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BT16 Workshop 25 - Humor, Hypnosis and Homework: Concrete Strategies for Helping Anxious and Depressed Kids In and Out of the Therapy Office - Lynn Lyons, LICSW
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Length: 2:47:32
Description:
Anxiety and depression go hand in hand; untreated anxiety during childhood is a top predictor of depression in adolescents and young adults. This workshop teaches how to interrupt the patterns of anxiety and depression in children, first by recognizing what patterns need to change and then using creative and hypnotic language, homework, humor to actively make shifts happen. Concrete strategies are based on three frames that help simplify and target the patterns so common in anxiety, depression, somatic, and sleep problems.
Educational Objectives:
- Describe the three frames that are therapeutic targets for anxious and depressed children.
- List two benefit of focusing on process over content when creating hypnotic interventions.
- Create a homework assignment that targets one of the three therapeutic frames.
*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*
Lynn Lyons, LICSW
Lynn Lyons is a psychotherapist in Concord, New Hampshire specializing in the treatment of anxiety
disorders in adults and children for over 30 years.
Lynn speaks about anxiety, its role in families, and the need for a preventative approach at home
and in schools. She is a featured expert in the 2023 documentary Anxious Nation and has appeared
in the New York Times, Time, NPR, Psychology Today, Good Morning America, Today, and other
media outlets.
She is the co-host of the popular podcast Flusterclux.
Lynn has authored several books and articles on anxiety, including The Anxiety Audit, Anxious Kids,
Anxious Parents, and the companion book for kids, Playing with Anxiety: Casey’s Guide for Teens
and Kids (with Reid Wilson.)
