THIS TRAINING IS OFFERED AS A LIVE WEBINAR 

Facilitator: Robin Alter, PhD., C.Psych.

This training is suitable for: 

Persons who work in the field of mental health, who work with children or who are interested in working with children in the future. It is also for professionals who are looking for a positive approach to anxiety which is accessible to children, which helps them find a way to understand their emotions while enhancing their self-esteem and also gives them tools to gain control and mastery over their troublesome emotions.

Description: 

According to statistics from Canada and the United States, anxiety disorders in children are on the rise. In the time of COVID, anxiety reactions are likely even more prevalent. In spite of anxiety being a debilitating condition, many children are not motivated to receive psychotherapeutic help, preferring instead to use avoidance as their defense against states of anxiety. This webinar is designed to provide professionals a positive approach to anxiety which is accessible to children, helps them find a way to understand their emotions while enhancing their self-esteem and also gives them tools to gain control and mastery over their troublesome emotions.

This webinar will teach a successful therapeutic formulation of anxiety along with a new clinical model for working with children and anxiety management. Dr. Alter will explain how the link between imagination and anxiety can be used effectively in treatment. Explore how children's anxiety and thinking are different from adults, and how to be more effective with children in creating fundamental change in anxiety management. This approach starts and ends with an enhancement of self-esteem to motivate children to use therapeutic tools and strategies.

Learning Objectives:

Differentiate between children's and adult's anxieties
Teach children how to control their minds
Manage children's anxiety and increase their motivation for change
Work with children around anxiety to enhance their self-esteem, empower them and challenge them to face their problems and fears.

Registration Fees: 

Please see the Fees Tab on the top left of this page for full registration fees, group rates along with the cancellation and refund policies. 

Registration closes July 16, 2020.