As the director of adolescent counseling at Daystar Counseling in Nashville, TN, Sissy Goff has seen first-hand how anxious behavior in children has been fueled by unrealistic social expectations.
But according to Goff, one way to address that worry in kids is by teaching them self-talk: “I have them give the worry a name, because we all think of the voice in the back of our head as truth until we learn differently. And so to separate it out. I'll call it the worry monster. I have one girl who named her’s, Bob. But adolescents come up with their own names. [So they can say] I'm not listening to you. You're always wrong. You always make me feel incapable.”
This week, we talk to Sissy Goff about how being an Enneagram 1 helps her in her work with young girls.
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Sissy Goff, MEd, LPC-MHSP, spends most of her days counseling girls and their families alongside her assistant/pet therapist, Lucy the Havanese. Sissy serves as the director of child and adolescent counseling for Daystar Counseling Ministries(Nashville, TN) where she has worked with girls and their families for more than 25 years.
Check out her book, Raising Worry-Free Girls: Helping Your Daughter
Feel Braver, Stronger, and Smarter in an Anxious World.
To learn more about Sissy Goff, follow her on Instagram, or visit her website.
Pathological: More than a Diagnosis, feat. Sarah Fay (Type 5) [05-048]
The Resilience of the Mind, feat. Dr. Caroline Leaf [S05-047]
Unveiling Wholeness through Neuroscience and the Enneagram, feat. Dr. Rick Hanson and Forrest Hanson (S05-046)
Couples' Insights from Ian and Anne Cron
Couples Insights from Ian w/Jon and Tristen Collins [S05-044]
Couples Insights from Ian w/Abner and Amanda Ramirez (Johnnyswim) [S05-043]
Couples Insights from Ian w/Kim and Penn Holderness [S05-042]
Saying Yes to the Truth About Yourself (Enneagram 4) [S05-041]
Finding Self-Worth as an Enneagram 3 with Pat Flynn [S05-040]
Quiet the Mind, Awaken the Soul, feat. Rick Hamlin (Enneagram 2) [S05-039]
Redefining Masculinity with Enneagram 5, Brant Hansen [S05-E38]
7 Courageous Questions from Ian Cron [S05-037]
Processing Trauma through the Mind-Body Connection, feat. Aundi Kolber (Enneagram 4) [S05-036]
Thriving in the marriage-business relationship between Type 8 and Type 9, feat. Christine and Steve Bailey [S05-035]
Exploring Enneagram Ones with Ian's Editor, Jana Riess [S05-033]
Finding Deeper Meaning with Enneagram 7, Bob Goff (S05-033]
From Felon to Fitness to Freedom, feat. Doug Bopst (Enneagram 3) [S05-032]
Working Together to Rewrite Your Story [S05-031]
Using the Enneagram to Help Find Your Perfect Match, feat. Melissa Hobley, OkCupid [S05-030]
Truth-telling, Reparations, and Forgiveness w/Lisa Sharon Harper (Type 3) [S05-029]
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