by Kate Olphert | 16 Mar 2016 | Uncategorized
What does it really feel like to be school phobic? I spend a lot of my time trying to explain, on behalf of the young people I work with at Ground beneath your feet, what it is like to be anxious at school. If it’s never happened to you it can be hard to understand. I...
by Kate Olphert | 28 Sep 2015 | School phobia
On telling someone yesterday that I work with children, helping them beat their school phobia, I again encountered some familiar responses. “But surely there are lots of children who don’t like going to school, don’t these ‘school phobics’ just need to be told that...
by Kate Olphert | 26 Aug 2015 | School phobia
You’re worn out with the strain of it. You wake in the morning with dread of what the next hour and a half will bring, as you face the prospect of trying to get your school phobic child to wake, eat, dress, and get out of the door into the car and into school and then...
Working with school phobic children and their families, I advise, mentor and coach. I introduce people to new ways of thinking about what is going on for them, talking openly and honestly about possibilities.