addition to meeting any other responsibilities you might have.I'm about to tell you something that your mother might not approve of...so for those of you sensitive souls out there, you might...
Regardless of the origins of your child's school refusal, it is important to consider a separate parent-related factor that maintains school refusal: your fear of being perceived as a "bad parent".Like any other behavior, school refusal does not have a singular cause....
School refusal is not a random event. There's usually a reason for why your child might resist going to school.With the summer quickly fading to black and the academic year looming largely, we will soon be entering the season of school refusal. When I use the term...
OCD is associated with an intolerance for uncertainty. Help your child by not feeding the reassurance monster.Many excellent parents struggle with how to appropriately parent their child with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Unfortunately, this process is rarely...
To recover from trichotillomania ("trich"), retire ineffectual strategies and find a psychologist who practices habit reversal training (HRT).Imagine that you have a rather large blemish right in the middle of your forehead. It's not one of those pseudo-invisible...
