Anxiety is a very normal part of being a human, but for as many as one in five children it can reach intrusive levels, interfering with family life, friendships and school performance.

In this engaging evening for parents, Australian psychologist and author Karen Young will provide parents and carers with essential information and powerful, practical strategies to help their children and young people thrive through worries and anxiety, whether it’s everyday levels of anxiety or more intrusive.

Karen will explore:

• A new, empowering way to understand anxiety.
• Common ways loving, committed parents might unintentionally fuel anxiety, and what to do instead.
• What to do when anxiety hits.
• Proven ways to calm and strengthen an anxious brain.
• How to build courage and resilience.
• Why anxiety might look like anger or tantrums, and what to do.
• Anxiety and the developing child – how social media, friendships, and the changes in the developing brain might contribute to anxiety, and what parents can do.