Feeling frustrated with your PANS/PANDAS child or teen can bring enormous guilt—especially when you know your child is struggling. In this blog, I share 4 helpful strategies inspired by Internal Family Systems (IFS) to help parents reduce reactivity, slow things down, and navigate stressful moments with more compassion and steadiness.

Watching your child struggle with PANS or PANDAS can be overwhelming and exhausting. This blog explores the emotional impact on parents and offers ways to cope, shift out of constant problem-solving mode, and find support.

When Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) isn’t working for your PANS or PANDAS child or teen, it can leave you feeling confused, discouraged, and unsure of what to do next. In this blog, I explain why ERP may be less effective during certain phases of PANS/PANDAS and what can be more helpful first, including medical treatment, family support, emotional regulation skills, and knowing when your child may be ready for ERP.

Many parents of children with PANS or PANDAS struggle to understand sudden anger or emotional outbursts. What looks like anger may actually be OCD in disguise. Learn how OCD presents in PANS/PANDAS—and how understanding what’s happening internally can help you respond with more clarity, confidence, and compassion.

Parent burnout is common when parenting a child with PANS or PANDAS. Learn how chronic caregiving stress affects your nervous system and discover practical ways to restore your energy.

Many adults with anxiety find themselves stuck in the same relationship patterns. Understanding attachment styles can help you feel calmer and more secure.

Learn how to pause, regulate, and respond with steadiness when your child with PANDAS/PANS is overwhelmed—creating moments of connection even in stressful times.

Trying to be perfect can feel overwhelming. This blog explores the connection between perfectionism and anxiety, the hidden toll on your life, and how therapy and EMDR can support lasting relief and emotional balance.

Parenting a child with PANDAS or PANS means navigating unpredictable flares, shifting symptoms, and medical uncertainty. Learn trauma-informed, CBT- and nervous system-based strategies to stay grounded, support your child, and cope with stress effectively.

The holidays can trigger trauma and anxiety. This blog explains why this season activates the nervous system and offers trauma-informed strategies to help you cope with holiday triggers.

An accessible guide to understanding PANDAS/PANS—covering symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and how therapy can support children, teens and families.

The holidays can intensify trauma and grief, leaving many survivors feeling overwhelmed or triggered. This trauma-informed guide offers grounding strategies and explains how trauma therapy and EMDR can help you move through the season with more support and stability.

Struggling with holiday stress while caring for a child with PANDAS/PANS? Learn five emotional health tips to help you stay grounded, set boundaries, and find calm through therapy and self-care this holiday season.

EMDR is a helpful approach for kids, teens and adult for anxiety.

OCD can be very confusing for kids and teens

This blog provides 3 clear steps for responding to your PANDAS/PANS child or teen's big emotions from a child and family therapist with 23 years of experience.

Sending Love Notes to Your PANDAS/PANS Child or Teen can be a helpful way to communicate.

4 Steps to Success: PANDAS/PANS Teens After High School