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TAMING YOUR CHILD’S WORRIES & FEARS

When you try to fix the worry… it often gets bigger

“The more you try to fix your child’s worries… the more stuck they can become.”

Most parents don’t notice this at first.

You respond quickly. You reassure. You explain. You stay close at drop-offs and bedtime to help your child feel safe.

And in the moment, it feels like the right thing to do.

But in some families, over time, reassurance alone may not always shift the underlying anxiety pattern.

Worries return more quickly. Certain moments become harder to navigate. And daily life can begin to organise itself around managing distress.

I'M READY TO RESPOND DIFFERENTLY
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A pattern commonly observed in clinical work

After close to three decades working with families, I developed the Regulated Parenting Model™ after observing a consistent pattern:

  • Children becoming caught in anxiety loops.
  • Parents becoming the primary source of reassurance in those moments.
  • And families feeling uncertain how to respond differently when anxiety appears.

This is not about blame.
It is about understanding the pattern clearly enough to respond differently within it.

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The point where many parents feel stuck

This usually builds gradually:

  • Mornings becoming more emotionally charged
  • Bedtime routines becoming longer and more complex
  • Decisions shaped around avoiding distress
  • A growing sense of “I’m not sure what else to do here”

Even when you are trying harder than ever, the pattern can feel unchanged.

Not because anything is being done wrong - but because anxiety patterns can be complex and responsive to how they are met in the moment.

The Regulated Parenting Model™

The Regulated Parenting Model™ is a structured, in-the-moment framework designed to support parents in responding to childhood anxiety more effectively.

It focuses on helping you:

  • Recognise anxiety patterns as they appear in daily life
  • Understand how reassurance can become part of ongoing cycles
  • Respond with greater steadiness in the moment distress shows up
  • Support emotional safety while reducing reactive patterns over time

THE KEY SHIFT

Instead of automatically moving into fixing or reassurance, this framework supports you to:

respond with regulation instead of reaction

So in the moment anxiety appears, you are more able to stay steady, rather than becoming pulled into the escalation cycle.

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Recognise

Spot anxiety patterns as they appear

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Understand

See how reassurance can maintain cycles

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Respond

Choose steadiness over reaction

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Support

Build safety while reducing reactive patterns

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THE MINI COURSE

Taming Your Child’s Worries & Fears

This Mini Course is the entry point into the Regulated Parenting Model™ approach.

It is designed for parents who want clearer guidance in what to do when anxiety shows up in real-time situations.

Inside, you will begin to learn how to:

  • Understand common anxiety patterns in everyday family life
  • Recognise reassurance loops as they happen
  • Respond in ways that support coping and emotional safety
  • Feel more confident and less reactive in the moment
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WHAT THIS SUPPORTS IN PRACTICE

This is not about adding more strategies.

It is about changing the quality of your response in the moment.

Over time, parents often describe:

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More clarity

Feel more certain about what to do when anxiety shows up.

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Less reassurance

Fewer repeated conversations that leave everyone feeling stuck.

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Reduced escalation

More confidence navigating predictable anxiety situations.

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Greater confidence

Feel steadier and more intentional in your parenting responses.

Every child is different, and responses vary - but small shifts in how anxiety is met may influence how patterns unfold over time.

Meet Dr Anna Cohen

Taming Your Child’s Worries & Fears was created from both professional experience and years of working closely with families navigating childhood anxiety.

Dr Anna Cohen
Clinical Psychologist
& Parenting Educator

With over 25 years of clinical experience supporting parents, children and young people, Dr Anna Cohen developed the Regulated Parenting Model™ after observing a common pattern: children becoming caught in anxiety loops, parents becoming the primary source of reassurance, and families feeling increasingly uncertain about how to respond.

Rather than focusing on eliminating anxiety, the framework helps parents better understand the patterns that can develop around worries and fears, so they can respond with greater awareness, steadiness and confidence in the moments that matter most.

Taming Your Child’s Worries & Fears introduces the Regulated Parenting Model™ through the lens of childhood anxiety, providing a practical and approachable way to begin responding differently when worries, fears and anxious moments show up in everyday family life.

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Taming Your Child’s Worries & Fears

Taming Your Child’s Worries & Fears is the entry point into the Regulated Parenting Model™ framework.

It helps you move from uncertainty into greater clarity in how you respond when anxiety shows up - one moment at a time.

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