SPACE Treatment
Therapy for Childhood Anxiety & OCD
Is your child not able to receive treatment for their anxiety or OCD?
Are you at a loss as to how to help your anxious kiddo? Maybe your child is too young to attend therapy. Or maybe they are unwilling or unable to attend therapy due to scheduling constraints, their anxiety about therapy, or other reasons.
So what do you do when your anxious child or teen can’t (or won’t) attend therapy? This is where SPACE comes in.
SPACE is designed to help YOU help your child.
What is SPACE?
- SPACE stands for Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions
- SPACE is a parent-based therapy program that is designed to help children with anxiety, OCD, or other related challenges
- You as the parent will attend the sessions and then use the strategies that you learn in therapy to help your child at home
Who Can Benefit from SPACE?
- Children or teens with:
- Separation anxiety
- Social anxiety
- Generalized anxiety (GAD)
- Fears and phobias
- Panic disorder or agoraphobia
- Selective mutism
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
- The families of children or teens who are struggling with any kind of anxiety
How do I know that SPACE will help my child?
- SPACE was developed by Eli Lebowitz, the Director of the Program for Anxiety Disorders at the Yale Child Study Center
- SPACE is backed by numerous clinical trials that have shown this to be an effective treatment
Why choose SPACE over other kinds of anxiety therapy?
- Your child is too young to attend therapy
- Your child or teen can’t attend therapy due to scheduling constraints
- Your child or teen is too anxious to attend therapy
- Your child or teen has tried to attend therapy and it didn’t work for them
- Your child or teen is unable or unwilling to attend therapy for any other reason
What will I get out of SPACE?
- Specialized family-based anxiety treatment based on expert training and the most recent clinical research on how to help struggling kids with their anxiety
- Personalized support that is tailored to meet your family’s unique needs
- A solution- and results-focused approach that focuses on reducing or eliminating anxiety-based problems and achieving desired results
- Feeling empowered as a parent with the skills you need to empower your children so that they can thrive
- Reducing the pressure on your child to attend therapy by supporting them in other effective ways
- Building both your and your child’s confidence as you achieve your treatment goals
So What Next?
For more information, you can check out the Resources page on the SPACE Treatment website.
Or if you are ready to help your child with their anxiety without having to convince your child to go to therapy, then SPACE may be the perfect solution for your family! If you’re ready to get started, feel free to book a complimentary 15-minute consultation so we can talk more about how I can support you and your child.
Let's talk!
If you’d like to talk about how I could help your family with your child’s anxiety, please feel free to reach out!