by Kate Olphert | 13 Jul 2020 | School phobia, School refuser, Social Anxiety
If you’re having sleepless nights and days full of worry about one of your children about how to help them through difficulties with school, one thing I consistently find helps people make a start at turning the tide is to do this task. DOWNLOAD Find a pocket of time...
by Kate Olphert | 6 Jul 2020 | School phobia
As anyone who knows me will tell you I am passionate about helping children who suffer from school phobia find ways past this debilitating condition. I was lucky enough last week to be interviewed by the Daily Telegraph Online; a perfect opportunity to spread the...
by Kate Olphert | 30 Jun 2020 | School phobia, School refuser, Social Anxiety
“Our son is doing really well at school now and loving it. He is much more confident and happier and we aren’t seeing the same levels of frustration since the dyslexia diagnosis. It is so lovely to see him happy and carefree again”. “Thanks so much again for all your...
by Kate Olphert | 2 Jun 2020 | School phobia, School refuser, Social Anxiety
When one of my children was going through a period of acute anxiety, this was the thought that I would wake up with after a night of sleeplessness and worrying. My brain would churn through my child saying he ‘didn’t want to live’, that ‘ I didn’t understand ‘...
by Kate Olphert | 26 May 2020 | School phobia, Social Anxiety
Can you imagine if your greatest fear, the thing you dread happening from Monday to Friday is suddenly removed, what that feels like? I work with school phobic/school refusing children and their parents helping them find ways to work on the anxiety and stress that...
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...
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.