Rethinking Treatment for Child Anxiety and OCD | Dr. Eli Lebowitz | TEDxWrigleyville

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Best-selling author and world-renowned researcher and psychologist Dr. Eli Lebowitz introduces a different way of thinking about child anxiety, providing a simple recipe for navigating the tricky situations parents encounter with their anxious children, and introducing "SPACE," a new and rapidly growing evidence-based treatment approach. Dr. Lebowitz studies and treats childhood and adolescent anxiety at the Yale Child Study Center. His research focuses on the development, neurobiology, and treatment of anxiety and related disorders, with special emphasis on family dynamics and the role of parents in these problems. Dr. Lebowitz is the lead investigator on multiple funded research projects, and is the author of research papers, books and chapters on childhood and adolescent anxiety including the bestselling ‘Breaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCD’. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@annpdm]

Thoroughly enjoyed the SPACE training, and so glad to see you at TEDx!

[@Emmama36]

Thank you for this TED talk Dr. Lebowitz, will help so many kids and parents.

[@jodieandlee]

This was informative and instills hope. I'm looking forward to the SPACE training in December!

[@erinbetz9842]

Jodie, how was the training?

[@jodieandlee]

@@erinbetz9842 It was fantastic! If you are a therapist, I highly recommend it.

[@aliciasuazo5048]

Brillant!

[@LoveLife-gv8jg]

Does this treatment work for parents of children alone? What if you are a parent of a 16 year old

[@ashleyabdelmalak8278]

How can I find out more about space?

[@AilsaRoddie]

I don't understand in what way this is new and I'm very confused. It has been standard in anxiety treatment since at least the early 90s.
By the way, this alone is not necessarily a cure, as there are also many other complex aspects to childhood anxiety and OCD. If anxiety is an issue for your child, access medical assistance because you need a proper assessment of what is happening. This explanation is much oversimplified.
Sometimes TED talks are bizarre.