Many children that experience anxiety tend to avoid situations. Fears maintain themselves as long as your client avoids them. The more your client dodges whatever frightens them or makes them nervous, the bigger it becomes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When we avoid our fears we:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Advantages to facing fears:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Your client will need support from a therapist or a caregiver when facing their fears.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Challenging Situations <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If your client experiences anxiety or depression it will be important to teach strategies to help them cope with their withdrawal in situations they may find more challenging. [1] From Bunge et al. (2017).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
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\u25a0 Provide them with adequate encouragement to help them work through difficult tasks and challenging situations
\u25a0 Encourage your client to replace self-critical or perfectionistic thoughts with more positive and helpful statements to help decrease negative thoughts that seem to lead to frustration and withdrawal, which could impede on further learning.
\u25a0 Remind them that mistakes are expected and part of the learning process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n