Creating Kids Who Can
Welcome to our blog where award-winning child therapist, Frances Weston, shares advice for parents. Its aim is to help parents help their children manage and express difficult feelings and cope with life's challenges well, so they can feel happy and confident and experience positive mental health.
Childhood Anxiety - Part 4 - What Causes It?
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One of the most common questions I get asked by desperate, worried parents is "Why is my child so...
Childhood Anxiety - Part 3 - What is An Anxiety Disorder?
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There are so many different ways anxiety can affect children, and the range of anxiety disorders...
Childhood anxiety - Part 2 - What Happens in Your Child's Body When They Are Feeling Anxious?
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Welcome to part two of this mini-series all about childhood anxiety.
This one is all about the...
Childhood Anxiety - Part 1 - How To Spot The Signs
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Welcome to the first part of a mini-series of posts on the subject of childhood anxiety, which is...
Is Your Teen About to Go to Uni? How to Help Them (And You) Cope Emotionally
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Is your teenager about to go to University? If so, congratulations! Its a major milestone...
How Shame Affects Children and Young People
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If your child is experiencing anxiety, or angry meltdowns, or perfectionism or low mood, it could...
How to Help A child With Back to School Anxiety
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Its very common for children to struggle to get back to school after the school holidays . . ....
Separation And Divorce: What To Do When Your Child Doesn't Want To Visit Their Other Parent
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Is your child refusing to go on contact visits to see their other parent, or getting very...
What Can a Football Manager Teach Us About Parenting?
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I recently heard Gareth Southgate interviewed on The High Performance Podcast and was inspired to...
Helping Your Child Get The Best Out Of Therapy
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Did you know that the success of your child's therapy depends on YOU just as much as on your...
Bullying - Part 4 - Cyberbullying: how to help your child
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Welcome to the final post in this 4-part series all about bullying.
We've looked at how to spot...
Bullying - Part 3 - How To Help If Your Child is Being Bullied
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I see a lot of children and young people in my private practice who have experienced bullying and...