The Everyday Support for Anxiety Package
A structured, parent-centred package for families navigating childhood anxiety.
The Everyday Support for Anxiety package supports families to understand how anxiety is showing up in everyday life and to explore practical, manageable ways of supporting their child, in ways that feel usable, relevant, and grounded in real moments.
When anxiety becomes part of everyday life, it has a way of reshaping the whole day. The mornings that spiral before school. The drop-offs that don’t get easier. The moments of separation that feel bigger than expected. The bedtime that stretches out because settling is hard. The moments where anxiety is triggered and seems to sneak up and derail everything else.
For many families, this includes separation anxiety, especially around school, bedtime, or time apart.
You might be finding yourself unsure how to support your child in a way that truly helps, especially when the same moments keep coming up.
The Everyday Support for Anxiety package was created to support parents in those moments, because that’s where anxiety shows up, and that’s where meaningful support begins.
A structured, parent-centred process that focuses on helping you understand anxiety and support your child in the everyday moments where it actually plays out, the mornings, the goodbyes, the transitions, and the end-of-day unravel.
The Everyday Support for Anxiety package supports families to understand how anxiety is showing up for their child, and to explore how support can be shaped within the flow of daily life, in ways that feel manageable, practical, and aligned with your family.
It builds on what is already happening, bringing together your observations, your child’s experiences, and the patterns you’re noticing into a clearer picture of what might be sitting underneath the moments that feel hard.
Together we:
- Make sense of how anxiety is showing up in your child’s everyday life, in their body, behaviour, and responses
- Develop a shared understanding and language for talking about anxiety to support your child
- Strengthen the foundations that support regulation, including sleep, routines, and overall capacity
- Explore practical ways you can support your child in the moments anxiety shows up
- Support your child to take gradual, manageable steps toward the situations that feel hard
Why I created this
After years of working with children and families, and raising my own kids, I’ve seen that the most important work around anxiety rarely happens in a therapy room.
It happens in the car on the way to school, at the front door during a hard drop-off, at bedtime when your child can’t switch off, in the small, repeated moments where anxiety shows up again and again.
The Everyday Support for Anxiety package was created to support you in those moments, to help you understand what’s happening and build ways of responding to and supporting your child that fit your real life. So you can feel clearer and more confident in how you support them.
The 5 steps of the Everyday Support for Anxiety package
Step 1.
Understanding the situation
We slow down and build a clear picture of what is happening for your child.
We look at the situations that tend to trigger anxiety, what it looks like in your child’s body and behaviour, what strategies are already in place, what is working, and what patterns are starting to emerge.
We also talk about what you are most worried about and what you are hoping for, because this becomes the foundation for everything that follows.
This step creates a shared understanding of what’s happening and where we begin.
Step 2.
Understanding anxiety together
Before your child can respond differently to anxiety, they need to understand what it is.
We develop a shared family language, ways of talking about anxiety that make sense to your child and feel natural in everyday conversation.
You will receive personalised resources to support this, so that these ideas can be used in real moments, not just understood in theory or talked over once in a therapy room.
Having this shared language can support anxiety to feel more manageable over time.
Step 3.
Strengthening the foundations
Before working directly on other ways we can support the anxiety, we look at what might already be stretching your child’s nervous system.
Sleep, routines, predictability, overall stress load, the things that can leave your child with less capacity to manage anxious moments.
When children are already depleted, anxiety tends to show up faster and more intensely.
This step focuses on supporting capacity so your child is better able to engage with the work ahead.
Step 4.
Building confidence and skills
We explore practical strategies your child can begin to use when anxiety shows up.
These are introduced through you, modelled, supported, and woven into everyday life, so they become familiar and accessible in the moments your child needs them.
This step supports your child to begin responding differently to anxiety in real time.
Step 5.
Taking gradual steps toward the anxiety
Once the foundations and skills are in place, we begin working more directly with the anxiety itself.
Always gradually, and always at a pace that feels manageable.
We look at how to structure small steps, how to talk through anxious moments, and how to support your child to build experiences of:
I felt worried, and I handled it.
These experiences can begin to influence how your child responds to anxiety over time.
What is included
Over five sessions, we work through a structured process I use to support families navigating separation anxiety.
I take a holistic approach to support. Alongside parent sessions, you may also receive additional resources to help you reflect, build understanding, and apply ideas in everyday life.
These may include:
Guides: practical written resources that help break things down clearly
(e.g. session prep documents and reflection forms, collaborative documents to clarify the situation, contributing factors, supports, and goals).
Videos: short videos that explain key ideas and support implementation
(e.g. understanding anxiety and separation anxiety, introducing regulation strategies, and simple demonstrations like breathing).
Written supports: tailored summaries, tools, and resources to support follow-through between sessions
(e.g. parent letters that explain approaches and next steps, personalised resources linked to child-friendly explanations of anxiety I’ve developed, designed to help you talk about anxiety in a way that fits your child, and printable supports like strategy cards or child-friendly PDFs).
These resources are layered in to complement the parent sessions and to support your thinking and decision-making outside of appointment times.
The process is designed to be practical enough to draw on in everyday moments, and clear enough to share with other important people involved in your child’s care, such as grandparents or other caregivers.
The pathway is structured, but how it is applied is always shaped around your child, your family, and what feels most important right now.
Getting started
If anxiety is showing up in your child’s everyday life and shaping your family’s days in ways that feel hard, this pathway offers a structured way to begin making sense of it.
The Everyday Support for Anxiety package supports you to understand what’s happening, to build a shared language with your child, and to explore ways of responding that can be used in the moments that matter.
The package is $2,524.06 across five sessions, billed individually.
If this feels like the kind of support that may fit your family, practical, parent-focused, and grounded in real life, the next step is to complete the referral form below.
Once I’ve reviewed your information, I’ll be in touch about availability and the steps that follow.
About Emma
I’m Emma, a registered psychologist based in Rockhampton with nearly two decades of experience working with children and families.
Anxiety is one of the most common things I support families with, and what I’ve come to understand is that meaningful change grows through the everyday moments where children live, learn, and experience the world.
That’s why my work focuses on you, because you are the one in those moments.
My role is to support you to understand what’s happening for your child and to build ways of supporting them that fit into your everyday life.
I work with parents through in person sessions or through telehealth.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does my child need a diagnosis to access this package?
No. A diagnosis is not required. If anxiety or separation is showing up in your child’s everyday life and affecting your family, that is enough to begin.
Can this support separation anxiety?
Yes. If separation anxiety is part of what is feeling hard for your child, this pathway is designed to help you make sense of what is happening and consider how to support them in those everyday moments.
What age group is this for?
This package is designed for primary school-aged children, approximately five to twelve years.
Do I need a referral from a GP or paediatrician?
No, you can self-refer by completing the form below.
Will my child be in the sessions?
The sessions are parent-focused. I work directly with you, because the most important support happens through you in everyday life.
How are sessions delivered?
Sessions are available via telehealth or in person in Rockhampton.
How much does it cost?
The package is $2,524.06 across five sessions, billed individually.
What happens after I submit the form?
Once I’ve reviewed your information, I’ll be in touch about availability and next steps.
You can complete the referral form to get started, or if you’d like to check whether it’s the right fit, you’re welcome to begin with an initial parent consultation.