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Clare clinical psychologist, Dr David Coleman, is aiming to help parents and those working with children to develop a toolbox for the growing problem of anxiety. David will be in glór early next month to kick off a nationwide tour entitled ‘Helping Children and Teenagers Cope with Anxiety’ in which he aims to reframe anxiety as a normal part of the lives of young people that can be regulated rather than something to be eliminated. He hopes that this new tour will help those living or working with children to understand anxiety better, as a feeling rather than an illness or mental health issue. He says that we all need to be able to get anxious to stay safe, but sometimes teenagers and children can get so anxious that it prevents them from doing regular things in their everyday lives. “I’ve long realised that anxiety in this age-group is a problem that only ever seems to be growing. In recent …
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