what to do if my kid or teen is having anxiety
Anxiety in kids and teenagers is rising.
1 in 3 kids will experience an anxiety disorder.
They've also got tremendous amounts of world...STUFF to navigate. So it makes sense if your kiddo is dealing with stress, pressure, or overwhelm!
This is a collection of resources from licensed therapist Roya Dedeaux from a playful parenting approach.
This list is designed to give you and your teens tools to help deal with anxiety. There are resources for social anxiety, worry about the future, and even tools for parents who are anxious about their kids.
This resource list has webinars, games, and books for parents of teenagers!
Scroll to see the list!
List of Services
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Venture Forth GameList Item 1
If your kid is stuggling with social anxiety, fear of crowds, or has a tendency to want to cocoon in your house - then this game is for you! It's designed to give you a mild adventure on the days you need a little extra push.
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Connect with Courage Parenting CourseList Item 2
If your child's anxiety needs extra attention and you need the support to match it -- sign up for one of my Connect with Courage parenting courses. Ten weeks, individualized for you - you'll end with community support, weekly meetings with a licensed therapist, and feel much more equipped to help your kiddo.
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How to Be a More Playful Parent Mini CourseList Item 3
This is a FREE 30 minute mini-course designed to help parents be more playful - even when they don't feel like it. We all know that anxious kids need time with us, and they get so much good from play. But sometimes it's hard! This mini course makes it easier.
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Helping Your Teens with Adulting WebinarList Item 4
If you have a teenager who is anxious about growing up and adulting... then this is what you are looking for. This 30(ish) minute webinar gives you practical help in navigating the new waters with your teenager!
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Connect with Courage parenting book
Connect with Courage: practical ways to release fear and find joy in the places your kids take you.
If you think your parenting might be contributing to your child's anxiety - this book gives you practical ways to bring awareness and action and MORE CONNECTION!
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This Is The Head That I Have children's book
In this beautifully collaged book, Roya reminds readers to thank their brains for protecting them - even when things are hard, sharp, lonely, or confusing. This Is The Head That I Have is a reminder to be kind to yourself from the therapist who is always in your corner.
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How to turn "I can't" Into "I Can" webinar
If your kids appear to be insecure about their strengths, lack self-confidence, and don't want to try new things for fear of failure - Roya has 30 minutes of practical solutions for parents in this webinar.
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Parenting Tools to Help Your Anxious Teen - webinar
"Roya's webinar really made me more aware of how some of the behaviors that I've seen out of my kids are anxiety related - and now I have the tools to help them!"
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Parenting webinar - tools to help your anxious kids
This webinar covers 9 common presentations of anxiety (from compulsive behaviors to anger to perfectionism) and specific things you, as a parent, can do to help.
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Feeling Feelings - for parents of little kids
Parenting webinar for parents of little kids to help them feel their big feelings.
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Feeling Feelings - for parents of teens
Parenting webinar to help parents of teens support their kids with their Big Feelings.
Roya Dedeaux is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a focus on using creative tools like art, writing, and recreation as a way to help teens and their families who don't quite fit the mold.
Roya’s first book, Connect with Courage: practical ways to release fear and find joy in the places your kids take you is the result of her background in Recreation and Leisure Studies and Marriage and Family Therapy and is the base of her Connect with Courage Parenting Course.
She loves running her private practice, creating art prompts for her
two online art groups, and running games and challenges in the
free Recreate Parenting Facebook community! When she's not doing that, she loves to make messes with her three wild & wonderful kids where they live and play hard in Southern California.
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