With the rapid increase of child and adolescent cases of anxiety, parents are scrambling trying to help their children from falling deeper. Some of the most widely used methods of coping with anxiety are cognitive behavioral therapy and art therapy as well as common medications. Although there is evidence that both approaches work, only half [...]
Practice-base studies show that cognitive-behavioral techniques are effective in the treatment of children's mental health problems such as depression, generalized anxiety, school refusal, social phobias, specific phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), trauma and sexual abuse, and eating disorders. Two phases of CBT treatment in children includes: 1) Psycho-education, where children learn to [...]
UNDERSTANDING TEST ANXIETY Studies have shown that anxiety, a common emotion among human beings, can have negative effects on school performance. Students usually experience anxiety when they believe they are being evaluated, either by a test or a public performance. Approximately, 30% of students develop severe anxiety in testing situations. “Test anxiety” also lowers self-esteem, [...]
