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    1. Calming Teenage Anxiety: A Parent’s Guide - with Sophia Galano

    2. Calming Teenage Anxiety Quiz

About this course

Calming Teen Anxiety

In this conversation, psychotherapist Sophia Vale Galano joins Richard Hill to discuss her book Calming Teenage Anxiety: A Parent’s Guide. Galano shares insights from her clinical work with teens and parents, explaining how anxiety manifests in adolescents today amid modern pressures such as social media, academic stress, and rapid cultural change. She offers practical strategies for parents—emphasizing active listening over “fixing,” self-awareness, modeling emotional regulation, and fostering open, nonjudgmental communication. The discussion explores cultural factors, the parent–teen feedback loop of anxiety, and holistic support options including therapy, boundaries, self-care, and mind–body practices like yoga.

  • Recognize how teenage anxiety differs from ordinary stress and how it manifests behaviorally.

  • Explain how parents’ own anxiety can influence their teen’s emotional state.

  • Describe effective communication techniques for parents that prioritize listening and empathy.

  • Identify the role of technology, social media, and modern cultural pressures in adolescent anxiety.

  • Evaluate how cultural background and family values affect openness to mental-health support.

  • Discuss integrative support approaches including therapy, physical wellbeing, and self-care practices.