{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F881b8200-edc2-45d6-a1da-352c0ae143fa","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Considering Therapy for Your Child?","description":"As Head of Adolescent Mental Health Services and Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at CHC, Dr. Vidya Krishnan, sees her fair share of anxious children and parents. But what if the therapy is precisely the thing they\u2019re most anxious about? In this podcast episode, Dr. Krishnan shares ways to introduce therapy to our children: as an opportunity to learn how to use our words better and handle big emotions. By framing it as a safe space to manage hard things, allowing them to set some of their own goals, and creating incentives for them to engage, we can alleviate feelings of blame or shame and help ease any misgivings. The right therapist will take the time to build a relationship with your family, help identify pain points, and \u2013 in collaboration with you and your child \u2013 develop goals to craft a unique, customized plan towards achieving them. And when you put it that way, it doesn\u2019t sound so scary after all. \n\nVisit Voices of Compassion online and see full episode show notes at podcast.chconline.org. Sign up for our Virtual Village email list at chconline.org/virtual-village so you never miss an update or an episode. Be sure to subscribe and we love to hear from you - email us at podcast@chconline.org. \n\nSanto Rico by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/\n\nArtist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/80839596-bcc2-488a-96b5-2c1bccd2bcf6/0Yqd6yPB-lwrS-vpYRL-S-QZ.png"}