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BT18 Speech 09 - My Dos and Don'ts of Working with Children: The Union of Creativity and Problem Solving - Lynn Lyons, MSW
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Length: 1:02:45
Description:
We don't often think of creativity and problem solving as equal partners in therapy with children. But when struggling families arrive at your office, it is the immediate blending of these two components that allows you and the family to move quickly from overwhelmed to engaged, confused to targeted. Based on 29 years of successes and failures, this speech will offer ideas to immediately connect with families, help them untangle the tired messiness they often arrive with, and create active interventions that build momentum, create new patterns, and offer hope.
Educational Objectives:
- Utilize the 7 patterns of thought and action to identify the salient problems, teach skills, and set goals with families.
- Create and use assignments for families that develop flexibility, action, and emotional management.
- List the common therapeutic pitfalls that actually support the disorders of anxiety and depression in families.
*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.)
