From Normative to Clinical Anxiety
- Today’s teens: generation-specific predisposing factors
- Anxiety disorders – does diagnosis even matter?
- Two pathways in the brain and implications for intervention
- The amygdala
- The prefrontal cortex
- Limitations of the research and potential risks
Supporting Anxious Youth
- Rapport-building approaches
- Rapid stabilization approaches for crisis intervention
- Conceptualizing anxiety: Body, brain, behavior
- Unhelpful stances for providers, parents, caregivers:
- Accommodating
- Demanding
- Supportive stance: SPACE Protocol
INTERVENTIONS
- Breath retraining and visual imagery exercises
- 10 teen-friendly mindfulness strategies
- Thinking strategies: Cognitive restructuring and more
- Exposure: in vivo, imaginal, interoceptive
- Values-based and committed actions
- Behavioral experiments
- Experiential activities and case studies
Put it All Together: A Decision-Making Framework
- Design interventions – when to use what
- Enhance treatment effectiveness
- Lifestyle factors
- Boost motivation and treatment adherence
- Trouble shooting when you get stuck


