Susie talks with Stephanie, a mom with a special needs child and Dr. Caroline Danda, a Licensed Clinical Psychologist specializing in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for children and adolescents.

This is a unique episode in that Stephanie, a mom with a special needs child who also has anxiety and depression, requested that her son’s psychologist also be part of our conversation. Stephanie’s son had a stroke in utero that they discovered when he was 3 months old. He has cerebral palsy and an intellectual disability. At age 6, he had surgery where the right half of his brain was removed because of severe epilepsy.  Stephanie’s son is also autistic and has anxiety and panic attacks.   

Dr. Caroline Danda (http://www.carolinedanda.com/) is a licensed clinical psychologist with specialized training in children and adolescents and health conditions. Stephanie credits Dr. Danda and her work with Stephanie’s family in the transformation of their household. 

This episode is chockfull of challenges and hope and reminds us that people with special needs have feelings, too. Dr. Danda developed The Invisible Riptide with Carron Montgomery to create resources to help fill in the gaps because so many parents don’t know what to do (www.theinvisibleriptide.org).