Cornershop Clinic is one of Australia's most contemporary and innovative child and adolescent anxiety clinics. It was established by Sinead Berry and Nikki Johnson who have a passion for creating positive change in families with anxiety. Our ‘Fearless Freddy’s Family Workshops’ are unique for many reasons, firstly they incorporate a range of diverse and engaging therapies to maximise outcomes. Secondly ‘Fearless Freddy’s Family Workshops’ have an increased emphasis on parent involvement to provide families with every opportunity to embrace theoretical concepts and thereby effect long term change. Moreover each workshop focuses on teaching clear and practical skills that easily translate into day-to-day life to improve your child’s and family’s wellbeing.
Is my child anxious?
Most children have fears or worries of some form. However if your child’s anxiety is stopping him from enjoying the things that most other children enjoy or is interfering with his friendships, schoolwork or family life then you are likely to need professional assistance. Anxiety that is severe can impact on a child’s health and happiness. If anxiety is left untreated it is likely to cause ongoing challenges throughout life.
Types of child anxiety
Anxiety can take many forms in children. Below is a list of different types of anxieties and the typical symptoms. A child may only have one type of anxiety or they may show features of several of these problems.
- Separation anxiety: excessive anxiety regarding separation from home or from people to whom the individual has a strong emotional attachment.
- Social anxiety: intense fear in social situation causing considerable distress and impaired ability to function in at least some parts of daily life.
- Generalised anxiety: excessive, uncontrollable and often irrational worry about everyday things that is disproportionate to the actual source of worry.
- Specific phobias: persistent fear that is excessive or unreasonable, cued by the presence or anticipation of a specific object or situation (e.g., flying, heights, animals, receiving an injection, seeing blood etc).
- Obsessive compulsive fears: recurring, unwanted, anxiety-provoking, intrusive ideas, images, or impulses (obsessions) that may even seem silly, weird, nasty, or horrible to the person experiencing them.
- Panic fears: episodes of incredibly intense fear or apprehension that is of sudden onset.
