About

Anxiety is a common experience for children and young people, and it can affect their confidence, learning, relationships and enjoyment of everyday life. Supporting Your Child Experiencing Anxiety helps parents and carers better understand childhood anxiety and learn practical ways to respond with reassurance, consistency and care.

This course focuses on building confidence in both children and adults, supporting families to respond calmly, reduce avoidance behaviours, and create a safe environment where children can develop resilience and emotional wellbeing.

What will I learn?

• How anxiety shows up in children at different ages
• What maintains anxiety and how everyday responses can unintentionally increase it
• Practical strategies to support children to face fears gradually
• How to build emotional resilience and coping skills
• Ways to respond with empathy while encouraging independence

Who is it for? 

• Parents and carers of children experiencing anxiety or anxiety-like symptoms
• Foster and kinship carers
• Families seeking practical tools to support emotional wellbeing

How to book

Please note our services require an intake assessment to ensure they are suitable.

• Please access our booking page to book a suitable time for us to contact you to complete the intake process.
• If the booking is urgent or you are following up a previous registration, please call directly on 1800 967 894 

If you are from a referral agency and wish to refer a client, please complete the online referral form here.

CatholicCare Wollongong’s Families & Communities program is funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services. Go to www.dss.gov.au for more information.

Concessions apply, dependent on financial circumstances.