Where do I start?

Chances are, you are reading this because one (or more) of your kids is struggling with anxiety, depression or another mental health issue. Maybe you have received a diagnosis; maybe you have noticed that your child just isn't themselves. Maybe there's extreme behaviour or complete withdrawal. Either way, it's damn scary when you don't know how to help. I have never felt so helpless and lonely as I have parenting kids with a mental illness. 

And there's SO much guilt. Society says this, doctors say that, therapists say something else. Where do we start? How the hell do we get through each day, let alone help our kids get through this?

I am not an expert, but have been on a 6 year journey helping my kids with anxiety and depression. And I want to share with you what I have learned, both in therapy and in my studies (Psychology). I won't have many answers for you, but I might be able to give another option to try or a new understanding of what your child is experiencing .... and therefore give you hope that there is a way through. 

Most of all, you have someone here who has lived and breathed the very heartache you are experiencing. And I want to tell you what I wanted to hear myself when I was in my darkest moments.... 

You've got this.