Treating the Current Epidemic of Anxiety in Children: A Chinese Medicine Approach

Course overview

In this course Stephen and Moshe will discuss the patho-mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment of anxiety in children. Anxiety in children (and adults) has dramatically increased during the pandemic and this trend did not subside when the pandemic ended. When treating anxiety in children one must first begin with helping a child feel more secure in your presence. Then we can proceed to investigate causes and identify patterns of disharmony. At the basis of the understanding of a childs mental state is their individual balance of jing and shen. The jing reflects the basic structure of the childs constitution and potential while the shen reflects the emotional, cognitive and spiritual manifestations.