Supporting Parents

Supporting your child starts with supporting you.

When a child struggles with anxiety or OCD, the entire family feels the impact.

Parents intuitively want to comfort their child, reduce distress, and help their child feel safe.

But sometimes those responses can unintentionally reinforce the cycle of anxiety and OCD.

My goal is to provide you with the education and support you need to reduce the behaviors that inadvertently keep your child stuck.

Whether your family is navigating OCD, anxiety, or the everyday challenges of your child’s emotional development, I’ll work alongside you to better understand what your child is experiencing and find a path forward.

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Why supporting parents matters

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Supporting parents is an essential part of helping children recover from anxiety and OCD. Children typically spend 45-minutes a week in therapy and the majority of their time at home. The everyday moments between parents and children are where lasting change happens.

Together, we'll help you understand your child’s emotional needs, respond in ways that build confidence instead of fear, and support your child's treatment progress at home.

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What we'll work on together

Every family is different, but parent support may include:

  • Understand how anxiety and OCD function

  • Learn how to reduce accommodation, including reassurance seeking and avoidance

  • Support your child through exposures

  • Build confidence through everyday interactions

  • Strengthen connection while encouraging independence

  • Support healthy emotional development during the preschool and early childhood years, when appropriate

  • Develop practical strategies you can use at home

You will leave sessions with concrete tools you can begin using right away.

An evidence-based, relationship-centered approach

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Every family is different, and there isn't a one-size-fits-all approach to supporting children.

Together, we'll develop a plan that fits your child's needs, your family's strengths, and your goals.

My recommendations are grounded in evidence-based treatment while recognizing that children grow within relationships. That means helping parents respond in ways that build confidence, strengthen connection, and support lasting change at home

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You don't have to do this perfectly

Parents often worry about saying the wrong thing or making mistakes.

The good news is that your child doesn't need a perfect parent.

They need a parent who is willing to learn, grow, and walk alongside them.

Throughout therapy, we'll work together to help your family move away from fear and toward confidence, one small step at a time.

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Ready to take the next step?

If OCD is beginning to take over your child's life, you don't have to face it alone.

Together, we'll help your child discover that they are capable of doing hard things while helping your family reconnect around confidence instead of fear.

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