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If it is life-threatening emergency - call the emergency services.
If the risk is not immediately life threatening Follow the instructions on this landbot - it will calm you - help you collect your thoughts and allow you time to make decisions about helping your child in the immediate situation. Doing this activity will role model the calmness and control you want your teenager to learn.
When this crisis is over, get in touch with LOHA - we can support you to help your teenager through their mental health problems.
Claire and Adam's Story
Worried about what to say to Adam, Claire used LOHA’s Systemic Therapy activities to find out more about what was causing Adam’s anxiety – Adam was worried about a whole range of things, but the LOHA activities helped Adam explain them all.
On hearing what was concerning Adam with problems which included fears about bullying and keeping up with school work , Claire could understand what she needed to do to help Adam more effectively. By teasing out the different concerns, Claire was able to talk through with Adam how he could deal with the different situations that were worrying him – this gave him a sense of control and significantly reduced his anxiety.
Adam even began looking forward to going to his new school.