Module One - What is Anxiety?

This module is designed to reassure your child and let them know they are not alone with their struggles. They will learn all about anxiety - what it is, what is happening in their body when they are anxious (and why it's not their fault!) and the most common fears and worries children can have.

Module Two - Why am I Anxious?

Here your child will learn to recognise the signs of anxiety in their own body, and where their anxiety may have come from. This knowledge ensures we’re treating the root cause (not just the symptoms), sets your child up for success and ensures they engage with the rest of the course effectively.

Module Three - Simple Ways to Start Feeling Better

This module focuses on encouraging your child to adopt healthy self-care habits that will lessen their anxiety. These are presented in an engaging way to ensure your child is more willing to give them a try and reap the anxiety-reducing benefits. 

Module Four - Learning to Calm the Fight, Flight, Freeze Response

In this module your child will learn my 2-part method for calming their limbic system, so they know how to 'reset' themselves when their fight, flight or freeze response gets accidentally triggered by their anxiety. They will begin to see their reactions as something they can learn to manage so they no longer have to avoid situations that may trigger them, and can find their confidence and start enjoying life again.

Module Five - Training Your Brain Not To Worry

This empowering module teaches your child all about how to take control of their thinking patterns, and choose patterns that make them feel more courageous and positive. Once your child has learned how to train their brain not to worry in the first place, they are then ready to learn how to finally face their fears in the last section of the module.

Module Six - Bringing it all Together

In the final module your child will reflect on everything they have learned and celebrate their progress.  They are supported to practice their new skills and believe in themselves, to ensure lasting success.  

Module One - Understanding Anxiety

We start by taking a deep dive into exploring exactly what anxiety is, how it shows up and what it feels like for your child. Then we look at the different types of anxiety disorders that children can have. Finally, we explore the most common psychological, biological and environmental causes of childhood anxiety.

Module Two - Understanding Your Child's Anxiety 

I’ll help you identify the cause by sharing some of the tools I use in my therapy practice. This is important because it’s no good throwing a load of solutions at anxiety, if we don’t understand what caused it in the first place – some of them may work, but that’s more down to luck than design. And often one symptom may settle only to be replaced by something new a few days or weeks later.  When we start with looking at the root causes rather than just treating the symptoms, and resolve the causes first, then we achieve lasting success.

Module Three - Addressing the Causes of Your Child's Anxiety

Here we explore the different ways to support your anxious child, based on the cause of their anxiety that we identified in Module 2. Depending on the cause, you will learn the appropriate solutions that are right for your child, and grow in confidence knowing you finally have solutions that will work for your child.  You'll also learn how to create a 'low-stress' environment to help your child manage their anxiety while they are recovering.

Module Four - Managing Your Child's Anxiety: Part 1

We start looking at actionable techniques and strategies designed to calm your anxious child. Once you have learned all about calming your anxious child in the right way using these approaches, and have seen how effective they are, you are ready to progress to Part 2.

Module Five - Managing Your Child's Anxiety: Part 2

This is all about training children's brains to think in a more balanced and realistic way so they feel empowered to overcome any unhelpful thoughts and reframe them. In this module I teach you how to help your child recognise their anxious thought patterns; support them to change these; and help them to start facing and overcoming their fears. You will also learn extra strategies to support your child at home and at school. 

Module Six: Bringing It All Together

In this final module you will learn how to avoid falling in to the 'Cycle of Negative Reinforcement' trap by using everything you have learned in the course going forward. We will also troubleshoot particularly challenging situations, and spend some time looking at how you care for yourself, as parenting an anxious child can be exhausting. 

The course contains 6 modules spread over 8 weeks. In each module there are videos for you, and for your child.

It should take no more than an hour and a half per week max for you to work through the videos in both the modules (assuming you watch the children's ones with your child). You and your child don’t have to watch all of the videos in one sitting – but can dip in and out for a few minutes at a time throughout the week if time is at a premium.

There’s no need to worry or feel that you have to complete it in that time, as you have lifetime access to the course content.   

Here’s some feedback we’ve had from parents about this issue:

“It's such a useful tool for parents and children to be able to engage with in their own time and when they are ready. I think it's a fantastic resource which will enable families to progress at their own pace . . .” 

“I love the fact that you can move through the course alongside your child, and at a pace that suits the busy household timetable!”

“Really helpful, friendly and informative videos. I like the length of each video as I find it easy to fit into the day and helps me to remember the information in each video.”

The idea is for you to work through it at your own speed – one that suits you and your child.  So even though the course is spread over 8 weeks, we’re going to have 2 implementation weeks which will give you time to put some of what you have learned into practice or do some of the homework (there isn’t much, I promise!) before moving on to the next part.

Even if you have tried teaching your child techniques and they have been reluctant to engage, or refused to do them, my experience with the parents who have taken the course is that their children have been very willing to engage and practice all or most of the things I teach them.

I don’t claim any superpower here (well, apart from Bertha, my therapy dog, of course!) but I think it's just that sometimes children are more responsive to a new person teaching them. That being said, I do offer you advice on how to help your child engage and get the best from their videos in the parents' introduction section, so you can ensure they are set up for success.  

Finally, the feedback I've received from parents who have already taken the course is that their children have loved working with them collaboratively on the course (despite their occasional grumbling!) and they have both found it to be a really bonding experience.

You have instant access to the course as soon as you enrol, so you can start straightaway! And remember, you have lifetime access so you can come back to it as often as you like in the future.

I set the maximum age at 13 because I use hand puppets in some of the childrens' videos and felt teenagers might see them as childish and not want to engage with them.  Having said that, some teenagers are happy with suspending disbelief!

It really depends on what you think you child would find acceptable.  If you think they will still enjoy the videos then do join us!

If your child’s anxiety is causing any disruption to their life or yours, or causing them to miss out on important experiences then you and your child will get huge benefits from the course.  

Early intervention is key when helping anxious children, so even if things don't feel too bad now - don't wait until things get worse before you take action. 

I'm so confident that From Fearful to Fearless will work for your child, I'm offering you a money-back guarantee.

If both you and your child complete From Fearful to Fearless, including watching all the videos and completing all the activities and the workbook, and your child's anxiety has not improved at all by the end of the course, just email me and I’ll refund you in full. 

Don't be shy . . . just email me and I'll be very happy to answer any questions you may have!

Or if you would prefer to chat to me in person you can book a free 15 minute call with me here. This is NOT a pressurised sales call, just a chance for you to see if the course feels right for you and your child.