Teenagers With Anxiety: The Brave Program

The Brave Program is a program for teenagers 13 - 17 years, who are suffering from Separation Anxiety, Specific Phobia, Social Phobia or Generalised Anxiety.

It is part of a joint research project run out of Macquarie University in Sydney and the University of Queensland.

Researchers' have developed internet-based and clinic-based programs. Families are randomly allocated to one of the two.

The program is open across the country and includes teenagers in rural and isolated spots. One-off fee is $100. Sounds like just the thing for some families.

For more details, go to the website.

Different kinds of anxiety:

"Social Anxiety: Feeling really scared of interacting with other people or being the focus of attention. This can really interfere with school when it's time to do oral reports and reading aloud in class!

Generalised Anxiety: Always worrying about something! It may be grades at school, family, friends, if they're good enough in sport or art, their own health or family member's health and so on.

Separation Anxiety: Being worried when they are separated from people they're close to, such as their parents, siblings, or other relatives. Young people might avoid sleep overs', school camps and get upset when their parents go out for the night.

Specific phobias: Being fearful of certain objects or places such as heights, spiders, the dark etc."

(From The BRAVE PROGRAM: Information for Guidance Officers, Teachers, Parents and Young People).

Pictured is Marla Campbell's Depp, who played Edward Scissorhands, the perpertually worried teenager in Tim Burton's brilliant 80's film of the same name.

Comments

[Lael]

They didn't have amazing programs like this when I was young. It's so nice to see.

[Alison Tuck]

Yeah Lael, I could have done with a program like this when I was young too!

[Health-Psych]

What a great program!

[Heart_Man]

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[Alison Tuck]

Hp, Yep it looks good!

Heart_Man, I worked for six years in a psychology practice (Solstice MindMatters) that used HeartMath. I loved it and had lots of success with it. I think the computer program, where people can see for themselves the difference that changed breathing does to their heart (and brain) is very convincing. I'm considering buying it now that I'm practicing solo. Thanks for the link.

[Cara Fletcher]

A friend of mine suffered from panic and anxieaty attacks and such program helped her alot and now she feels very good.