Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Recognizing and Treating the Emerging Epidemic

Dr. Paul Foxman, Clinical Psychologist

Empowering Young Minds: Practical Tools to Conquer Anxiety and Build Resilience

Child Psychotherapy Cognitive / Behavioral Anxiety

Overview

Anxiety disorders are now recognized as the most common emotional disorders in the U.S., as well as in 16 of the 17 countries recently surveyed by the World Health Organization. The rising prevalence of anxiety has been accelerated by the growing instability of today’s world.

In this workshop, Dr. Foxman will explain how anxiety develops in children and adolescents and will provide practical treatment strategies that you can immediately apply in your professional work.

The focus will be on integrative psychotherapeutic interventions, including insight-oriented, cognitive-behavioral, mind-body, solution-oriented, and family systems approaches.

Participants will explore key factors contributing to anxiety and gain detailed, practical techniques to enhance the effectiveness of child therapy. Topics include:

  • Engaging through play
  • Understanding and discussing bodily reactions
  • Finding flow activities
  • Relaxation techniques for children
  • Exposure protocol
  • Parenting styles
  • The Miracle Question
  • And much more…

Seven key anxiety disorders will be addressed, with practical steps for identification and treatment:

  • Separation anxiety disorder
  • Panic disorder
  • Overanxious disorder
  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder
  • Social anxiety disorder
  • Phobias
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder

A complete toolbox to help alleviate stress and anxiety in children and adolescents and equip them with practical resources to build resilience, manage challenges, and thrive emotionally and socially.

Download the program

  • 3h of continuing education
  • 22 lessons that last from 5 to 15 minutes each
  • 1 certificate of achievement
  • 1 PowerPoint
  • 1 bibliography
  • 1 course evaluation
  • 7-day money back guarantee
  • Unlimited access
  • 71% of participants who completed the satisfaction survey declare they would recommend this course to a colleague

Accreditation

Ordre des Psychologues du Québec
Canadian Psychological Association
Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association
Collège des médecins du Québec

For physicians who practice psychotherapy, training recognized by the Ordre des psychologues du Québec is automatically considered as activities adopted by the Collège des médecins, in accordance with Article 3 of the Regulation.

For physicians who do not practice psychotherapy, the College evaluates each recognition request based on the following criteria:

  • the relevance of the activity to the practice of the profession
  • the skills and experience of the trainer
  • the quality of the content and its adequacy with the physician's practice
  • the pedagogical framework of the activity
  • the quality of the documentation provided
  • compliance with the training objectives set out in the regulation
  • the presence of a certificate of participation or an evaluation

About the expert

Picture of Paul Foxman

Dr. Paul Foxman, clinical psychologist, as well as Founder and Director of the Center for Anxiety Disorders in Vermont. In 1985 he co-founded the Lake Champlain Waldorf School, now flourishing from kindergarten through high school. He has over 30 years of clinical experience in a variety of settings including hospitals, graduate programs in psychology, community mental health centers, schools, and private practice.

Dr. Foxman has led hundreds of top-rated workshops in the U.S. and internationally, and he has appeared on television and radio as an expert on the topic of anxiety. His books include Dancing with Fear (2007) and The Worried Child (2004), as well as a co-authored casebook, Conquering Panic and Anxiety Disorders (2003).

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Learning objectives

  1. Explain how, why and when anxiety develops in children
  2. Diagnose DSM-5 anxiety disorders in children
  3. Teach anxiety management skills to children and adolescents
  4. Implement therapy approaches for each of the child/adolescent anxiety disorders and make recommendations to parents and schools

Learning material

A theoretical course illustrated with clinical examples. This course is composed of videos of 5 to 15 minutes each. The PowerPoint of the course to download.

Syllabus

  • PowerPoint
  • 1. Introduction

  • Understanding Anxiety in Youth and Therapeutic Foundations

  • 2. Anxiety Epidemic
  • 3. The 3 Ingredients in Anxiety
  • 4. Effective Child Therapist
  • 5. Case Example 1

  • Core Strategies for Managing Stress and Building Resilience

  • 6. 3-S- Approach to Stress
  • 7. Flow and Relaxation
  • 8. Mindfulness and Meditation

  • Specific Anxiety Disorders and Intervention Techniques

  • 9. Anxiety Disorder- Separation Anxiety
  • 10. Help Parents to Let Go
  • 11. How to Manage Divorced Parents
  • 12. Panic Disorder
  • 13. Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • 14. Exercises to Overcome Worrying
  • 15. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
  • 16. Case Example of OCD
  • 17. Excoriation & Trichotillomania
  • 18. Social Phobia
  • 19. Selective Mutism and Specific Phobia
  • 20. Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders
  • 21. Acute Stress Disorder
  • 22. Conclusion
  • Bibliography


CE Credits

Download a certificate of successful completion.



Audience

This course is intended for mental health professionals.

Your comments

"This course was terrific!"
A psychologist (Canada)

Registration

Download the program

  • 3h of continuing education
  • 22 lessons that last from 5 to 15 minutes each
  • 1 certificate of achievement
  • 1 PowerPoint
  • 1 bibliography
  • 1 course evaluation
  • 7-day money back guarantee
  • Unlimited access

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    These evaluations are not graded and are intended primarily to support your professional reflection.

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